With the Rev. Nelson Johnson at his side during a press conference in the sanctuary of Faith Community Church in Greensboro on June 30, Cornell faced a bank of television cameras and proclaimed: "My goal is to bring peace to the streets, black, brown, come together as one.

In an era when many popular musical acts are completely pre-packaged by record companies and their publicity machines, often seemingly with no apparent thought toward the audience's wants, Jackson and Kane liked the idea of having a direct hand in how their music is presented.

Dear Gabacho: Your question is spot-on, but it's taken a while for Elvis to achieve icon status amongst Mexicans.

July is National Hot Dog Month, but here in North Carolina we eat them all year long, usually graced with a slide of chili and a mound of finely chopped cole slaw. That's how we do.