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Robert Earl Jones, acting pioneer, blacklistee, dies at 96
September 29, 2006Stage and film actor Robert Earl Jones, father of actor James Earl Jones, died Sept. 7 at age 96. Jones got into acting during the Depression when poet Langston Hughes cast him in the 1938 production...
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Venezeuela book falls short
September 29, 2006BOOKREVIEW Hugo Chávez: Oil, Politics and the Challenge to the U.S. By Nikolas Kozloff Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 Hardcover, 262 pp., $27.95 By Tony Pecinovsky There are many books on the increasingly complex relationship between Venezuela and...
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Progressive cinema at 2006 Toronto film fest
September 29, 2006TORONTO — Many consider the Toronto International Film Festival one of the greatest film events of the Western Hemisphere, certainly the most viewer-friendly. Toronto is hosting over 350 films from 60 countries. Some 250 are feature...
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Imperial divisions
September 29, 2006On Sept. 14 the U.S. House of Representatives, in the spirit of election-year politics, passed HR 6061, the “Secure Fence Act,” which calls for construction of 700 miles of fencing along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border. The...
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The new culture war
September 29, 2006In the ongoing battle over immigration, conservative rhetoric continues to escalate. It’s racist, and it gets results. This year, more than 30 states have passed 57 laws banning the undocumented from receiving social services or pledging...
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