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A “Prophecy” Worth Watching
Orson Welles and John Houseman were preparing to mount a production in June 1937 in New York City called “The Cradle Will Rock,” a musical written by Marc Blitzstein …
News in Brief: President Obama Demands Accountability From BP, and More
BP continues to dominate the front pages: The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal report that President Obama plans on forcing the energy giant to establish …
McChrystal Faces “Iraq 2006 Moment” in Coming Months (2)
Washington - Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal confronts the spectre of a collapse of U.S. political support for the war in Afghanistan in coming months comparable to the one that …
Out of Work, Sleeping in the Fields: The People of the Central Valley
A photodocumentary project on the reality of life today in California's Central Valley Near Reedley, on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley, three men live in a …
Clock Ticking on Obama’s BP Ultimatum
The Obama administration has told BP that it has until Sunday night to come up with better plans to contain the leak in the Gulf oil spill. But BP …
Iraq Surge Narrative Challenged by Studies
It's a matter of timing, and the numbers don't add up. The US surge in Iraq did not by itself bring about an end to the country's civil war …
Greenwashing the Pentagon
As oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, just one of many manifestations of perilous ecological degradation across the planet, the need to challenge war and militarism …
El Paso “Cat and Mouse” Turns Fatal
It was a blistering Monday evening in El Paso. The heat had jumped past 95 degrees and it was about to get a lot hotter in this militarized border …
Plan to Burn Excess Oil From BP Well Raises Health Questions
Washington - Plans to burn hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil from BP's blown-out well are raising new questions about the health and safety of the thousands of …
McChrystal Faces “Iraq 2006 Moment” in Coming Months
Washington - Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal confronts the spectre of a collapse of U.S. political support for the war in Afghanistan in coming months comparable to the one that …