The World Is A Ghetto, the sprawling masterpiece and blockbuster from the band War, began as an idea for a play. Founding member Lonnie Jordan says it was original percussionist Thomas "Papa Dee" ...

In their effort to communicate complex thoughts, social scientists have borrowed lay terms with impunity. At times, the practice helps to clarify a difficult theory. Perhaps as often, it muddies the ...

The European Union’s top court warned that Denmark’s so-called ghetto law aimed at cutting the proportion of immigrants in inner-city areas may amount to ethnic discrimination.The Court of Justice of ...

Expletives aren't always a good sign when showing someone a song you wrote, but that wasn't the case for the man who wrote "In the Ghetto".

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Graphic by Janice Lin/MiC. I remember being confronted by one of my privileged friends for ...

Two events made April 19, 1943, an especially tragic day in the history of the Holocaust: In an exclusive resort on the island of Bermuda, British and American delegates began a 12-day conference ...

As I look up the word “ghetto” in the dictionary, I find an array of meanings. For instance, according to Merriam-Webster, a ghetto is: a quarter of a city in which Jews were formerly required to live ...

As you might have gathered from our blog's title, the Code Switch team is kind of obsessed with the ways we speak to each other. Each week in "Word Watch," we'll dig into language that tells us ...

In some countries, a city’s “ghetto” refers to a historical quarter, long populated by an ethnic or religious minority, ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is mixing up the menu for the post-Oscars Governors Ball by drafting the Bronx-based collective for March 27. By Chris Gardner Wolfgang Puck will again be ...

Summer Walker has been busy this year. Not only did the singer drop the new EP Life On Earth and share a deluxe version of her breakout record Over It, but she also recently confirmed she’s pregnant.

Numerous cafes and restaurants which operated in the ghetto hosted their own musical and artistic programmes. The most famous venue was the Kawiarnia Sztuka (Art Café) by Leszno street nr 2. Władysław ...