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12 picks · 1967–1987

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II-HISTORY IN SHERMAN PARK
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about visiting a Milwaukee neighborhood in the fall of 1984 to find out how some of the residents were going to vote in the Presidential …

HISTORY IN SHERMAN PARK
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about visiting a Milwaukee neighborhood which writer calls Sherman Park, in Sept., 1984, to talk with residents about the Presidential …

The Terrible Truth About the Chernobyl Disaster
comment ·

This disaster and the other accidents and crises are in fact something more than warnings. They are all that is given to us to know of the end of the world. In a way, they are the end of the world.

Comment
comment ·

When the Radio City Music Hall Corp. announced its plans recently to close down the Music Hall & mentioned that proposals have been made to replace it with…

The Time of Illusion
reflections ·

Jonathan Schell recounts the bombing of Cambodia, the massive student protests, a growing anti-Vietnam War movement, and civil-rights issues.

Facts According to President Nixon
comment ·

Jonathan Schell’s 1973 Comment on the Watergate affair and the Nixon Administration's suppression of “actual facts.”

Quang Ngai and Quang Ti~II
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about U.S. military operations in S. Vietnam carried out by Task Force Oregon. From Aug. 13 to 28, 1967, the 1st Brigade of the 101st …

Quang Ngai and Quang Tin~I
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about the U.S. military operation called Task Force Oregon, begun in the spring of 1967, operating principally in Quang Ngai province. …

The Village of Ben Suc
a reporter at large ·

Jonathan Schell’s 1967 report from a Vietnamese village.