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Sweeney seeks more comment on AFL-CIO revamp
February 4, 2005WASHINGTON (PAI) — AFL-CIO President John Sweeney is seeking comments on changing the labor federation’s nature and structure. “We will undertake a full and open discussion about our future and the choices we must make together,”...
Read moreThe Woodsman
February 4, 2005Movie Review Nicole Kassel’s “The Woodsman,” starring Kevin Bacon, is a quiet and subtle exploration into the world of pedophilia and incest. And while we might want to put that as far away from us as...
Read moreSlavery and the Making of America on PBS
February 4, 2005Coming to PBS on Feb. 9 and Feb 16 from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. is the four-part series “Slavery and the Making of America,” produced by Dante James and narrated by Morgan Freeman. James has...
Read moreBirminghams heroic children
February 4, 2005Review “Mighty Times: The Children’s March,” co-produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Home Box Office, has received an Academy Award nomination in the Best Documentary Short Subject category. It joins four other SPLC films...
Read moreBlack actors earn five Oscar nods
February 4, 2005LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six years ago, Chris Rock joked that the Academy Awards looked like the “million white man march” for its traditional under-representation of Blacks. This time, with Rock taking his maiden voyage as...
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