And so this is Christmas, and for those of us who’ve spent decades hunting down every scratchy demo, rehearsal, studio outtake, telecast, or concert the Beatles and solo Beatles ever laid down, it’s a special one. The season heralds the release of Anthology 4, a new album and documentary of Beatles rarities and oddities. Nobody […]

Fifty years ago this month, Britain’s ITV network aired the series finale of one of the best-loved television programs of the 1970s. A considerable hit on both sides of the Atlantic, Upstairs, Downstairs had already won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, along with numerous British Academy Film Awards and Royal Television Society […]

An Executive Director of Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City was charged in December with wire fraud and money laundering. The illegal activities stemmed from the organization’s fundraising efforts during the aftermath of George Floyd’s death while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in May 2020. Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson was charged with “20 counts of […]

Conservative advocacy groups became embroiled in a civil war after one bashed President Donald Trump and Heritage Action’s pressure campaign to push Indiana to adopt a new congressional map. Heritage Action helped boost Trump’s pressure campaign against Indiana, posting a statement on X shortly before the state Senate’s vote, which saw the bill voted down, […]