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Seeding Fear is a short documentary Executive Produced by Neil Young that tells the story of Michael White, a fourth generation farmer, who went toe to toe with Monsanto.
10 min
Tommy Edison, who's been blind since birth, responds to one of the most popular questions about living without sight - "what are a blind person's thoughts about racism?"
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Ha-Joon Chang is a professor of economics at Cambridge University and a best-selling international author. Author and journalist Owen Jones asked him to provide an argument against much of today's prevailing economic thought. Isn't austerity necessary? Do we have capitalism...
14 min
On The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC, Lawrence explains why a protest by Native Americans in North Dakota reminds us of the history American always tries to forget.
4 min
We're not going to end violence by telling people that it's morally wrong, says Jamila Raqib, executive director of the Albert Einstein Institution. Instead, we must find alternative ways to conduct conflict that are equally powerful and effective. Raqib promotes nonviolent...
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Powerful! Caleb Stephens speaking before the Sisters With A Purpose march for justice in Lawrence, KS - 7.22.16. This is how solidarity lives.
7 min
A new way of living is in the process of formation. Capitalism as we know it has reached the limits of its ability to adapt. A networked Alternative is already in the works- You can see it in the cooperative businesses on the rise and the tough time traditional parties are...
11 min
Since childhood, Willie Nelson has been living by the golden rule. In this episode of "Hey Willie," the superstar talks about applying the golden rule to his everyday life and lending a helping hand to those in need.
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I built this tiled roof hut in the bush using only primitive tools and materials. The tools I used have been made in my previous videos. It should be pointed out that I do not live in the wild and that this is just a hobby. It should be obvious to most that this is not a...
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The Australian Government finally released this advert today about the treatment of children in its jails and offshore detention centres, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
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Cultural diversity gives us strength and resilience! Indonesia has 726 languages making it the second most diverse in the world. Based on Dadang Pohon Tua's song, "Siapa Lagi Kalau Bukan Kita" ("If Not Us Then Who"), each singer sings the chorus in their mother tongue language.
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A lot of us are banking on heaven for ourselves and hell for certain others, but spiritual teacher Rob Bell urges us to think about those concepts as states of consciousness, and rethink the nature of the afterlife.
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Moazzam Begg speaks with Albert Melise, his former Guantanamo Bay guard about his film, The Confession, life after Guantanamo and how by coming together we can end the cycles of violence.
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In this film we take a tour of Adam and Sian's beautiful off-grid tiny house truck that was built using mostly reclaimed building materials on the back of a 1969 Bedford truck.
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First Nations electronic DJ trio A Tribe Called Red's new album, We Are the Halluci Nation is led by the track “R.E.D.,” which features Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), Canadian-Iraqi MC Narcy, an
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Prince Ea tells a remarkable emotional story, based on real-life events.
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At what moment can you classify yourself as an adult? People of all ages were asked for their responses, and the answers vary pretty wildly.
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Shon Faye looks at the politics of mental illness. The biases of how it's defined, who gets diagnosed and how people affected can resist discrimination and cuts to vital services.
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When one of the kids at Robert W. Coleman Elementary School in West Baltimore acts out, chances are she'll be sent not to the principal's office but to the Mindful Moment room, a soothing space with comfy cushions and beanbags, lit by glowing pink Himalayan salt lamps. It's...
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In China, a sheltered internet has given rise to a new breed of app, and American companies are taking notice. What was once known as the land of cheap rip-offs may now offer a glimpse at the future.
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Auto lenders can steer vulnerable people into crushing debt. Keegan-Michael Key and Bob Balaban help John Oliver show exactly how.
18 min
Could the root cause of addiction actually be a lack of connection.
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Take 60 seconds to learn about one Māori tribe's struggle to reclaim their ancestral land from the government. In New Zealand, division of land between #Māori and European settlers is a complicated issue.
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We asked people diagnosed with Alzheimer's to tell us memories they never want to forget.
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"You call me indocumentada, but joke's on you!"
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Ever heard the term "compassionate bigotry"? Learn what it is in this powerful talk, featuring Tai Amri Spann-Wilson and Caleb Stephens at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Lawrence, Kansas - August 7th 2016. Part 2 is the poem "Healing" by Adam Lawrence Dyer, spoken...
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Rob Greenfield has a simple idea… that people are good and the world is a good place. So he decided to put his idea to the ultimate test by flying one way to a far off place with no money, no credit card, no cellphone, not even a toothbrush. Just the clothes on his back and...
