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Bill Nye is feeling down. He's visiting his therapist – Dr. Arnold Schwarzenegger – wondering why he doesn't feel like himself lately. He feels as if a horrible weight is on his shoulders. The therapist listens sympathetically, and diagnoses the cause. Bill is suffering from...
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If you're not worried about the Investigatory Powers Bill (aka the Snoopers' Charter), you don't know enough about it. Visit Privacy International and join the campaign against new Government snooping powers.
2 min
Every year, supermarkets in the UK throw away an estimated 40million tonnes of perfectly edible food, often for perplexing reasons. FareShare is a charity that diverts some of this waste, redistributing it to organisations that work with vulnerable people.
27 min
When you think of Europe, wild animals roaming through open fields isn't the first thing that comes to mind, right? Well, you might be surprised to learn that 18 percent of Europe's land is protected nature. Thanks to the efforts of one organization, Europe's wildness is also...
3 min
Apologising doesn't generally come easily - but it always tends to pay off beautifully.
2 min
"Loved Ones" is a series of short documentaries that follow the work of Lisa Ganser, an artist and anti-police terror activist. This first episode is dedicated to people with disabilities that have been killed by police in the United States. An audio-described version...
8 min
How can communities rethink ownership to remedy poverty? In this powerful talk, Eric Kornacki shares the story of his journey carrying lessons learned from Central American sweatshops to empower the transformation of a now-gentrifying neighborhood gripped in poverty in his...
15 min
Resistance has arrived - the world's most destructive industry has a secret it doesn't want you to know about, Jack Tomlins goes undercover to reveal the truth.
Will he survive?
16 min
We spend a day with the Guardian Angels, a second-wave resurgence of the 70's crime fighting group that says it's back protecting the streets and subways of New York City after a series of slashings earlier this year.
6 min
In 2013, the richest 300 people in the world were more wealthy than the poorest 3 billion combined. Since then, the disparity has continued to grow because every year rich countries take over 10 times more money from poor countries than they give in aid.
4 min
At the time of this publishing, 559 people were killed by police in 2016. And disproportionately, these people were black. They include Alton Sterling — who was killed in an encounter with police while selling CDs outside a supermarket in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was tased...
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Conservationists can now point to the largest dam removal project in the U.S. as a success story. The ecosystem of Washington's Elwha River has been thriving since the removal of its hydroelectric dam system. Recent surveys show dramatic recovery, especially in the near shore...
3 min
Few journalists know the cruelty of government censorship as well as James Risen, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the New York Times, targeted for several major stories implicating criminality by the US war machine and its national security state.
Having just ended a...
27 min
This documentary tells the story of how a national forest service evolved from seeing trees as its primary resource, to seeing the forest whole.
31 min
Kristina Paltén, a lone Swedish woman, wanted to challenge her own and other's prejudices against Islam by running across Iran.
60 min
Investigative journalist Will Potter is the only reporter who has been inside a Communications Management Unit, or CMU, within a US prison. These units were opened secretly, and radically alter how prisoners are treated — even preventing them from hugging their children...
15 min
Lord Chilcot’s inquiry into Britain’s involvement in the Iraq war has taken seven years and cost more than £10m. On Wednesday 6 July 2016 he will publish his report, which is expected to criticise former prime minister Tony Blair, the intelligence services, diplomats and the...
6 min
Remaining calm around people who annoy us is one of the great life skills. It's also a teachable and learnable skill. Want help reaching your own state of calm?
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Tom, Sarah, and their daughter Neesa all live in a tiny 20sqm off grid cabin on a property on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand. Instead of paying rent, they share the work of looking after the land with the owners and both families share in the farm's abundant produce.
6 min
Reporter Pie is dismayed at the Remain's reaction to Brexit!
4 min
We talk a lot about Patriotism, especially around July 4th, but we need also to take to heart its five basic principles.
2 min
Artist Favianna Rodriguez and political commentator Van Jones have a lot in common. They both came up through the grassroots activism scene of the Bay Area in the late 1990s. They both run non-profit organizations/initiatives — respectively, CultureStrikeand
3 min
Everyone has heard about bee declines, but with so much attention focused on domesticated honeybees, someone has to speak up for the 4,000 species of native bees in North America. Natural history photographer Clay Bolt is on a multi-year quest to tell the stories of our...
18 min
We built a mobile studio to hear firsthand from people living on the street about the challenges of homelessness.
This video was produced in solidarity with the #SFHomelessProject, a coordinated media effort to cover the causes of and solutions to homelessness on June 29...
4 min
Animated Trailer inspiring submissions to the #Film4Climate Global Video Competition: www.film4climate.net
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The complexity of love, in 13 words that don't directly translate into English.
4 min
Even in the best of times, escaping the grind for a small foreign island seems a preferred choice. And the 58 residents of Inishturk, a charming, heavily sheeped island off the west coast of Ireland definitely prefer it. But things may be changing for that sleepy island...
10 min
So much in our culture emphasises long-term love; it may be time to hear a word or two in praise of the short-term approach.
7 min
Obama’s high-profile trip to Hiroshima was accompanied by a media storm that gave endless justifications for the US use of the atomic bomb on Japanese civilians. The myths are widely accepted in society, and underpin the notion of American exceptionalism.
27 min
Puerto Rico’s massive debt has been discussed at length in Congress and the media, all omitting the most important fact: the history of being a colonial subject for over 500 years, still owned and controlled by the United States.
