It was a place for people to sing about social injustices as well as what was happening on the streets.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

She's named after my sister-in-law." "Well I always liked the name Sebastian, so I wanted to name our older son Sebastian.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

The institute's research director, Mark Teffeau,says the flowerpot works well for vegetables and small flowering plants like geraniums and impatiens.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

The group invites men as well as women to discussions on the Koran's teachings about the equality of the sexes.

VOA: special.2009.06.15

The BP company pumped heavy drilling fluids,known as mud, into the top of its damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

The group's music is influenced by the Israeli and Palestinian conflict as well as social issues that affect people's freedoms.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Think of your family or friends. How well would those relationships work without trust or with a broken trust?

VOA: special.2009.12.19

BP is trying different ways to stop the leak from a damaged undersea well and control the spilled oil.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

Major banks have been doing well since the worst of the financial crisis shook Wall Street more than a year ago.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

A student who tells you his grades have hit bottom is saying he has not done well in school.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

And when the pruning is done in August, the lambs -- well, you might not want to know this part.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

They also hold big shares of Citigroup and a number of other banks, as well as sixty percent of General Motors.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

June Simms has more. Steve Martin is well known for many things, but music is not one of them.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

People began hearing the phrase by the grapevine to describe false as well as true reports from the battlefield.

VOA: special.2009.02.22