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...warlords from Congo. It will gain wider public attention with the Nov.2 U.S. release of Darfur Now, a Syriana-style documentary that chronicles Moreno-Ocampo's pursuit of Harun. Appearing at screenings of the film this fall in Toronto and New York, Moreno-Ocampo received standing ovations, not to mention an audience with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie...
This kind of central command and control, long out of favor in corporate America (not to mention the People's Republic of China), is now being de-emphasized. Castro-Wright, 52, is pushing executives out to where the stores are and bringing in local hires. The company has created five U.S. regions and staffed them as if they were independent $8 billion-to-$12 billion retailers. The Southeast regional headquarters is in Atlanta; the Midwest is run out of Chicago. Both regions are headed by locals, which will give the company more political clout in the sometimes contentious battles...
...film follows the rise of Harlem gangster Frank Lucas (Washington), who became one of the most successful drug lords of the late ’60s early ’70s by cutting out the middlemen and buying heroin directly from Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Did I mention that Frank Lucas is black? Throughout the story, Lucas’s race plays a significant role in the NYPD’s unwillingness to recognize him as a true threat to the war on drugs and the Sicilian Mafia’s unwillingness to recognize him as a true...
...editorial “Pondering Porn” misses the point—by a long shot. Tangled up in its claims and false analogies, it fails to provide nuance in its central criticism (after calling for more nuance from Catherine MacKinnon). Crucially, it fails to even mention the staggering levels of rape and male violence against women—MacKinnon’s “exhibit A” against pornography...
...donors. Yet the Clinton campaign did not reimburse another 15 restaurant workers - including cooks, waiters, a dishwasher and cashier - who also wrote checks for the April 13 event in New York's Chinatown. Nor did it send back money from a garment worker and phone card clerk, not to mention 15 donors who had failed to list any occupations or register to vote...