An Interview with Danny Glover By Ed Rampell, March 2012 issue The Progressive Many movie fans know Danny Glover from the Lethal Weapon series, but this Hollywood action star is also a serious intellectual, activist, and producer of thought-provoking documentaries and features. The UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Amnesty International USA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient is More
You Can Arrest an Idea Robert Scheer Dec 1, 2011 truthdig via RSN A Los Angeles Police Department officer stands guard on the eve of the city’s eviction of the Occupy L.A. protest. AP / Dan Steinberg The bankers slept well. Their homes in Beverly Hills were not spotlighted by a noisy swarm of police helicopters, More
Occupy’s Woman Problem November 22, 2011 By Tina Dupuy Atlantic via LA Progressive Elise Whitaker (Photo: Robert Stuart Lowden) “I’m called ‘that white bitch who gets everything she wants’ at the GA’s,” says Elise Whitaker, 21, adopting a bit of a defiant posture. She’s been at Occupy LA since the second week of the encampment. A More
