"The brilliant mind of Hollywood legend Hedy Lamarr" PBS NewsHour 3/11/2018ExcerptSUMMARY: he actress Hedy Lamarr captivated audiences during the 1930s and 1940s in films like "Algiers… Read More
Hear ye! Hear ye! It's Mardi Gras week here at the Rock & Roll is a State of Mind blog! We'll be posting something every day all the way thru to next Tuesday aka Fat… Read More
"The Met’s ‘Delacroix’ exhibit shows the artist in full" PBS NewsHour 12/4/2018ExcerptSUMMARY: “Delacroix,” a retrospective of the 19th century French pai… Read More
Legal Updates
Alabama: A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a lower court’s ruling loosening some absentee voting restrictions in Alabama, but let a d… Read More
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Mali's ruling junta to "accelerate" the pace of returning power to elected civilians by early 2024 as it has pledged to do. Malian governm… Read More
Pro-Palestinian protesters in Algiers gathered to condemn US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for their involvement in the violence in Gaza. Algeria's foreig… Read More
The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, known as Minusma, is conducting a sensitive pull out from the country as it faces intensifying fighting. Armed actors are fighting for control of evacuat… Read More