While the Federal government is poised to file a lawsuit against Arizona’s harsh new law that takes immigration law into its own hands and makes it a crime to be undocumented in the state, music artists and television personalities continue to protest the law and put pressure on the state to [...]

May 10, 2010 by ishita | Tags: Arizona, Chino D, cinco de mayo, Da Beast, Da’aron Anthony, DJ John Blaze, hip-hop, immigration, Jason Jones, jon stewart, Mr. Miranda, music video, Ocean, Queen YoNasDa, racist, Restore Fairness, Rich Rico, SB1070, Tajji Sharp, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Yung Face | No Comments »

The Akshara Centre in Mumbai just released their students’ first music video using Breakthrough’s album Mann Ke Manjeere.
The video is a message of community harmony produced by the centre’s Apna TV.
The Akshara Centre aims at promoting gender equality and working to end violence against women through information activism. The have published books and booklets as well [...]

February 5, 2010 by Stefani | Tags: Akshara Centre, b-listed, breakthrough beat, Man Ke Manjeere, Mumbai, music video | No Comments »

Today, MTV Exit premiered the moving music video to the Killer’s new song, Goodnight, Travel Well. The band has teamed up with UNICEF, USAID and MTV Exit for the production of the video, which highlights the problem of human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of young women across the globe.
Similarly, Radiohead collaborated with [...]

July 13, 2009 by rachel | Tags: Child Labor, human trafficking, MTV, mtv exit, music video, Radiohead, sex trafficking, the Killers, UNICEF, USAID | 1 Comment »