Stories by Adam Howard

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Reclaiming King: Beyond 'I Have a Dream'

Posted on Jan 21, 2008, Source: AlterNet

People usually focus on the historic "I Have a Dream" speech, but it's the work King was doing at the end of his life that deserves more attention.

In Defense of Robert Redford's 'Lions for Lambs'

Posted on Nov 20, 2007, Source: AlterNet

The critics hate it, audiences have rejected it, but it deserves to be seen.

Man From Plains: The Film That Might Make Jimmy Carter a Movie Star

Posted on Nov 5, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Man From Plains is a moving, redemptive portrait of a president and a presidency that has been unfairly maligned and reduced to a punchline for far too long.

War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death [VIDEO]

Posted on Jul 11, 2007, Source: AlterNet

A new film, War Made Easy uses archival footage to show the continuity of the propaganda messages that have been used to to justify war from LBJ to George W. Bush.

Gay Arabic Translator: "I'm Here, I'm Willing to Serve" [VIDEO]

Posted on Jun 20, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Over 11,000 service members have been discharged from the military in the past 14 years because of their sexual orientation. It's time to lift the ban on openly gay people in the military.

Obama Speaks Truth on Iraq [VIDEO]

Posted on May 28, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Sen. Barack Obama strikes back at John McCain and Mitt Romney for suggesting that he was abandoning our troops by voting against the Bush-approved Iraq War funding bill.

Justice Department Liaison to White House Passes the Buck in Attorneys Firing Scandal [VIDEO]

Posted on May 23, 2007, Source: AlterNet

In the U.S. Attorneys firing scandal, the testimony of Monica Goodling amounted to more finger pointing, more unanswered questions and the continuation of an ultimately politically disastrous trajectory for the Bush Administration.
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