It wasn’t all satirical mocks. This six-minute response to the 1965 Watts Riots found Zappa the social commentator at his ...

In 1966, Simone wrote and performed “Four Women,” a musical portrait of different stereotyped Black women who were exploited ...

Wambaugh, who joined the LAPD as a patrolman in 1960, made a splash with his debut novel, The New Centurions, a sweeping tale that followed three young LAPD officers during a five-year period that led ...

Rihanna and her sons RZA and Riot supported A$AP Rocky in court on Thursday, Feb. 13 — a rare public appearance for the family of four.

Before the release of Joseph Wambaugh’s first novel, “The New Centurions,” he received an unusual offer from the star of the ...

The writer, who died Feb. 28, graduated from Chaffey High and Chaffey College. A military stint in between made him take ...

Pioneering magazine editor Regina Jones talks launching the groundbreaking 1960s Black music publication SOUL, as well as a new documentary on her.

Get ready for a night of timeless grooves and electrifying rhythms as WAR, one of the most influential soul and funk bands of all time, takes the stage at The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts with ...

The Sound of Music,' 60 this year, is one of the most successful films of all time. It also marked a cultural crossroads.

The Liverpool ECHO was named large daily news brand of the year at the 2025 Regional Press Awards. The ECHO won the honour at ...

The LAPD pay was better. He was among the police units mobilized in 1965 when the city’s Watts neighborhood erupted in deadly riots after the arrest of a Black man by a White police officer ...