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'The Scramble for Africa' Argues that Western Activists Have Darfur All Wrongnew

Steven Fake and Kevin Funk agree: When it comes to Darfur, even people who share their leftist politics mostly don't get it.
Pittsburgh City Paper  |  Bill O'Driscoll  |  11-11-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Retired Army Col. Ann Wright on War, Peace and Dissentnew

Wright joined the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State in 1987, and left in protest the day before the invasion of Iraq. Since then, Wright has been a leading antiwar activist and has now co-authored Dissent: Voices of Conscience.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  05-15-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Talking Politics & Prose with Elizabeth Haileynew

"Like a lot of women my age, I missed the '60s because I was at home raising my daughters," says the silver-haired, silver-tongued author of the trailblazing A Woman of Independent Means. "But now that I'm in my 60s, I'm ready to march. In the third act of my life, I'm ready for the front lines."
The Texas Observer  |  Robert Leleux  |  04-23-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Remembering Grace Paleynew

If I have any nascent wisdom in my head, Grace, it's this: You were always much wiser and less foolish than you let on.
Seven Days  |  Mike Ives  |  09-05-2007  |  Books

Planning for a Post-Carbon Worldnew

Think James Howard Kunstler meets Home Improvement's Tim Allen.
Seven Days  |  Mike Ives  |  03-07-2007  |  Nonfiction

Street Art Shapes Public Spacenew

In contrast to traditional art, Josh MacPhee asserts, stencils are the great equalizer: With the help of basic, affordable materials, the same work of art can reappear throughout a city, cities or countries, meeting with a broad audience and reception.
New York Press  |  Kate Crane  |  11-11-2004  |  Nonfiction

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