Global Citizen Festival: Bands and Prime Ministers
The annual Global Citizen Festival encourages people to sign petitions and write to world leaders rather than swipe a credit card. Before...
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Kristi Wooten
- May 3, 2016
What Happened When Jimmy Carter and Bono Went to the Disco
Bono, Jimmy Carter and Nile Rodgers made for a surprising trio of revelers at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom last Friday night. On the...
Kristi Wooten
- Dec 3, 2015
Can Miley Cyrus Educate Millennials About the Fight Against AIDS?
At Carnegie Hall this past Tuesday night, Miley Cyrus joined U2’s Bono and The Edge, Hozier and Jessie J for a World AIDS Day event...
Kristi Wooten
- Jul 13, 2015
The Legacy of Live Aid, 30 Years Later
On July 13, 1985, Africa became a brand. The image of a starving Ethiopian girl named Birhan Woldu flickered across TV screens as Paul...
Kristi Wooten
- Nov 18, 2014
The Original Recipe for "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
One of the driving forces behind the original Band Aid recording looks back 30 years. THREE decades before One Direction, Ellie Goulding...
Kristi Wooten
- Apr 28, 2014
Jimmy Carter on Women's Rights: Presidential Decree
JIMMY CARTER, the 39th president of the United States, is known for staunch opinions on matters ranging from peace in Palestine to poetry...
Kristi Wooten
- Jan 24, 2014
Angélique Kidjo's Memoir: About a Girl
ANGELIQUE KIDJO’S childhood in Benin was a whirl of different languages and cultural influences. Hers was a family that spoke French, Fon...