by Emily Schwartz Greco | Oct 6, 2008 | Uncategorized
If you think you’ve even got a vague notion of how the shadowy side of the U.S. government operates, do yourself a favor and read Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing (Simon & Schuster, 2008). This book is a wide-open window into the...
by Emily Schwartz Greco, Michele Wucker | Sep 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
Immigration reform advocates still disagree over the Senate’s failed 2007 attempt to push through legislation that would have provided a path to legalization for the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. Unions and big...
by Mark Engler, Emily Schwartz Greco | Sep 24, 2008 | Labor, Trade, & Finance
Rarely in politics do we witness such a rapid transformation as Senator John McCain’s recognition of America’s current financial crisis. Until the middle of September 2008 — throughout myriad home foreclosures, personal bankruptcies, and even the failure...
by Chellee Chase-Saiz, John Feffer | Jun 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
Film poster for A Schoolgirl’s Diary. Photo by Nicholas Bonner. The North Korean film projectionist is thinking back on her earlier life. When she was younger, she tells the camera, she dreamed of acting. She wanted to play a heroic role on the screen. Her eyes take...
