Honoring New Yorks community press
What do these headlines have in common? Undocumented Filipino workers speak out against Filipino employers,” “Special report on Golden Venture: commemorating the tragedy that left 10 dead and 300 undocumented immigrants arrested,” “Brendan and Todd’s wedding,” “To recover a child: a family’s fight with Child Services,” and “Boy’s death in fire follows landlord neglect.”
Emmylou Harris (and friends) shine at Carnegie Hall
Music review Spanning several days and moving from the newly remodeled lower-level Zankel Hall to Carnegie Hall’s main auditorium, country music singer and songwriter Emmylou Harris and friends delighted audiences in New York City on Oct. 21-25.
Drug patents: Rx for profits
An analysis by researchers at the Center for Economic and Policy Research demonstrates that the U.S. government could directly manage pharmaceutical research far more efficiently than the private sector currently does.
Tribute for Fay and Herbert Aptheker
NEW YORK – Hundreds of New York area family, friends, comrades and colleagues of Herbert and Fay Aptheker came together at St. Peter’s Church Oct. 16 to pay tribute to two “outstanding fighters for humanity,” as one speaker put it.
Michael Moore stands up for TV show employees
Exclusive interview MILWAUKEE – In an exclusive interview with the People’s Weekly World, Oct. 11, author and filmmaker Michael Moore said he was hopeful that workers backstage at NBC’s “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” would win employment benefits long denied them by NBC’s parent corporation, General Electric.
Trumbo: A valentine to a blacklisted father
Theater review Dalton Trumbo, with his unique and memorable name, was brought before the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 and asked if he was a Communist. He did not acknowledge that he was, but as he also did not deny membership, he was blacklisted by the motion picture industry.
Chicago banquet salutes Salt of the Earth labor heroes
CHICAGO – This year marks the 50th anniversary of the production of the groundbreaking movie, Salt of the Earth. Celebrations have been taking place across the country.
Denver pillaged by Vikings, 28-20 Patriots tame the Dolphins, 19-13
The Thrill and the Agony This week in sports by Chas Walker
Franken takes on media monsters
Book review Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, By Al Franken, E.P. Dutton, 377 pp., hardcover, $24.95
Our grief is not a cry for war
Book review September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows: Turning Our Grief into Action for Peace, By David Potorti with Peaceful Tomorrows, RDV Books, 246 pp., softcover, $14.95