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Why we need to move empathy from personal emotion to collective moral concern -- Empathy comes in two distinct forms: affective empathy is our instinct for mirroring the emotions of others, while cognitive empathy is our conscious ability to understand someone else’s...
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It isn’t macabre or nihilistic to think of death. It’s the start of a proper, braver engagement with the possibilities of life.
"For centuries, artists produced ‘memento mori’, works of art that would remind their viewers of death and usually featured a skull or an...
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Among the many terrible features of the Trans Pacific Partnership, twelve countries are crafting something that would give corporations unprecedented power: a secret court for capitalist enterprises to sue any country that infringes on profits. As it stands, with investment...
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Floating off the coast of Vancouver Island, a 45-minute boat ride to the nearest town, is a sustainable island fortress complete with a dance floor, art gallery and garden. For artists Catherine King and Wayne Adams, this is home: a labor of love 24 years in the making.
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From Shakti Butler, the director of The Way Home: Women Talk About Race in America and Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible , comes a new film that asks America to talk about the causes and consequences of systemic inequity.
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Jaureguiberry's elementary school is giving kids in Uruguay a first-hand look at environmental sustainability. The school was built with recycled materials, and students grow indoor and outdoor edible gardens.
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The Stimulator interviews Kristian Williams author of "Our Enemies in Blue" http://kristianwilliams.com/
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This morning, UK Black Lives Matter activists blocked off the M4 towards Heathrow airport in protest at deaths in police custody and the racist policing of borders. Ash Sarkar reports on the #ShutDown
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This incredible story has a lot to teach us about how we can be more effective agents for creating positive change in the world, and in involves the idea of "non-complementary behavior."
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Raull Santiago is a human rights defender from Rio de Janeiro. In March 2014, he co-founded the collective Papo Reto (Straight Talk), a group of citizen journalists documenting life in the Complexo do Alemão favela. The intention of the group is to draw attention to what is...
7 min
We express ourselves in the choices we make every single day, so why not express your thoughts on issues that matter to you by voting? Let your voice be heard! Vote this November!
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If Trump weren't so dangerously close to being the next president, his campaign would be hilarious.
9 min
The Australian Government released this advert today about Census Day (August 9), and its surprisingly helpful and informative.
2 min
John Oliver covers the Democratic convention and the unconventional state of our democracy.
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On 13 May 1985, Philadelphia police bombed the Move compound, killing 11 people, including five children, and destroying an entire neighborhood. The countercultural group lived communally and had a history of violent encounters with police.
4 min
Why Bernie Sanders supporters should advocate for Universal Basic Income.
8 min
The problems with 'winner take all' or 'first pass the post' voting, explained via the animal kingdom.
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Official video for Ahmed by Lowkey ft. Mai Khalil contains devastating truths about war, migration and the underlying systemic issues that surround them.
5 min
On La Gomera, a small island in Spain’s Canary Islands, the last speakers of a language without words reside. "El Silbo," a whistled communication used in rural and isolated areas, is dying out as islanders embrace digital communication and move to cities and the mainland...
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The day after Senator Bernie Sanders spoke at the Democratic National Convention and urged his supporters to work to ensure his former rival wins the presidential race, we host a debate between Clinton supporter Robert Reich, who served as labor secretary under President...
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The series documents Rob Greenfield's off the grid bike ride across America on a bamboo bicycle where he practiced sustainable living to the extreme. In 4,700 miles of cycling he used just 160 gallons of water, burned less than one gallon of gas, never turned on a light...
25 min
How to Be There for the People who Need you Most.
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When you shrink the United States' population down to 100 people this is what you get. The United States has over 2,000,000 prisoners. Who are they? What are they in for?
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I hope all of my teachers see this. - Prince EA
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Psychedelic drugs could be the key to making you happier and healthier. So why won't we research them?
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"Tyranny is probably established out of no other regime than democracy [...] the greatest and most savage slavery out of the extreme of freedom." Plato's The Republic.
A personal project filmed and edited at the 2016 Republic National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, and...
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Supergroup Prophets of Rage descended upon Cleveland during the Republican National Convention to givea voice to those not represented in the political process.
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If you had to flee your country, what’s the one piece of technology you would take with you?
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This is deep. "Whose story is defining the context of your reality?"
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This is something everyone can do to take some of the power from the present system and put it into the people's hands. Find a bank near you: blackoutcoalition.org/black-u-s-banks/
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Alan Watts discusses choice and the thoughts process behind it. Our choices are fundamentally what shape our character, and more importantly our life as a whole.
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We all know it sucks to be lonely, but is it actually essential for our survival? Here's more on why loneliness might be a good thing.
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