File This Under "Hopeful"

"In a breakthrough that could potentially lead to a cure for HIV infection, scientists have discovered a way to remove the virus from infected cells, a study released Thursday said.
The scientists engineered an enzyme which attacks the DNA of the HIV virus and cuts it …

Rosa Loves Indonesia

Eric from Rosa Loves is over in Indonesia right now to give the boat they bought for Made with the money they raised. Check out some pictures and the blog post right here

Google Can See Darfur, So Can You

"The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has joined with Google in an unprecedented online mapping initiative. Crisis in Darfur enables more than 200 million Google Earth users worldwide to visualize and better understand the genocide currently unfolding in Darfur, …

Darfur Adviser Killed

"A close adviser to Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir tasked with handling the Darfur crisis was killed in a road crash on Wednesday.
Majzub al-Khalifa was in charge of negotiating a peace accord to try to end the conflict in Darfur and held several cabinet posts before …

Band Interviews

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Hopeless Million

Hopeless / Sub City records has announced that they've now surpassed one million dollars in charity donations.

"Hopeless launched the Sub City imprint in 1999, with its first charitable recipient the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Since then the organization has raised …

1000 words IV

Interview: Andrew From Northern Room

Name: Andrew Jonathan
Band: NORTHERN ROOM
What's your story for being in a band? How did you come to have a career in music?
My dad was in a cover band in high school. They were called Purple Haze, yes, a direct rip from Jimi! After he stopped playing he kept his …

World Refugee Day Video

Here's a video for World Refugee Day

Google Solar Panel Project (Say that fast)

Want to see what Google is going to help the environment? Check it out here
"In October 2006, Google announced a commitment to solar energy production and launched the largest solar panel installation to date on a corporate campus in the United States...This …

Tracks In The Sand

"For all you music lovers out there, we have Tracks In The Sand, an iTunes album presented by Vanity Fair and (RED). Inspired by Tracks In The Sand, Tom Freston's article in this month's Vanity Fair about traveling to an African music festival in Timbuktu, (RED) asked …

Attacking And Preventing Aid

"Car-jackings, abductions and ambushes are hindering aid workers involved the world's biggest humanitarian relief effort in Sudan's violent Darfur region, a U.N. report obtained by Reuters on Monday said.
A record 68 aid vehicles were ambushed in the first five months …

Perspective VI

4 of 5 Americans have a high school education.
1 of 4 children in the world must go to work instead of school.

Love On Her Arms New Blog Post

Want to find out what Jaime and "To Write Love On Her Arms" are up to? Find out here. Don't know what this organization is? please search them out.

Myspace Impact Awards, New Voting

Youth Against Poverty is once again nominated for a Myspace Impact award. They are up against ONE, which is a big name so go vote and give YAP a chance.
Don't forget they are all trying to change the world in some way so in the end it doesn't really matter who you vote …

Is Cereal More Important Than Music?

There's an interesting article talking about how Kellogg's Co. [largest cereal maker] will be making healthier food products for kids including waffles, pop-tarts, and more. I was thinking about whether or not to post the story [obviously you see my decision] and the …

Confusing?

How is $10 supposed to save Africa? My other question is, are all the people purchasing (red) actually going to Africa like the guy in the picture, because that would help more than your $10.

Rosa Loves... Movie Awards

Check out the Myspace bulletin from Rosa Loves to see how they are getting the word out about their mission to help those in need.

Discourse Donates June

For the month of June, Discourse Clothing will be donating 10% of all profits to Invisible Children.
Via: absolutepunk.net

The Rocket Summer Feels

The Band, "The Rocket Summer" has a new record coming out called "Do You Feel" on July 17th which I personally can't wait for. I have only heard the 2 songs from the band's Myspace page but found the lyrics from the title track (Do you feel) and am excited that this …