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HBO To Launch Show About Feminism?

HBO To Launch Show About Feminism?

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. July 30, 2009.
HBO is slated to take on a half-hour comedy starring Diane Keaton as a feminist icon.

Obama Has Become Radical in His Commitment to Secrecy

Obama Has Become Radical in His Commitment to Secrecy

Martin Garbus, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. June 30, 2009.
Obama's attempt at secrecy, continued torture and repression of speech must be stopped.

Biased Media: HBO Didn't Air Bishop Robinson's Invocation (But We've Got It)

Biased Media: HBO Didn't Air Bishop Robinson's Invocation (But We've Got It)

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. January 19, 2009.
Remember, this was the supposed salve on the wound to the LGBT community for the upcoming high-profile appearance of Rick Warren.

Portrait of an Army Cemetery: An Interview With the Directors of HBO's

Portrait of an Army Cemetery: An Interview With the Directors of HBO's "Section 60"

Katie Halper, AlterNet. October 15, 2008.
"When you stand there and see the rows of tombstones ... you realize what the price of war can be."

TONIGHT: Incredible Iraq Documentary 'Section 60'

TONIGHT: Incredible Iraq Documentary 'Section 60'

Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. October 13, 2008.
Filmmakers Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill's latest doc will air tonight on HBO at 9pm (EST).

Recount: HBO's Election 2000 Nostalgia

Recount: HBO's Election 2000 Nostalgia

Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: PEEK. May 27, 2008.
With it's new movie, Recount, HBO digs up old wounds.

'The Wire' -- Why Criticize One of the Best Crime Shows in TV History?

'The Wire' -- Why Criticize One of the Best Crime Shows in TV History?

Brian Cook, In These Times. February 26, 2008.
The HBO series is the ultimate anti-cop show, a rebellion against the horseshit police worship afflicting American television.

Sarah Jessica Parker Whores for Woman Beater

Sarah Jessica Parker Whores for Woman Beater

Don Hazen, AlterNet: PEEK. September 18, 2007.
Don Hazen: Why is Parker standing by Chris Albrecht, the former CEO of HBO who's had a long history of assaulting women?

ShowTime's Weeds: Suburbia, Drugs and Mary-Louise Parker’s Ass

ShowTime's Weeds: Suburbia, Drugs and Mary-Louise Parker’s Ass

Sheerly Avni, Las Vegas Weekly. August 13, 2007.
ShowTime's Weeds, one of the smartest shows on TV, puffs its way to a third season, with the premiere airing on Monday night.

Tony Soprano's Final Ride Down the New Jersey Turnpike

Tony Soprano's Final Ride Down the New Jersey Turnpike

Max Fraser, The Nation. June 11, 2007.
After the 86th and final episode, The Sopranos has come a long way since it burst into our collective consciousness in 1999 -- and along with it the iconic role the mob has in the American imagination.

Diebold demands that HBO cancel voting machine documentary [VIDEO]

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet: PEEK. November 2, 2006.
Electronic voting firm wants network to pull the plug on Hacking Democracy.