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How to Read Donald Trump

Sep 14, 2017
The rise of white supremacy under Trump prompts author Ariel Dorfman to reflect on the history of authoritarianism in his native country, Chile.
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‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ Film Review: A Half-Baked Hollywood Version of a Great Documentary

Oct 30, 2015
David Gordon Green's star-studded film is a middling comedy about the humdrum conflicts between American meddlers in Bolivia's 2002 election Meanwhile, the Bolivians in it are as invisible as most of the slaves in "Gone With the Wind"David Gordon Green's star-studded film is a middling comedy about the internecine conflicts between American meddlers in Bolivia's 2002 election".

Story of a Death Foretold

Dec 14, 2013
It has been 40 years since the CIA helped oust a democratically elected government in Chile, leaving President Salvador Allende sprawled on a couch with part of his skull gone. Oscar Guardiola-Rivera tells the story of "that other September 11."Forty years after the CIA left Chilean President Salvador Allende sprawled on a couch with part of his skull gone, Oscar Guardiola-Rivera tells the story of "that other September 11."

Kerry, Kissinger and the Other Sept. 11

Sep 12, 2013
As President Barack Obama's attack on Syria appears to have been delayed for the moment, it is remarkable that Secretary of State John Kerry was meeting, on Sept. 11, with one of his predecessors, Henry Kissinger, reportedly to discuss strategy on forthcoming negotiations on Syria with Russian officials.

Martin Luther King and the Two 9/11s

Aug 29, 2013
So much has changed since that hot day in August 1963 when Martin Luther King delivered his famous words from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. So much -- and yet so little.