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Even the Rain -- Film within a film about abuse of indeginous people

  • South American Indians
  • February 14, 2011
In 'Even the Rain,' a Spanish film production company shoots a movie about Christopher Columbus establishing Spanish rule in the Caribbean...
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Killing opportunities by killing internships

  • unpaid internships
  • April 28, 2012
Internships have been a part of the employment landscape ever since the invention of the corporation. But a re-examination of thepractice may...
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We have a great deal to learn from the world community

If you are from North American and you travel to an underdeveloped country your reactionsare most likely to be shock, then hurt. You have probably...
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To live the 'American Dream' go to Denmark

We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class where we belong, and probably when we get there it will...
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Poverty muppet created by Sesame Street will exploit children on adult issue

Sesame Street has created a new muppet character that is intended to show children the effects of poverty and hunger in a one-hour primetime...
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America, a new definition of a failed state

  • dead economic systems
  • August 7, 2011
You're not pinning this turd on us.(Comedian Jon Stewart, on debt ceiling agreement)All questions in a democracy are questions of money.(Mark...
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"The Victim"-an astonishing directorial debut!

I am first and foremost-a film lover who believes in the power of the cinema to entertain at the very least and to provoke thought at the other end...
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The vampire women of Sacramento, California

There has been one genre that has always made money at the box-office over the course of the history of cinema. It is a form of entertainment that...
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Movie Preview: Hobo with a Shotgun

It is becoming clear that Quentin Tarantino is taking over the cinema universe. Hobo with a Shotgun is the second of two fake trailers created for...
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Arriving at the fork in the road

  • making choices in America
  • February 18, 2011
Competition is a sin.(John D. Rockefeller)Through Wisconsin darklyThe state of Wisconsin could provide an interesting test case and a glimpse of...
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