In Review: Books, Music, and Film

Books, Music, and Film

In Review :: Phil Borges, Women Empowered

by Tracy Loeffelholz Dunn

posted Jul 29, 2007

Acclaimed portrait photographer Phil Borges offers a stunning sampling of empowered women from Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America.

Yes! Picks

by Catherine Bailey, Sarah Kuck

posted May 31, 2007

Yes! reveals their musical inspiration while putting together this issue as well as favorite independent films.

In Review

posted May 31, 2007

Reviews of The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse; Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future; and the documentary film Juvies.

Powerful Beat

posted May 11, 2007

Review of the documentary "Favela Rising" with Anderson Sa frontman for the band Afro Reggae. AfroReggae's music has brought the sound of hope to Brazil's slums.

In Review

posted Mar 18, 2007

Reviews of Planetwalker: How to Change Your World One Step at a Time; Earthlight: Spiritual Wisdom for an Ecological Age; Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause; and Black Gold.

In Review :: Conversations over the Line

posted Nov 30, 2006

Reviews of bell hooks and Amalia Mesa-Bains' Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism, Jill Bamburg's Getting to Scale, Peacemaking Circles: From Crime to Community by Kay Pranis, Barry Stuart and Mark Wedge, and the film The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, directed by Faith Morgan.

Notes from Underground

posted Jun 21, 2006

Reviews of Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Save the World, Global Class War, Healthy Money, Healthy Planet, Home Enlightenment and Independent America.

Book Review: Every Day is a Good Day by Wilma Mankiller

by Lilja Otto

posted Apr 18, 2006

Provides insights into the lives and ideas of indigenous women and invites readers to re-examine their own cultural and spiritual backgrounds.

Book Review: Delaying the Real World by Colleen Kinder

by Meredith Dearborn

posted Sep 26, 2005

Colleen Kinder's book is a well-researched manual full of ideas to help 20-somethings creatively avoid a narrow career track and lead to a more personally fulfilling career and life. Volunteer work, overseas travel, and internships are covered.

Book Review: Cancer-Gate: How to Win the Losing Cancer War by Samuel S. Epstein

by Judy Brady

posted Sep 26, 2005

Epstein's follow-on book to

Book Review: Dilemmas of Domination by Walden Bello

by Saul Landau

posted Sep 26, 2005

Walden Bello, scholar activist, has written a manifesto on how globalization works and fails.

Book Review: Carfree Cities by J.H. Crawford

by Guy Dauncey

posted Sep 12, 2005

Guy Dauncey reviews a book that praises the details in life that become noticable when people walk through their communities instead of driving.

Book Review: No More Throw-away People by Edgar Cahn

by David Bollier

posted Apr 26, 2005

No More Throwaway People is a provocative analysis of the non-market economy and an inspiration for the social service community.

Book Review: The Boiling Point by Ross Gelbspan

by K C Golden

posted Apr 26, 2005

The science of global warming, and the dream of the "World Energy Modernization Plan" are two issues covered in the book

Film Review: The Take and Argentina: Hope in Hard Times

by Lisa Gale Garrigues

posted Apr 18, 2005

Lisa Gale Garrigues reviews two films about Argentina during the economic crisis of 2002. Both films offer lessons in what ordinary people can do.