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Tash Sultana is seen smiling on stage at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston.

Here’s the next smooth step in Tash Sultana’s flow state

Global Hit

Australian musician Tash Sultana’s forthcoming LP, “Flow State,” is the next musical step for the former busker. Sultana describes what it’s like being in a flow state and why she’s greedy when it comes to genres.

Kathleen Mock

Arts, Culture & Media

In Boston, Signs of the Homeless Get Colorful Makeovers

Company in Prague turns to homeless people to show city’s less-seen side

Charlotte restaurant serves up free meals, jobs, fellowship for homeless

Business, Economics and Jobs

Homelessness a growing problem in Greece

Business, Economics and Jobs

In Greece, the economic downturn and debt crisis has forced an increasingly large number of people out on the street. The government shelters can’t do enough, so it’s left up to private groups. And they’re struggling to meet the burden.

Foreclosed homes for homeless families

As homes are foreclosed upon, and more people end up homeless, some groups are putting the two together to solve both problems.

Responses: A Time When You Realized You Were Juggling Too Much

All this week, as part of our series “Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Male-Dominated Fields,” we’ve heard from women who have broken into predominately male occupations and  risen to the top. They shared their lessons on how to juggle their demanding jobs and their family lives. We asked all of them and our listeners the same […]

Sandy Leaves Tens of Thousands Homeless

It’s a been a week since Sandy hit the Northeast, and utility companies have been working around the clock to return power to millions of customers affected by the storm. In New York City and the surrounding boroughs, suburbs, and beyond,  many people  are still without power and fuel, including  significant parts of New Jersey and Long Island. […]

Invisible Grace

Arts, Culture & Media

A few months ago, it was impossible to move around Port-au-Prince unaware of the thousands of families still homeless after the January 2010 earthquake. Tent camps – with their tattered blue and gray tarps and make-shift structures of plywood and rusting metalware – were set up in the streets, on median strips, and in the main parks of Petion-Ville and Port-au-Prince. Men, women and children bathed in buckets in the street.