Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch held a joint news conference to release their two new reports on U.S. drone strikes and other air strikes in Pakistan and Yemen. The Amnesty Inte…
133 viewsJohn Kiriakou and Steve Kleinman discussed the legal and moral ambiguities of their missions and examined how far the U.S. should go to ensure the safety of its citizens. John Kiriakou is an…
405 viewsLouise Knight was interviewed about her book Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy, published by University of Chicago Press.
87 viewsCathy Sultan talked about her book Israeli and Palestinian Voices: A Dialogue with Both Sides, published by Scarletta Press. She talked about her quest to understand the Middle East conflict…
94 viewsKevin O’Keefe was interviewed about his book The Average American: The Extraordinary Search for the Nation’s Most Ordinary Citizen, published by PublicAffairs.
87 viewsJeff Biggers was interviewed about his book The United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture, and Enlightenment to America, published by Shoemaker an…
86 viewsAuthors discussed their war memoirs in a panel titled “At War, At Home: Books on the Military,” which was held at the Barnes and Noble bookstore. Linda Robinson talked about her book Mas…
79 viewsMr. Kippen talked about “The Big Read,” a program developed at the National Endowment for the Arts to restore reading to its place in American life. It helps fund “one city, one book” progra…
92 viewsMr. Ekirch talked about his book, At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past. He talked about nighttime, primarily in Western Europe from the late Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution. He discu…
1,171 viewsAmy Goodman talked about her book The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them, published by Hyperion. Ms. Goodman listed what she see…
343 viewsMichael Downing was interviewed about his book of social history, Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time, published by Shoemaker and Hoard.
182 viewsA panel discussion was held on the role of women at home and in the workplace. Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream, published …
261 viewsWilliam F. Schulz and others released Amnesty International’s 2005 annual report on human rights. The report analyzed the year’s setbacks and advancements for human rights in 149 countries a…
78 viewsOfficials from Amnesty International gave the organization’s 2004 human rights report at the National Press Club. They talked about human rights abuses around the world, including the killin…
27 viewsAmnesty International officials announced the beginning of an international campaign to stop violence against women. Among the specific issues addressed were domestic violence, violence agai…
149 viewsMr. Schulz and other officials spoke to reporters about their annual human rights report and the impact of the conflict in Iraq on U.S. foreign policy and human rights monitoring. He said th…
82 viewsAuthor Linda Rabben talked about her book Fierce Legion of Friends, published by the Quixote Center. The book recounts the three hundred-year history of human rights campaigns. Ms. Rabben re…
52 viewsMr. Schulz and others talked about an annual report on human rights violations around the globe. Among the topics they addressed were treatment of detainees at the U.S. Naval Base in Cuba an…
94 viewsAmnesty International Asia Advocacy Director T. Kumar talked about the human rights conditions in China and how President George W. Bush’s current visit there may affect these issues. He spe…
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