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Terrorists release on bail highlights contradictions
April 13, 2007In El Paso, Texas, Federal Judge Kathleen Cardone played by the rules on April 6 as she authorized the return of Luis Posada Carriles, 79, to his family’s home in Miami. His release is to be...
Read moreChicago Latino film fest opens
April 13, 2007Some 37 films, including three from the Windy City and 23 from abroad (including three from Cuba, always popular), are featured at the 23rd annual Chicago Latino Film Festival, April 13-26. The films, including many documentaries...
Read moreSports and the fight against injustice
April 13, 2007Book Review If you think you know about sports, you don’t know nothin’ if you haven’t read this book. The book’s author, David Zirin, is today’s Lester Rodney, the famous Daily Worker sports editor who helped...
Read moreJournalism and the truth in Iraq, U.S.-style
April 13, 2007In Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s movie “The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair,” the camera spends a great deal of time focused on the face of Yunis Abbas.
Read moreForeclosures point to systemic crisis
April 13, 2007Economic processes are not seasonal, one-night stands or an act of nature or God. Although all those factors can appear in stories about the economy, and be parts of the equation, economic processes are human-made and...
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