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...first time since the late 1980s, the new black celebrity elite of hip-hop stars, entertainers and moguls have been compelled to lend their fame, intelligence and marketing savvy to something besides alcohol and luxury cars. Russell Simmons’ Hip Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ Citizen Change are but two of the more prominent efforts by celebrities to raise awareness, register voters and get people to the polls. And in our painfully unoriginal follow-the-leader celebrity culture, these icons and trendsetters (along with Michael Moore) have...
...Farmers. (Her candidacy was made even shakier on Thursday by the resignation of Latvia's government.) In Rome, E.U. heads of state began talking about how to put together a new, improved Commission - which means doing some serious horsetrading if they really intend to wrap it up at their summit this week in Brussels. But the situation is fluid. Some of the Parliament's remaining objections could be met by shuffling portfolios, but Barroso - who has to keep member states happy, too - is keen not to open up a bazaar...
...hard to see the divinity behind the water temples that dot the rice terraces of Bali. It's there in the white-clad high priest presiding in the temple at the summit of a dormant volcano. It's there in the 23 priests serving along with him, selected for their jobs when they were still children by a bevy of virgin priestesses. It's there in the rituals the priests perform to protect the island's water, which in turn is needed to nurture the island's rice...
...Back then, after a week-long fast in 1976 on the chilly summit of Hobart's Mount Wellington to protest against the visit of an American nuclear warship, Brown had a growing profile in Tasmania as a slightly eccentric, shy but deeply earnest young man. At Liffey he tried to write philosophy and "put forward ideas for a better world," but spent many days on this same verandah, in his overcoat as the snow fell around the cottage, despairing "that it was all too much...
...always been somewhat politically oriented,” he says, “but [the Madison summit] inspired me to go hard with it.” After that event, Tef signed up with America Coming Together (ACT), a nonprofit working to elect John Kerry. Along with several musicians he has worked with, Tef has begun to help local groups reach out to African-American voters and to younger voters...