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Clearing the Air for Missing Photojournalist Sean Flynn`s Family

The fog surrounding this four decade old mystery is thick; here is the story of Rory Flynn's tragic search for her daring, adventurous brother who lived the role his father played on screen.

(PHNOM PENH / LOS ANGELES / SALEM) - Swirling controversy, the love of a family, epic mystery, barbaric communism: these diverse conditions only begin to set the stage for the story of Sean Flynn, a memorable actor-turned-combat photojournalist who disappeared during the invasion of Cambodia, on 6 April 1970.

Unverified reports of every type are circulating, but this is the story of the painful journey of the Flynn family.

Birds and Flying Dinosaurs

Continual reports of new dinosaur fossil discoveries appear in Argentine newspapers to this day.

(PATAGONIA, Argentina) - There is a restaurant on Calle San Martin in El Bolson named after Martin Shefflield. This Texan gained fame by becoming the first sheriff of El Bolson, for shooting the heels off of ladies shoes, and for inducing the famous scientist Dr. Clemente Onelli to help finance a search for live dinosaurs.

Sheffield may have been nothing more than a self-serving pseudo-scientific adventurer, but his efforts have left a permanent mark on Patagonia.

Election Season Opens in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua

In hindsight, bloody riots that rocked the Ciudad Juarez prison during Murguia’s term as mayor, functioned as dress rehearsals for the all-out war that erupted between the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Ongoing violence coupled with tight budgets might have prompted authorities to cancel this year’s spring fair in Ciudad Juarez, but the state and local elections will go on as scheduled.

The Passion of the Baptist, not the Christ?

Belica feels the whole role of the Prophet Yahya (John the Baptist) in religious history should be reevaluated.

(BOSTON) - Recent research embodied in a new book by Agron Belica invites our attention to the predicament of John the Baptist, popularly known for little more than the story of his beheading by order of Herod Antipas at the behest of a seductive dancing girl, the infamous Salome.

Step by step, his book carefully and plausibly resurrects the reputation of the Baptist, not as a minor gospel figure, the forerunner of Christ, but as a major prophet in his own right.

Open Letter to Glenn Beck: Why Are You So Afraid of Us?

You’re afraid of real anarchists, the actual ideas they espouse, the real work they do.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - We here at AK Press were both shocked and (we’ll admit it) thrilled when right-wing media mogul Glenn Beck held up our new book on the Greek Insurrection of December 2008 on his FOX News program a couple of weeks ago.

He compared it to The Coming Insurrection, saying that this book was the next “playbook” that radicals in this country would be taking a page from.

Nordic Mysteries: The Millennium Trilogy

Ralph Stone shares his thoughts on the latest edition in the series by Stieg Larsson.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - I highly recommend the movie, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," based on Swedish mystery writer Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. The other two books are "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest."

What is compelling about the Trilogy is the complex characters, the fast-paced story telling with interesting plots and sub-plots. The books are long and very political.

The Silent Machete

The world turns a blind eye at the hand of natural resources, greed and money; U.S. motivation to control governments & resources leads to collaboration with leaders that promote inhumanity.

(KHARTOUM / PORTLAND) - U.S. & UK stage proxy war against Sudan with key leaders Kagame and Museveni.

This band was driven by power and greed, power to control governments, and power to steal the local resources in several African countries – Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda, Rwanda and Sudan.

Is Increased Consumer Spending Truly a Sign that the Economy is Rebounding?

“The American taxpayer is on the hook for 59 Trillion dollars” - Dennis Cauchon in USA Today

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - According to the “News Release” from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. is in a “stable” inflationary mode.

They are basing this on the fact that compared to $1.00 spent between December of 2007 and December 2008 to acquire goods and services, you only have to spend $1.26 to acquire the same goods and services in April of 2010.

Homegrown Solutions to Alleviating Hunger and Poverty

Women growing vegetable gardens in a slum outside of Nairobi, Kenya, were among the best prepared for the country’s 2007 food crisis, despite being some of the poorest.

(DAKAR, Senegal) - “We’ve got hundreds of local foods, almost 600 that we’ve categorized through our research,” said Kristof Nordin in a January interview with Nourishing the Planet.

“But we are starving because we are only planting one crop: maize, which came originally from America.”

Senators and Representatives Support Ban on Landmines: Letters Sent to President Obama

“The strong support these letters have received shows that Congress is firmly behind accession to the Mine Ban Treaty” - Zach Hudson, Coordinator, U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A letter signed by 68 senators, asking the administration to join the 1997 Landmine Ban Treaty, was delivered to President Obama on Tuesday.

The signers include 10 Republicans and two Independents and constitute more than the two-thirds of the Senate needed to ratify a treaty.