To protest the Boston Phoenix's decision to link to a video of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's execution, Dreamworks Inc. initially reneged on an invitation for Phoenix film critic Peter Keough to screen their new movie, "Road to Perdition." Keough was later allowed to attend the screening.
President Bush recently allocated $4.8 to increase the security of the U.S. water systems. However, well-documented reports show that U.S. operations during the Gulf War virtually destroyed the Iraqi water infrastructure. Jane McBee of the Colorado Springs Independent traveled to Iraq recently with a humantiarian group to capture on film the lingering effects of the war and continuing economic and political sanctions, especially the impact on Iraqi children. "Water and sanitation are the biggest killers of children in this country. Not all the food and medicine in the world will improve the condition or the livelihood of these people 'til water and sanitation are improved," an Iraqi woman told McBee.
