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Award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt offers a fascinating exploration of the soul food tradition, its relevance to black cultural identity, and its continuing popularity despite the known dangers of high-fat, high-calorie diets.
2 min
The Killing Screens urges us to think about the effects of the media in new and complex ways. In contrast to the relatively simplistic behaviorist model that media violence causes real-world violence, Gerbner encourages us to think about the psychological, political, social...
6 min
Journalism is losing experienced reporters at a record rate. This means less in-depth and investigative reporting that help keep you informed.
This documentary introduces you to some seasoned reporters who were at the top of their game. They share their frustrations and...
57 min
The Koch brothers must be terrified this will catch on.
2 min
Well, it's pretty funny, anyway. Can you think of a global warming song that's more funny?
2 min
The Hero Hatchery is setting out to crowdfund the best and brightest climate activists, connect us all with the world's most effective agents of change via Massive Open Online Trainings, share where and how to plug in, and radically amplify the stories of climate change.
4 min
In the past three decades, says Michael Sandel, the US has drifted from a market economy to a market society; it's fair to say that an American's experience of shared civic life depends on how much money they have. (Three key examples: access to education, access to justice...
15 min
Michael Mann, geosciences professor and author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars, deconstructs the manner in which skeptics deny evidence that points to rapid climate change. "Each argument becomes untenable because the science is pretty clear," says Mann.
2 min
Revolution is a film about changing the world. The true-life adventure of Rob Stewart, this follow-up to his acclaimed SHARKWATER documentary continues his remarkable journey; one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not...
82 min
Who controls the future of your food? GMO OMG explores the systematic corporate takeover and potential loss of humanity's most precious and ancient inheritance: seeds.
2 min
Herman Wallace passed away October 4th, 2013, three days after a judge ordered his release from prison. He had spent more than 40 years in solitary confinement.
In the 70’s a bullet was sent to kill Herman Wallace while in prison for his political activities as a Black...
Scott Crow
Photographer and mother Jaime Moore searched high and low for creative inspiration to take photos of her 5-year-old daughter Emma but found most of the ideas were how to dress your little girl like a Disney princess. It got her thinking about some real women for her daughter...
Rossalyn Warren
The Bible and Nobel Prize Winning Economists Agree: “When The Sentence For A Crime Is Not Quickly Carried Out, People’s Hearts Are Filled With Schemes To Do Wrong”
Preface: If you are an atheist and believe that religion is crazy, please remember that some 85% of the...
Washington's Blog
This is home to the largest hazardous waste dump this side of the Mississippi and to shockingly high rates of childhood cancer, birth defects and miscarriages - two facts residents believe to be connected.
5 min
Abby Martin reflects on the recent self-immolation on the National Mall in Washington DC by discussing the political relevancy of self-immolations over the years and the corporate media's lack of coverage of these events in America.
5 min
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was ahead of his time. In his own words, he explains the universal appeal of Star Trek and why the people of this world "are ready for the 23rd century now, and are light years ahead of their petty governments and visionless leaders.
3 min
A beautiful and inspiring lesson in sustainable Star Trekonomics featuring Charles Eisenstein, George Carlin, Martin Luther King Jr. and a couple captains of the Enterprise...
"We have it within our reach--now--to achieve nearly every dream of mankind." -Gene Roddenberry
4 min
"If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear. " - Gene Roddenberry
3 min
Conservative columnist Thomas Sowell recently declared, "The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribut
Paul Buchheit
On March 11th, 2011 a 9.0 earthquake triggered a massive tsunami off the coast of Japan. This disaster resulted in an estimated 15,878 deaths and trillions of dollars in damage, including a partial meltdown at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
2 min
Learn about a new "superpower" that isn't being taught in 90% of US schools.
6 min
Cory Doctorow, guest of honor at the upcoming FenCon science fiction convention in Dallas, notes (“During the shutdown, some scientists can’t talk about science,” Boing Boing, October 4) that some of his fellow speakers will be unable to speak if the government shutdown...
Kevin Carson
Derrick Sweet shares some information about the environment, war, and some other challenges we're facing today. But it's not all bad news! There is one thing you can do today to start to have a positive impact on the planet, and in your own life. Enjoy!
8 min
What happened to Dad? As filmmaker, Jen Senko, tries to understand the transformation of her father from a non political, life-long Democrat to an angry, right-wing fanatic, she uncovers the forces behind the media that changed him completely: a plan by Roger Ailes under...
90 min
The world's most successful video game has, once again, pushed women to the margins. It's time that it faced proper critical scrutiny.
So it's been a bad week. On Monday, I had to switch off Classic FM when it played Wagner, since he was an antisemite. Then I burned my copy...
Helen Lewis
The government shutdown is teaching us a lot about the “public sector” — mainly that it doesn’t exist.
Grant Mincy
(Excerpted from the book, The Story of B)
With every audience and every individual, I have to begin by making them see that the cultural self-awareness we inherit from our parents and pass on to our children is squarely and solidly built on a Great Forgetting that
Daniel Quinn
It would seem there are certain strands of thought within many religions that are highly unsustainable, for the health of individuals, society and the planet as a whole.
