Movie Reviews & Stories Gaining an appreciable level of success outside of one’s home country is not an unusual feat. Just ask Alela Diane, a local singer-songwriter who can fill huge theaters in France while still f   More

Q & A In South Africa, F.W. de Klerk was an unlikely reformer. He had risen in that country’s white-minority power politics...   More

News We wrote a couple weeks ago about Portlander Jenny Leonard's efforts to collect 400 bikes for South African children to help them get to school. Leonard reports that her collection drive this past weekend got 208 bikes for the storage container she's hoping to fill before it ships off this Thursday to Cape Town, South Africa. And today (Monday, April 26), Leonard will be collecting mountain ...   More