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From the composer: I wrote this piece inspired by our summer visit to Sebago Lake in Maine.

From the composer: After watching the film and listening to the score from The Odyssey, this song is what emerged from the inspiration.

From the composer: An expression of gratitude for the divine. Semi-finalist, 2026 Unsigned Only Music Awards Semi-finalist, 2025 International Songwriting Competition

Help decide which of Lucas Grindley's songs become a real album. Trial by combat — crown your favorites, two at a time.

People Trust Community Federal Credit Union gave Little Rock's underbanked Black entrepreneurs a home. Now federal regulators have seized it — and industry leaders say they've seen this before.

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Numerous faked images and a string of startlingly inaccurate responses from Gemini and Grok are part of a tidal wave of AI slop engulfing coverage of the Iran war

Credit unions serving low-income populations are increasingly letting their CDFI certification lapse. But they’re not retreating from their mission.

From West Oakland to Birmingham, historic commercial districts in Black neighborhoods are using cultural preservation to drive community investment.

Whistles – some 3D-printed, distributed in coffee shops and churches – have become a fixture in neighborhoods where residents are seeking ways to warn one another in real time. In some neighborhoods, ...

Podcast: Black Soil KY is changing the economics of food access in Lexington.

Op-ed: Sports events, conventions and festivals produce massive food surpluses. Local policies can redirect that food to people in need while advancing climate goals.

A joyful, ebullient performance on ice provides a reason to look back at a landmark community investment program that no longer exists.

Lexington used a $1 million public contract to wipe out millions in hospital bills. In rural Paducah, organizers are crowdfunding — hoping to clear a fraction of that total without city hall.

The president said the project, which could cost $200 million, will keep the steel and some marble of the existing building.

From the composer: I'm trying to force myself to imagine what life can feel like when we rebuild. So I wrote

“It’s not likely there will be a military conflict, but it can’t be ruled out,” Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said at a press conference in capital Nuuk on Tuesday. Greenland’s government will...

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From the composer: Written in reaction to the murder of Renee Good and recordings of chaos on American streets and neighborhoods.

YouTube video by Lucas Grindley

YouTube video by Lucas Grindley

YouTube video by Lucas Grindley

Critics accuse the US president of trying to ‘shut women journalists up’ with ‘demeaning language’

The workshop was one of many such events happening Saturday in recognition of World Kindness Day.

A Roadmap for Local News Sustainability Hundreds of surveys, hundreds of hours, hundreds of datapoints. One comprehensive look into the state of local news businesses. Introduction Background & Defini...

Album · 2025 · 7 Songs

Marion county agrees to apologize over 2023 raid that led to national outcry over press freedom, said newspaper’s editor

Job cuts for October totaled 153,074, a 183% surge from September.

The world has failed to meet its main climate change target of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and will likely breach this threshold in the next decade, the United Nations' Environment Programme said on Tuesday.

Next City makes it our job to document the solutions that prove construction of a more equitable future can never be stopped.

Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.

Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trump’s proposed 90,000-square-foot...

Friends and foes keep getting it wrong. Mr. Mamdani says, “It’s pretty phonetic honestly.”

Playlist: Classical Covers From the arranger: Something about Frédéric Chopin's B section of Raindrop for piano always sounded epic, so I created this orchestral arrangement to experience that scale.

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