Photo from pixabay.com, via Creative Commons (CC0) Article by Aubrey Allegretti, Sky News After two national lockdowns in the spring and autumn of 2020, England is preparing for another - but this time it will fall in the darkest days of winter. Experts have raised concerns about the...
Photo via European Space Agency Article by Nicoletta Lanese, Live Science Scientists on the International Space Station spotted a bright-blue lightning bolt shooting upward from thunderclouds. Blue jets can be difficult to spot from the ground, since the electrical discharges erupt from the tops of thunderclouds. But...
The new single "América Vibra” by Ziggy Marley, Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio, and Brazilian reggae band Natiruts calls for hope and a unified future The song was released on January 20, 2021, the same day as the inauguration of the new United States President Joe Biden,...
Photo: A Child Explores "Recycling Labyrinth" Art Installation at U.N. Office Geneva, via Global Citizen Article by Helen Lock, Global Citizen You never know what is going to be the spark for the next budding activist to take a stand. In the case of 9-year-old Lizzie A. (her...
Photo by Giles Clarke/Getty Images, via Yahoo! News Article by Abby Haglage, Yahoo! News Twelve years after being sentenced to life for selling $20 worth of marijuana to an undercover cop, Fate Vincent Winslow will walk out of Louisiana State Penitentiary on Wednesday a free man. “Today is...
Today, Tuesday December 15, music fans will be able to tune in to an extraordinary benefit concert broadcast amplifying awareness for transformational racial, social and food justice. The primetime one-hour special, PLAY ON: Celebrating the Power of Music to Make Change, will air on the...
Photo from Charles Platiau/Reuters, via Al Jazeera Article by Doug McIntyre, Yahoo! Sports Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League match between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir was supposed to be anticlimactic, as an expected win at home for PSG against the overmatched, already-eliminated Turks would send Neymar and Co. into...
U.R.G.E. seeks to make enduring contributions to the lives of children in Jamaica, Africa, and throughout the world. U.R.G.E acts to support education, health, the environment, in efforts to improve the communities where children live and grow, as they are our future's unlimited resource. The...
Photo by Tim Cadiente Article by Bob Curley, via Caribbean Journal Bob Marley would have been 75 years old this year, and while the reggae legend’s life was tragically cut short, his oldest son, Ziggy, has not only carried on his father’s musical legacy but his quest...
Photo by David Burnett Article via Rolling Stone Ziggy Marley knows his family would have done something big to mark his dad Bob’s 75th birthday. “Since he’s not here, we’re going to celebrate anyway,” says Ziggy, who curated a new book, Bob Marley: Portrait of the Legend,...