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.
Category: Views & Reviews
Book Review: With “No One at the Wheel”, the rich can steal the roads from us — if we let them
Read NPI’s review of No One At The Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future by Samuel Schwartz.
SIFF Documentary Review: Our Bodies Our Doctors is a timely reminder of the importance of reproductive rights
Read NPI’s review of Our Bodies Our Doctors, a film about reproductive rights that’s being screened at the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival.
Book Review: “A Prophet of Peace” and Juan Cole’s New Historicism
Read NPI’s review of Juan Cole’s tome on the Prophet Muhummad.
Documentary Review: Robert Reich’s “Inequality for All” is an essential film
Read NPI’s review of Inequality For All, a film based on the work of progressive thought leader and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich.
Documentary Review: Oscar winner “Period. End of Sentence.” is a must-see short film
Read NPI’s review of the 2019 Academy Award winning film for Best Documentary Short, exploring the rarely discussed subject of menstruation.
Documentary Review: “Silas” will take you inside the fight against corruption in Liberia
Read NPI’s review of “Silas” a documentary about the fight against corruption and exploitation in Liberia.
Documentary Review: Crime + Punishment details fight against illegal policing quotas
Read NPI’s review of Crime + Punishment, an original Hulu documentary chronicling the efforts of whistleblower cops to stop illegal policing quotas.
Documentary Review: The People vs. the Politicians examines our republic’s illnesses
Read NPI’s review of The People vs. the Politicians, a film by Hedrick Smith.
Book Review: In “10 Strikes”, historian Erik Loomis demonstrates how American labor’s fortunes are inseparable from U.S. politics
This is a good book in all the ways a history book can be good. You should buy it. You should read it. You should gift it to your friends and family, and stuff extra copies in Tiny Libraries you come across.
Book Review: Hilarie Gamm’s “Billions Lost” sadly has nothing useful or progressive to say
Read NPI’s review of “Billions Lost: The American Tech Crisis and the Roadmap to Change” by Hilarie T. Gamm.
Documentary Review: Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe is critical viewing
We are doomed to repeat history if we don’t learn from it, the saying goes. Read NPI’s review of Rick Steves’ new special, The Story of Fascism in Europe. Then, make time to ask friends and family if they’ve voted.
Documentary Review: Michael Moore takes on the Trump error with Fahrenheit 11⁄9
In Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11⁄9, the well-known activist/director explores how we can get our country moving back in a progressive direction and save our democracy.
Book Review: In the future of “Unscaled”, AI will keep the rich different from you and me
Read NPI’s review of Unscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future.