Two med students and a few thousand nets are all it takes to save the lives of Senegalese besieged by one of Africa’s number one killers.
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Editors tell me the photos don’t look like Africa. My subjects run, thinking they’re going to be pasted onto a UNICEF poster.
British wag Brendan O’Neil at Spiked went hard after Bono last week. It was a case of a fish, a barrel, and a smoking gun. The subject was Bono’s stumping for aid to Africa with the big-time government leaders at the G8 summit. Bono, according to O’Neil, is a not-cool wrinkled rocker on a messianic [...]
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Taking a mandatory, utterly terrifying ride with this guy through the Niger Delta.
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Hunter-gatherer bushmen who had been forced out of Botswana’s Kalahari Desert found their way onto the Web before winning back the right to return to their tribal lands.
Displaced to settlement camps over the last decade, allegedly so Botswana could preserve the land and its wildlife within the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, many of the bushmen [...]
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Money 101: Tara Graham breaks down the current economic crisis, complete with history and analysis for your addled eyes (and pocketbooks).
Brian Frank went to the McCain-Palin rally in Carson and lived to tell about it.
For gay couples, neither candidate in Thursday’s VP debate offered anything remotely resembling change. Tara Graham takes them to task.
Mark Evitt takes a hard look at the recent Village Voice firings and the state of print media in general.
Ryan Barrett takes you through her own person Spin Room on last week’s Vice-Presidential debate.
Tara Graham hits you with the week in gossip. Catch up on the brain candy.
Emily Henry takes a look at the new import HBO sketch-comedy series Little Britain USA
Missed your dose of gossip last week? Tara Graham rounds up all of the juicy tidbits. (Spoiler: Clay Aiken is gay)
Confused by the pro-corn syrup commercials you’ve been seeing lately? You’re not alone. Mark Evitt breaks it down for you.
Samantha Page previews the Hullaboo fundraising fest for the Silverlake Conservatory of Music
Chris Nelson weighs in on Obama’s candidacy, the punditry poison, and the speech from Invesco Field.
Max Zimbert interviews some political heavyweights on the Dem’s chances in Ohio and Iowa.
The P+P crew gives a Cribs-style walk-through of their sick DNC digs.
More on the epic Wyclef performance from Chris Nelson, including a sick photo gallery and descriptions of the electric vibe at the event.
Torey Van Oot gets ex-Fugee Wyclef Jean to share his thoughts on courting the Latino vote for Obama.
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