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Are white collar crime & blue collar crime treated equally? - By David Jenson

Hillary Transue was a good student with a clean record, so she never imagined she'd hear a judge sentence her to three months in juvenile detention. What heinous act did this young Bonnie Parker do to invoke the court's wrath? The 15-year-old merely spoof... Read >

Black music history – Historic events featuring black musicians – Tonic News

This year, when thinking about Black History Month, people have a lot to celebrate. There's the election of President Obama, the confirmation of Eric Holder as the first black Attorney General, and the birthday remembrances of President Lincoln and Freder... Read >

The art commune in an Italian monastery for art monks | Jon Brooks

Now that the entire globe is experiencing a full-bore crisis of capitalism, some folks are no doubt exploring alternative ways of living. Take Betsy and Christopher Fuelling-McCall, for instance. While never official entrants in the rat race, they did lea... Read >

News on drag queen Ongina & her win in the “RuPaul Drag Race” – Tonic

With the film "Milk" just off a win for two Oscars, the Harvey Milk School in New York City is enjoying a resurgence of sorts in the media. Another legacy to the slain gay activist's honor is the high school established in New York 25 years ago by the Het... Read >

Share Good News Because Bad News is Dead: Dan Estabrook on Tonic

I wanna read good news good news I wanna be innocent again I wanna read good news good news But nothing good is happening "Good News" performed by Something Corporate When "60 Minutes" interviewed Captain Sully about his now-infamous Hudson... Read >

Support a Cause. Spread Awareness through Blogging - Stefania Butler

I've recently returned from Houston where I spent three days attending the Mom 2.0 Summit, a gathering of marketers and (mostly) mom bloggers. Having been to many blogging conferences over the years, I have to say, this was one of the best for several rea... Read >

Wear positive attitude| Wise Up: Smart is the New Black says Lisa Germinsky

Now that Obama is a couple months into his term and the Dubya jokes are quickly fading from memory -- let's just agree that the former president wasn't, how shall we say, cerebral -- I just can't pin our collective mess on the man. What were most of us do... Read >

Stacy Peralta on “American Gangsters” & “Crips and Bloods”: Made In America – Tonic News

Filmmaker Stacy Peralta has made a career documenting American subcultures that he knows first hand: the 2001 skateboarding film, "Dogtown and Z Boys" (Peralta was a member of the legendary Z Boys team) and the 2004 surf documentary, "Riding Giants." With... Read >