Tim Hjersted
Warmongering Continuing Full Speed Ahead
The government shutdown isn’t slowing down the warmongers. For example:
Washington's Blog
America’s heartland! Place of milk and honey! Where cows frolic happily in fields full of corn, butterflies, and maple syrup (just go with it). Or not? You’re telling me the flatlands are actually covered in festering scabs, thanks to factory farming? OK, maybe YOU aren’t...
Holly Richmond
Featuring stunning footage from seven winters in the Arctic, People of a Feather takes you through time into the world of the Inuit on the Belcher Islands in Canada's Hudson Bay. Connecting past, present and future is a unique relationship with the eider duck. Eider down, the...
2 min
Shot over a four year period in America, Britain, Lebanon, and Pakistan, Holy Wars follows a danger-seeking Christian missionary and a radical Muslim Irish convert, both of whom believe in an apocalyptic battle, after which their religion will ultimately rule the world...
65 min
In his complaints against the wing of the Republican Party that engineered the present government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid derided his opponents as “Tea Party anarchists.” It’s hard to decide who should be more annoyed — the Tea Party or the anarchists. In...
Nathan Schneider
U.S. news reports are largely blaming the government shutdown on the inability of both political parties to come to terms. It is supposedly the result of a "bitterly divided" Congress that "failed to reach agreement" (
Dan Froomkin
The Story of Solutions explores how we can move our economy in a more sustainable and just direction, starting with orienting ourselves toward a new goal.
In the current 'Game of More', we're told to cheer a growing economy -- more roads, more malls, more Stuff! -- even...
9 min
Abby Martin gives props to world renowned journalist Seymour Hersh, for calling out the abysmal failure of the corporate media in the US, saying that the MSM should fire 90 percent of its reporters and that "not one word" of the bin laden death narrative is true.
Read the...
4 min
Growing Cities is a film about two young men's journey across America to learn about urban agriculture and how it is revitalizing cities one animal, vegetable, and chicken at a time.
2 min
48% of all CO2 generated and energy consumed in the U.S. is from the construction and operation of buildings. Most climate scientists agree that CO2 emissions must be reduced 80% by 2050 to help stabilize the earth’s climate. Passive House is a new building standard for...
4 min
Gus Speth imagines a compelling vision of a better, happier country—and how to make it possible.
Read more: http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/america-the-possible-a-manifesto
6 min
This comes across as jokingly flippant but turns very dark and serious quite quickly. Definitely an interesting approach to spreading light on this disturbing epidemic.
3 min
The Post Carbon Institute released a new
Eco Watch
The richest 400 Americans now own more wealth than the bottom 180 million taken together. The political system is in deadlock. Social and economic pain continue to grow. Environmental devastation and global warming pre
Gar Alperovitz and Keane Bhatt
Seymour Hersh has got some extreme ideas on how to fix journalism – close down the news bureaus of NBC and ABC, sack 90% of editors in publishing and get back
Lisa O'Carroll
Peter's assessment of the talk with Stefan Molyneux on Sept. 23rd 2013 relating to several key anarcho-capitalist ideas. Please share.
Part 2 is the full discussion.
15 min
On September 4, 2013, James Comey became the 7th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The first change in leadership at the bureau since the 9/11 attacks
ACLU
Not just a book review of Thomas de Zengotita's Mediated
Maura R. O'Connor
In 1833, William Miller predicted the second coming of Jesus Christ in the year 1843. Only after his fourth failed prediction, each of which saw hundreds of thousands of followers turn out, did his followers abandon him. By this time, Miller had already absconded with copious...
Nolan Higdon
Abby Martin talks to Sophia Wallace, artist and founder of the 'Clieteracy Project', about her work in exploring the taboos and misconceptions about the clitoris, and using the term as a symbol of freedom, sovereignty and sexual equality.
8 min
Bali is a little island with a big problem - it's drowning in trash. In this short film, host & pro-surfer, Kyle Thiermann, shows the good, the bad, and the ugly of Indonesia and what we can do to restore it to the pristine, tropical paradise it once was.
13 min
Abby Martin breaks down the hypocrisy of the GOP pushing to defund food stamps by separating the program from the congressional farm bill, all the while accepting millions of dollars in kickbacks from the federal government in the form of subsidies for their private farms.
3 min
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World is a 2001 nonfiction book by journalist Michael Pollan. Pollan presents case studies that mirror four types of human desires that are reflected in the way that we selectively grow, breed, and genetically engineer our...
76 min
New data shows that many will be paying less for private insuran
Jon Queally
From gated communities in outer space to graphs about who owns the wealth, two new films are giving Americans a window into the issue of income inequality
Chuck Collins
Earlier this month, I had the honour of being interviewed by
Nafeez Ahmed
Into the Fire is being crowd-released: All over the internet people are embedding Into the Fire on their website or blog. With everyone who participates the audience and distribution network will grow. Are you participating?
38 min
There’s something profoundly despicable about a Justice Department that would brazenly violate the First and Fourth Amendments while spying on journalists, then claim to be reassessing such policies after an avalanche of criticism—and then proceed, as it did this
Norman Solomon
This video exposes the privatizers and profiteers selling out our democracy.
3 min
$6,000.
That's over and above our payments
Paul Buchheit