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After the 1980s, charity tunes hit mostly false notes (Anyone remember 2008's "Just Stand Up"?) except for Elton John's 1997 reworking of "Candle in the Wind," which benefited Princess Diana's foundation following her death. The song's outsize success--it is the best-selling single ever--spawned a wave of imitators too lazy to even think up new lyrics. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was rerecorded and released in 2004 to benefit Darfur. And the new "We Are the World," featuring an Auto-Tuned Lil Wayne in place of Bob Dylan, may be raising money atop...
...remember when I first worked in our Washington bureau in the late 1980s being amazed at the easy camaraderie that existed across the aisle in Congress. The public jockeying seemed more like acting. Today, the contentiousness is more visceral and not just for show--although preening for the cameras and one's constituents is always part of what drives members on both sides...
Where have all the charity songs gone? In recent years, that staple of the mid-1980s--the all-star benefit tune--has become a pop rarity. But now, 25 years after "We Are the World" raised $63 million for African famine relief, a new generation of musicians has rerecorded the anthem, with proceeds going to victims of Haiti's recent earthquake...
...Milk of Sorrow,” directed by Peruvian film writer and producer Claudia Llosa, explores the tragic aftermath of Peru’s infamous “Shining Path” uprising in the 1980s and early 1990s...
Medellín has always had trouble living down its reputation. In the 1980s and '90s it was one of the most dangerous cities in the world - first as the headquarters of Pablo Escobar's cocaine cartel and then as the playground of right-wing paramilitary groups. But Medellín's murder rate dropped steadily after paramilitary fighters started putting down their arms in 2003 as part of a peace agreement with the government - and the city, one of the most dynamic industrial centers of Colombia, slowly re-established itself as a metropolis to reckon with. (See pictures from...