Apr 4th, 2005 · Steve Case, former head of America Online, launches a new venture called Revolution. The private holding company will invest in businesses focusing on health care, leisure and wellness services. Case talks with Michele Norris.
Mar 10th, 2005 · Hip-hop didn't always have a violent reputation. In fact, for many in the African-American community it was a revolution and a redemption. Author Jeff Chang chronicles the history of rap in his book Can't Stop, Won't Stop and how it continues to transform the world of popular music.
Feb 22nd, 2005 · In the months before his death in 1998, black revolutionary Stokely Carmichael was collaborating with writer Michael Thelwell on his autobiography, Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael. Since then, Thelwell has been working to reclaim Carmichael's history. But that's a difficult task, considering so many people view Carmichael as the man whose views led to the collapse of the civil rights movement. NPR's Roy Hurst reports.
Feb 7th, 2005 · Smoking Restrictions, and a New Era, for Cuba February 7, 2005 · Commentator Andrei Codrescu thinks the revolution must finally be over in Cuba with the start of restrictions on public smoking there. Leader Fidel Castro's measure reflects his concern about lung-cancer deaths, but the rules are not very widespread in a nation that produces cigars and has lots of cigarette smokers.
Dec 16th, 2004 · NPR's Robert Holt reviews the video game Karaoke Revolution, noting that even though his wife doesn't like video games, they played it together for three hours straight -- and Holt claims to be a better singer for it.
Nov 26th, 2004 · The Robey Theatre Company in Sherman Oaks, Calif., has mounted For the Love of Freedom, Levy Lee Simon's trilogy about Haiti's slave revolt -- which rocked Napoleon's France -- and its historical aftermath. The Tavis Smiley Show offers a condensed version of the epic production.
Sep 24th, 2004 · The new film The Motorcycle Diaries focuses on the life of revolutionary Che Guevara before he became a revolutionary. Commentator Marcelo Ballve -- whose family was close to Guevara's in Argentina -- says the communist icon's eccentric parents played an important role in shaping their son's fate, which included a prominent role in the Fidel Castro revolution in Cuba.
Aug 22nd, 2004 · NPR's Jennifer Ludden interviews Robert Hedin about the volume of poetry he edited: Old Glory: American War Poems from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terrorism. The editor says the body of literature reveals the nation's changing attitudes toward war. Hedin reads from several selections.