Poem of the week: Nizar Qabbani’s “The Old World is Dead”
This unnamed verse, written in 1970, seems as if it could have been written yesterday in half a dozen nations - and in some U.S. states as well.
UN human rights body should be defended
Like so many other initiatives of the tea party-infused Republican right, the push to leave - and even destroy - the Human Rights Council is wrong.
Coyotes in the city: lessons for 2011
As we look ahead to the new year, coyotes wandering around Chicago offer some lessons to keep in mind.
“Problema”: fascinating film of ideas
This eight-year project is one of the most thought-provoking and stimulating intellectual exercises ever recorded on film.
Workers in struggle on and off screen
While audiences were treated to one of the most exciting pro-labor films in decades at last month's Toronto Festival, a real-life struggle was going on outside.
A waitress in Georgia and why Nov. 2 matters
"We the lower class people wish for better waitress pay, better health care, day care, and more jobs," says a waitress in a small town in Georgia.
Why is Virginia governor going after immigrant drivers?
Could it be about the November elections?
Blood Dolphins shines light on dolphin's plight
When animal rights activist Ric O'Barry made the academy award winning documentary "The Cove" he assumed the international spotlight would finally put an end to dolphin hunting. Not so.
‘Machete' is dead on, immigrants are heroes
After seeing the movie "Machete," I thought this could quite possibly be the worst film ever or it could be one of those timely political satires perhaps on the verge of pure genius.
Factory farms produce more than eggs
In the early 1970s, I took a job at a brand new "industrial" hen house in Indiana.
