Craig Werner, Afro-American Studies professor at the UW-Madison, tells Jim Fleming why rapper Tupac Shakur is revered today.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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74 year-old Cree musician Buffy Sainte-Marie has done a lot since she was 24. She got her Ph.D. She got politically active in the American Indian Movement and the anti-GMO movement. She raised a family. She was even on Sesame Street for five seasons—and was the first woman to breast feed on American television.
But most of us know Buffy Sainte-Marie as an iconic 60s folk singer with such hits as "Universal Soldier" and "It's My Way." And now, some 50 years after her debut album, Buffy has a new one. It’s called “Power in the Blood.” This new CD proves that this Oscar, Juno, and Golden Globe award-winning woman's career is not over yet.
Rapper Baba Brinkman tells Anne Strainchamps that Geoffrey Chaucer’s work has a lot in common with the language of hip hop music.
Edward Friedman tells Steve Paulson that the Chinese act as if they are already involved in a Cold War with the U.S.
Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff's Dangerous Idea? Open source currency as the next money model.
Christopher Caldwell talks with Steve Paulson about the European discomfort with the rising tide of Muslim immigration.
After all the debates about the Muslim world, it’s refreshing to look back at one of the world’s great mystics - the Sufi poet Rumi.
Daphne Merkin responds to Hilary Clinton as a cultural symbol and public personality.
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