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In upcoming election, minor Israeli parties on verge of winning seats

Israel’s electoral system for parliament has people voting for parties, not people. In order to get seats, a party needs to win at least two percent of the vote. Some 34 parties are running this year and some parties that are on the fringe of Israeli politics are on the verge of winning enough support to actually secure seats.

Remembering musician, artist and writer Gil Scott Heron

Arts, Culture & Media

Israel’s Also-Ran Parties

Global Politics

Japan and Being There

Remembering Gil Scott-Heron: Musical Innovator and Rap Inspiration

Gil Scott-Heron: Remembering a Musical Innovator and Rap Inspiration

Gil Scott-Heron, a chicago born poet who many called the “Godfather of Rap,” died Friday, at the age of 62. Scott-Heron was a musical innovator, whose spoken-word-over-jazz 1970 debut album “Small Talk at 125th and Lennox,” is often credited as year zero of rap music. The record featured songs like “The Revolution Will Not Be […]

The World

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Celebrated Brazilian singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil has a new album out in which he addresses means of communication around the world.