29 min
Rio is hiding poor people. The 2016 Olympics are set to begin in just over a month in Rio de Janeiro. As the city prepares to receive an influx of international visitors, it is building new infrastructure and transportation systems to accommodate the surge. But the city is...
8 min
The United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, and it looks like it may not be an especially smooth transition.
5 min
"You know how important it is to protect your family. But you may not know that some of America’s poorest citizens cannot afford to arm themselves against those who would limit their freedoms. That’s why the National Rifle Association is proud to partner with Smith &...
2 min
The Democratic Party deserves a reformation. It can either choose to embrace a more progressive agenda and modify its primary nomination rules, or risk losing in November. Because the process that made it possible for Hillary Clinton to clinch the nomination was anything but...
12 min
This short film looks at the sport of roller derby and interviews the women of the Rose City Rollers who talk about how it has allowed them to celebrate, love and appreciate their bodies.
7 min
Voters have voted in favor of Brexit: British exit from the European Union. That means that in the coming months, British and European leaders will begin negotiating the terms of Britain's departure.
Britain's exit will affect the British economy, immigration policy, and...
2 min
Physician Dr. Gabor Mate began his interview by addressing the 'myth of normal' that divides us into the normal and the abnormal with pathological traits. Dr. Mate mentions that he doesn't see a division, but a continuum where mental distress, of some degree, is present in...
4 min
The following documentary examines the role Christianity plays in American right-wing politics and the radicalizing effect it has had. Republicans often say that a handful of radicals represent the entire Muslim community. Should Christians be held to the same standard?
31 min
In December 2014, Mother Jones senior reporter Shane Bauer started a job as a corrections officer at a Louisiana prison run by the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the country's second-largest private prison company. During his four months on the job, Bauer would...
21 min
Degrowth: A vocabulary for a new era is a book edited by Giacomo D'Alisa, Federico Demaria and Giorgos Kallis, which consists of over 50 entries covering various themes related to degrowth.
4 min
In this video, Dr. Gabor Maté explains how addiction imprints itself on the brain and how ayahuasca can help release people from their destructive habits. "Ayahuasca shows you very clearly the psychological baggage that you've carried all your life," Maté says. "You no longer...
6 min
In an extensive mini-documentary by Rogue Kite Productions and The Young Turks, we tell you the true story of what happened leading up to and after the California Democratic Primary. #ShowMeTheBallots #&l
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Last month, the University of San Francisco made an alarming discovery, that 93% of Americans tested had traces of a chemical called glyphosate in their urine. Last year, the World Health Organization deemed glyphosate a “possible carcinogen”.
24 min
When we're down or melancholy, the last thing we need is someone who will jolly us along.
4 min
The Children's Fire is part of the Earth teachings of the elders of ancient America. Over time the elders came to understand that all human-created institutions needed to reflect the balance and wisdom observed in nature. The Children's Fire was a reminder of the first...
14 min
Britain could soon vote to leave the European Union. John Oliver enlists a barbershop quartet to propose a smarter option.
16 min
I looooove my partner of 11 years like no other.. check out how you can find your true love. ♥ - Adina Rivers
7 min
Thoughts on the first weeks at Nuit Debout, how it functions, its massification, its relationship to the labour unions, to violence, to police brutality and to the post-colonial left.
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Struggle[s] at Nuit Debout, Lutte[s] à Nuit Debout, Part 1: Paris
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American exceptionalism isn't always a good thing. When it comes to mass shootings, we're definitely exceptional - with the highest number of mass shootings of any country from 1966 to 2012. The NRA likes to say that a madman will always find a way commit a crime, but over...
3 min
About 60 million people around the globe have been forced to leave their homes to escape war, violence and persecution. The majority have become Internally Displaced Persons, meaning they fled their homes but are still in their own countries. Others, referred to as refugees...
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It was the instant in which an American AC-130 gunship pumped the first of 211 artillery shells into the MSF-run hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, last October 3. Horrifically wounded patients screamed for morphine. Hospital staff frantically triaged the maimed. At the end of...
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"Stadium Pow Wow" is A Tribe Called Red's first summer single of 2016. The energetic anthem continues to showcase Tribe's unique style of music to the world. Featuring Black Bear, "Stadium Pow Wow" is ready to take on the world.
4 min
Gaspar Yanga is known as the first black liberator in the Americas by leading one of the most successful slave rebellions in 1570, Vera Cruz Mexico.
3 min
Non-stop war-making, climate chaos, lost harvests, poisoned seas and bodies, refugees in the millions pouring over borders while millions of Americans are locked in prison... How do we relate to such immensities of suffering?
62 min
Despite countries such as Britain and the United States being five times richer than they were a century ago, we are working longer hours than ever before. And, argues author Rutger Bregman, overtime and overwork are deadly. Yet it doesn’t need to be like this – we can cut...
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Can we imagine a film that would change the way people look at the ocean? Can we explain simply, to everyone, the greatest natural mystery of our planet? And lastly, can we help our children believe in a better and more sustainable world tomorrow?
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The quality of one's childhood has an overwhelming effect on the course of adult life. It's good to be fully aware of this - and plan accordingly.
3 min
A short film critiquing the military industrial complex.
3 min
A video of people listening to an interview with political activist and intellectual, Noam Chomsky, somehow manages to transform the abstract into the actual. It is unclear who the people in the video are, but what does becomes clear is that these people are able to convey...
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Drive an hour northwest from Durban's golden beaches, the land begins to rise into rolling, lush, green ridges. You've arrived at the Valley of a Thousand Hills in the Zulu heartland. Here in Isithumba, Indigo Skate Camp is home to the village’s very first generation of...
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