| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of Demystifying Shariah: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It's Not Taking Over Our Country by Sumbul Ali-Karamali. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Saturday, August 28th, 2021 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Books, Diplomacy & Conflict, First Freedoms |
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Category Archives: Views & Reviews
Book Review: In the U.S., the desire to “Break It Up” is more American than America itself
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of Break It Up by Richard Kreitner (Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union). |
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| Published at: | 3:00 PM on Sunday, March 21st, 2021 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Tags: | Attack on the Capitol, Books |
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Instructive bad reading, Part IV: Dissecting fascism with the help of “Might is Right”
| Excerpt: | Fourth installment in a series examining a white supremacist text published in 1896 that can help us understand what's happening today. Sometimes, it's in the awfully done that we can see a point of view most clearly. |
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| Published at: | 12:00 PM on Monday, August 24th, 2020 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | Media & Culture, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Instructive Bad Reading, Lessons from History |
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Instructive bad reading, Part III: Dissecting fascism with the help of “Might is Right”
| Excerpt: | Third installment in a series examining a white supremacist text published in 1896 that can help us understand what's happening today. Sometimes, it's in the awfully done that we can see a point of view most clearly. |
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| Published at: | 8:15 PM on Sunday, August 23rd, 2020 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | Media & Culture, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Instructive Bad Reading, Lessons from History |
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Instructive bad reading, Part I: Dissecting fascism with the help of “Might is Right”
| Excerpt: | First installment in a series examining a white supremacist text published in 1896 that can help us understand what's happening today. Sometimes, it's in the awfully done that we can see a point of view most clearly. |
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| Published at: | 8:15 PM on Friday, August 21st, 2020 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | Media & Culture, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Instructive Bad Reading, Lessons from History |
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Book Review: “Dawn of the Code War” looks at the modern age’s cyber battlegrounds
| Excerpt: | Former Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin and journalist Garrett Graff's book focuses on the new challenges posed by cyber threats to national security. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Monday, June 8th, 2020 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | National Defense, Policy Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Books, Hacking |
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Documentary Review: “Race to Nowhere” may be ten years old, but it has aged well
| Excerpt: | Vicki Abeles created this documentary film to bring attention to some of the problems with the American education system. |
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| Published at: | 6:30 PM on Sunday, January 19th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Other Categories: | Education, Media & Culture, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Film, Professional Pay, School Funding, Testing & Evaluation |
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Documentary Reviews: “Guest House”, “John Mendez: The Bridge”, and “Faith in Action”
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's reviews of the three films featured at the October 4th Social Justice Film Festival in Seattle, concerning homelessness and rejoining society after incarceration. |
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| Published at: | 6:00 PM on Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Media & Culture, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Criminal Justice, Film |
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Documentary Review: “Raise Hell” is a fun and inspiring portrait of journalist Molly Ivins
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of the 2019 documentary film that tells the story of Texas' best known columnist and advocacy journalist. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Saturday, September 28th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Other Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Tags: | Film |
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Documentary Review: “The Great Hack” shows how data insecurity impacts elections
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of The Great Hack, an essential, must-see film breaking down what happened to our democracy in the 2016 presidential election. |
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| Published at: | 9:00 PM on Sunday, September 1st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Technology |
| Tags: | Brexit, Digital Freedom, Films, Privacy |
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Book Review: We can still make “A Bright Future” with nuclear energy
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of A Bright Future, a book that discusses how some countries have tackled the climate crisis and how the rest could follow. |
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| Published at: | 6:30 PM on Sunday, June 30th, 2019 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Books, Climate Crisis, Energy & Power |
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SIFF Documentary Review: Reconnect to the effort to save Alaska’s salmon with The Wild
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of The Wild, a new film by Mark Titus that examines the renewed campaign to stop the proposed Pebble Mine from inflicting massive damage on Alaska's Bristol Bay. |
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| Published at: | 7:03 PM on Sunday, June 16th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Other Categories: | Our Environment |
| Tags: | Conservation, Seattle International Film Festival |
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Book Review: Not-so-hidden racism and profit define the sickness of “American Healthcare”