Jessica Weisberg

Jessica Weisberg is a Summer 2007 intern at The Nation. She is working on a documentary, Occupation Green, about the privatization of the military in Paraguay and has published articles in Dollars & Sense, IndyMedia, UpsideDownWorld and the Boston Phoenix.

Currently

  • A Hard Look at Hard Time in Israel

    June 29, 2007

    Shimon Dotan's documentary Hot House takes a candid and compelling look at Palestinians serving life terms in Israeli prisons.

  • Eco-Injustice in Paraguay

    February 20, 2007 Subscribe

    A child dies after being enveloped by toxic pesticides on a soybean mega-farm, and two landowners are found guilty of homicide. Four years later, they still haven't paid the price for the crime.

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