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Johnny Cash: from cotton to guitar picking

December 2, 2005

The Nov. 16 CBS special, “I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash,” featured everybody from Sheryl Crow to Martina McBride, from Dwight Yoakam to U2, performing some of Cash’s most famous songs. It was...

Life under occupation explored at Toronto film fest

December 2, 2005

Each year Bill Meyer reviews movies shown at the Toronto International Film Festival for the PWW. The following is the first in his Progressive Cinema series. Films from the Middle East played prominently at this year’s...

What part of global warming dont we get?

December 2, 2005

Forget about the hurricanes. Put them out of your mind. We’ll never know for sure that any particular hurricane is caused by global warming, so just don’t think about them. Instead, concentrate on the other evidence...

Slavery in New York: Uncovering the brutal truth

December 2, 2005

NEW YORK — Wall Street and much of this city’s renowned financial district were built on the burial ground of African slaves. New York’s prosperity stems in large part from the grotesque profits of the African...

Bolivians set to elect left-wing leader

December 2, 2005

Evo Morales, an indigenous leader and candidate of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), is favored to win Bolivia’s presidential elections on Dec. 18. His party and a coalition of popular forces are calling for the nationalization...