World
EDITORIAL: Sitting on a fault line
July 20, 2007A major earthquake hit Japan’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant this week. That should give pause to those who advocate looking to nuclear power as concerns about global warming escalate. On July 16, an earthquake measuring...
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Women sue Halliburton for sexual assault in Iraq
July 13, 2007HOUSTON — Four women who used to work for KBR, formerly known as Kellogg Brown & Root, have filed suit against KBR and Halliburton, alleging they were sexually harassed and, in two cases, raped while on...
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Global health care, Cuban-style
June 29, 2007Movie REVIEW Salud Directed by Connie Field New Paradigms, 2006 93 minutes Against a backdrop of ratcheted-up Bush attacks on Cuba and the devastating contradictions afflicting U.S. health care, the documentary “Salud!” by Medical Education Cooperation...
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Iraqi labor leaders visit Haymarket memorial
June 29, 2007CHICAGO — Two leaders of Iraq’s labor movement placed a plaque at the Haymarket Memorial here June 23 as leaders of major U.S. labor organizations looked on. The presentation was the Iraqis’ way of remembering both...
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Filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, lifelong radical
June 22, 2007His films tackled the most contentious issues in Africa, frequently provoking the indignation of the ruling class of both his home country and its former colonizer.
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