Aug 12 In Next Chapter of Brazilian Music, Seu Jorge Has a New Story to Tell Seu Jorge, one of Brazil's most prominent musical ambassadors, is trying to challenge the stereotypes people have about his country by telling a new story through music. Continue reading
Aug 12 More from 99ers: Unemployment Leads to Foreclosure By Paul Solman Updated 4:19 p.m. Given today's news that foreclosures jumped 9 percent in July, we've posted the last of our 99er interview outtakes, in which Faith Phillips tells a striking story: She'll be paying off condo fees on her foreclosed… Continue reading
Aug 12 Thursday: Foreclosures, Jobless Claims Increase; GM Earns $1.3 Billion Profit The number of U.S. homes lost to foreclosure rose in July, foreclosure listing firm RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday. Lenders repossessed 92,858 properties last month, up 9 percent from June and an increase of 6 percent from July 2009. California… Continue reading
Aug 11 Making Sense: More From the ’99ers’ By Paul Solman There's been quite a bit of reaction to our story last Friday on the extension (or non-extension) of unemployment insurance benefits past 99 weeks. You can read some of it here in the comments section on the Making… Continue reading
Aug 11 Pew Report: U.S. Broadband Adoption Slows, but Blacks Gain Ground The Pew Internet & American Life Project released its Home Broadband 2010 Report Wednesday, revealing a dramatic slowing of broadband adoption by Americans this year, but showing notable growth in use by blacks. Among the findings were statistics… Continue reading
Aug 11 Conversation: Ricky Skaggs By Tom LeGro Ricky Skaggs has sold millions of records and won 14 Grammys, but the most important marker of success for him is a strong spiritual life. His latest album, "Mosaic," focuses in on his spiritual side with a mix of songs… Continue reading
Aug 10 Conversation: Lollapalooza 2010 By Molly Finnegan Lollapalooza, one of the biggest summer music festivals in the U.S., wrapped up Sunday. Jeffrey Brown catches up with music critics Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot. Continue reading