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The story of a crusading reporter’s determined search for truth, “Kill The Messenger” gains its not-inconsiderable power by not being the kind of movie that particular description might lead you to expect.
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History Is Going To Record That Gary Webb Got It Right. By Maxine Waters THE NIGHT THAT I read Gary Webb's "Dark Alliance" series in the San Jose Mercury News, I was so alarmed that I literally sat straight up in bed, poring over every word. I reflected on the many meetings I attended throughout South Central Los Angeles during the 1980s, when I constantly asked, "Where are all the drugs coming from?" I asked myself that night whether it was possible for such a vast amount of drugs to be smuggled into any district under the noses of the community
Exhibition brings recent contemporary acquisitions into conversation with rarely seen works Joseph Lewis as Eze Nri (2018), Stephen Hamilton. © Stephen Hamilton. Image courtesy of the artist. BOSTON, MASS .- This summer, New Light: Encounters and Connections at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, brings more than 60 works of art from across the collectionincluding 23 newly acquired contemporary piecesinto thought-provoking dialogue. Organized into 21 conversations, the exhibition juxtaposes each contemporary work with one or two rarely seen objects acquired earlier in the Museums hist...
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a death knell to so many industries in Afghanistan. Charities and aid agencies have even warned that the economic dislocation could spark widespread famine. But one sector is still booming: the illicit opium trade. Last year saw Afghan opium poppy cultivation grow by over a third while counter-narcotics operations dropped off a cliff. The country is said to be the source of over 90% of all the world’s illicit opium, from which heroin and other opioids are made. More land is under cultivation for opium in Afghanistan than is used for coca production acro...