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In the first hour, music from drummer Roy Brooks (born today in 1938, died in 2005) and his activist band The Artistic Truth, and recordings of Brooks supporting Horace Silver, Max Roach's M'Boom, Chet Baker, and Yusef Lateef. In the second hour, music from BBE's J Jazz collection.  The British label has done us a great service by compiling three triple-vinyl sets of amazing and very hard to find modern jazz recorded in Japan from the late 60s through the early 80s.

Kevin Greene's ideas on America's racist copyright system used to be seen as too radical. Now he's at the center of growing calls for action

The consultants "facilitating" the Little Rock School Board's search for a new superintendent may need a nudge in another direction. Thankfully, the board has members who know how to do that a little more politely than we ever will. May they have strength. They'll need it.

The La Jolla Light presents this continuing series of online activities to undertake on your computer or tablet, as well as local in-person events.

The redrawn state Senate District 10 splits Black and Hispanic voters in Tarrant County. A full trial on whether GOP lawmakers intentionally discriminated against voters of color is expected later this year.