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De La's absence from streaming sites has effectively erased their presence from the contemporary musical landscape and threatened to minimize their historical import. Now legally available on the internet for the first time, we revisit the classic catalog and its restored legacy.

The iconic group's early music releasing online at last comes with a renewed interest in its career arc. Take a guided tour through one of the most distinguished runs in hip-hop history.

Lucky Stars Market

Lucky Stars Market is an event that prioritizes women & queer ran small businesses! We’re featuring 40+ vendors featuring jewelry, vintage clothing, and more. It’s a perfect stop for your shopping this holiday season, shop small! Admission is free to the public but RSVP is necessary. Vendors, sign up here! Date: Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022 at 11a.m.-5p.m. Location: Queen Bee's Art and Cultural Center Cost: Free with registration For more information on this event and registration please visit HERE!

Phoebe Plummer, pictured at a demonstration in London's Piccadilly Circus in early October, spoke to Morning Edition about the tactics Just Stop Oil is using to draw attention to the urgency of climate change.

The activist who threw soup on a van Gogh says it's the planet that's being destroyed

Phoebe Plummer, a climate activist with Just Stop Oil, speaks with NPR's Morning Edition about what the group wants, and why they're turning to controversial tactics to get it.

Coca-Cola began blending aspartame into Diet Coke in the 1980s. The artificial sweetener is used in lots of products from diet sodas, to low-sugar jams, yogurts, cereals and chewing gum.

WHO says aspartame is a 'possible carcinogen.' The FDA disagrees

Moderate consumption of aspartame is OK, scientists say. But heavy consumers may want to reduce their intake. The WHO says aspartame may "possibly" cause cancer. The FDA questions the evidence.

The SAG-AFTRA building is seen during contract negotiations in Los Angeles on July 13, 2023.

Hollywood actors go on strike, say it's time for studio execs to 'wake up'

SAG-AFTRA, the union representing Hollywood actors and performers, is on strike against major studios after negotiations broke down with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

OpenAI's ChatGPT is being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission.

FTC investigating ChatGPT over potential consumer harm

ChatGPT sees its first hint of regulation as the federal agency requests documentation about its business practices.

Kehinde Adebajo, a beautician and barber, has been working in Balogun Market, the largest in Lagos, since he was 16. Now 56, he says it's never been tougher to earn a living: "So many people can't afford food or transport. We thank God for life, but the last few months have not been easy, everything has become expensive."

Nigerians are rattled by prices that just keep going up. How are they coping?

When the government ended its fuel subsidy in May, the cost of gas, food and public transport all jumped. On buses, customers double up in seats — "lapping' they call it — to split a fare.

Scripps Jazz at the Athenaeum – Eubanks-Evans Experience

The Scripps Jazz at the Athenaeum Series continues with the Eubanks-Evans Experience, featuring celebrated guitarist Kevin Eubanks and Grammy-nominated pianist Orrin Evans. Considered among the top jazz guitarists of his generation, after graduating from Berklee College of Music, Eubanks kicked off his musical career with some of the jazz greats, including Art Blakey, Slide Hampton, McCoy Tyner, Sam Rivers, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland, and Ron Carter. He joins in this special project with fellow Philadelphian Evans, who has been featured in recent Athenaeum concerts with his own trio and The Bad Plus. Date | Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. Location | The Athenaeum Music & Art Library Get tickets here! Members: $40 Non-members: $45 For more information, please visit ljathenaeum.org/events/jazz-22-0404 or call the venue at (858) 454-5872.

FILE - Actors and comedians Tina Fey, center, and Fred Armisen, right, join striking members of the Writers Guild of America on the picket line during a rally outside Silvercup Studios, Tuesday May 9, 2023, in New York. Unionized Hollywood actors on the verge of a strike have agreed to allow a last-minute intervention from federal mediators but say they doubt a deal will be reached by a negotiation deadline late Wednesday, July 12, 2023.

Hollywood actors poised to join writers on strike after talks collapse

The union representing film and television actors says no deal has been reached with studios and streaming services.

'El Juicio (The Trial)' details the 1976-'83 Argentine dictatorship's reign of terror

Forty years after the fall of an Argentine military dictatorship that tortured and murdered tens of thousands of civilians, a video record of its trial will be shown to the public for the first time.

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