Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky (Sony Pictures Classics, 2007) Holocaust films often present concentration camp inmates as if they were only victims, not complex...
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Directed by Kimberly Peirce (Paramount, 2008) Five years and more than 4,000 U.S. deaths after the president declared "mission accomplished," the...
By Maura Weis (Sorin Books/Ave Maria Press, 2008) Miles from the Sideline is an appropriate title for Maura Weis’ account of life with her daughter...
Drive-By Truckers (New West, 2008) As a thoroughly hip Southern rock band in the 21st century, the Drive-By Truckers are either an oxymoron or a paradox. Start...
In Burgundy's wine country, young people find peace and perspective on retreat at a monastery in Taize. At first there is fidgeting. And clearing of...
Is the church's "new feminism" a good fit? Last spring at the University of Notre Dame a heated debate about campus performances of the...
Ravaged by HIV/AIDS, women and children from a South African squatter camp find hope at a volunteer-run clinic. Two years ago Selinah was lying on a mat...
Third World women could be the new recruits in the global war on poverty. Since commodities first changed hands for cash, the women...
From 1978 to 2006 Sharon Daly tried to convince politicians to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and heal the sick through legislation. Fighting bureaucracy...
Community is the first casualty in America's labor wars It's been one roller-coaster ride to hell, and it's still going down.-a Staley worker The...
