BRAVE NEW FILMS – In The Media

By Emily Alpert Reyes for the Los Angeles Times. 

Two Los Angeles City Council members began a push Tuesday for a new city ordinance that would crack down on businesses that cheat workers of their pay.

The U.S. led war in Iraq cost billions of dollars, thousands of lives, and has faced heavy criticism. CCTV's Anand Naidoo is joined by filmmaker Robert Greenwald, who has made documentaries about the Iraq war and has been very outspoken about his opposition to the invasion and subsequent years spent in the Middle East. 

On May 22nd, Robert Greenwald spoke with Ed Schultz on his radio show about the launch of Brave New Films' updated Koch Brothers Exposed film. 

On Monday, June 9th Robert Greenwald appeared on KPFK's Connect The Dots with Lila Garrett. Watch the video below to listen to their conversation. 

This post originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times. It was written by Jeffrey Fleishman and republished in the Orlando Sentinel. 

The Korengal Valley in eastern Afghanistan is harsh in nature and war, a bitter and beautiful landscape that bonded a small band of soldiers whose efforts epitomized America's limitations against the antipathy and resilience of an enemy it could neither fathom nor tame.

By George Lavender for In These Times. 

Debtors' prisons were formally abolished in the United States in 1833. Before then if a defendant couldn't pay their court fees or fines, that is where they would end up. A century and a half later, in Bearden v Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that judges cannot send people to prison for failure to pay fines without finding out their ability to pay.

This interview originally appeared on We Got Ed as part of their daily podcast. 

By Jeffrey Fleishman for the Los Angeles Times. 

The Korengal Valley in eastern Afghanistan is harsh in nature and war, a bitter and beautiful landscape that bonded a small band of soldiers whose efforts epitomized America's limitations against the antipathy and resilience of an enemy it could neither fathom nor tame.

This story was originally published in YES! Magazine. Republished by Truthout.org. 

Kathleen Hucks was almost a model parolee.

In 2006 she was convicted of driving under the influence, possession of marijuana, and driving with a suspended license in Columbia County, Alabama. She successfully completed her probation and paid all of her court-issued fines.

By Jodie Gummow for AlterNet.

“America Has a Koch Problem!” That was the hard-hitting theme of a block party protest hosted by New York activists and concerned citizens outside David Koch’s Park Avenue apartment on Thursday night, aimed at exposing the Koch Brothers' extremist right-wing political agenda.