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Its Bisan From Gaza, This Is Life After 'Ceasefire' 10 min
Its Bisan From Gaza, This Is Life After 'Ceasefire'
Seven months after the so-called ceasefire, people in Gaza say the war has not ended.
Zohran Is Not F**king Around 15 min
Zohran Is Not F**king Around
The Majority Report discusses Zohran Mandani's political successes and challenges as the mayor of New York City, particularly in the context of federal pressure on Democratic-led cities.
How Did a Bunch of Teens Take Down Nepal’s Government? 8 min
How Did a Bunch of Teens Take Down Nepal’s Government?
Nepal has emerged as the blueprint for Gen Z activism worldwide. While covering youth movements, AJ+’s Anna Kook noticed that from Madagascar to Indonesia, organizers are looking to...
How U.S. Media Sold Genocide 18 min
How U.S. Media Sold Genocide
Dena Takruri speaks to Assal Rad about how badly legacy media has failed at one of its most important jobs: covering war crimes and genocide.
“I Didn’t Think Anybody Could Be That Evil” 17 min
“I Didn’t Think Anybody Could Be That Evil”
Former U.S. soldier Anthony Aguilar spent several months in Gaza during the genocide. He thought he was going to help deliver aid to Palestinians being starved by Israel, but as he tells...
How 5 Companies Are Keeping the World at War 12 min
How 5 Companies Are Keeping the World at War
They lost the war - but made billions. This doc uncovers how U.S. defense contractors turned global conflict, from Afghanistan to Gaza, into a profit machine.
The Real Winners Of Every War 12 min
The Real Winners Of Every War
They lost the war - but made billions. This doc uncovers how U.S. defense contractors turned global conflict, from Afghanistan to Gaza, into a profit machine. Investigative journalist...
"Jill Stein 2028!" 10 min
"Jill Stein 2028!"
The Majority Report with Sam Seder https://www.majorityreportradio.com
Republicans Push Devastating Cuts To Medicaid 31 min
Republicans Push Devastating Cuts To Medicaid
Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12 p.m. EST on YouTube OR listen via daily podcast at http://www.Majority.FM
The Police's True Function On Full Display As Amazon Workers Begin Striking Across The US 10 min
The Police's True Function On Full Display As Amazon Workers Begin Striking Across The US
Majority Report with Sam Seder  https://www.majorityreportradio.com
I Served 16 Years In The Air Force And Left Because Of Gaza 8 min
I Served 16 Years In The Air Force And Left Because Of Gaza
What would you do if you joined the Air Force to defend the United States but realized your job made you complicit in ruining the lives of innocent Palestinians?
Inside Meta’s Palestine Censorship 28 min
Inside Meta’s Palestine Censorship
Pro-Palestine content is suppressed on Meta’s platforms and has been for years, according to numerous reports. But Direct From is learning just how systemic this censorship is, and the...
Why The Two-State Solution Never Worked 13 min
Why The Two-State Solution Never Worked
For decades, world leaders have said that the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is simple: two states – Israel and Palestine – next to each other. But if the answer is so...
How Israel Was Created 15 min
How Israel Was Created
To understand the current war in Gaza, you have learn about the founding of the state of Israel and what that meant for the Palestinians who had been living there. Before Benjamin...
What This Jewish Professor At Columbia Wants You To Know 7 min
What This Jewish Professor At Columbia Wants You To Know
For over seven months, a dominant conversation in the U.S. news media has been about alleged and increased antisemitism on American campuses - culminating in the coverage around student...
CNN Discovers Israeli Settlers Are Ethnically Cleansing West Bank 18 min
CNN Discovers Israeli Settlers Are Ethnically Cleansing West Bank
Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12 p.m. EST on YouTube OR listen via daily podcast at
‘I Felt Like A F*cking Nazi’: An Ex-Border Patrol Agent Speaks Out 11 min
‘I Felt Like A F*cking Nazi’: An Ex-Border Patrol Agent Speaks Out
Jenn Budd is a former senior U.S. Border Patrol agent turned migrant rights activist. She spoke to Dena Takruri about what she calls a racist, sexist and corrupt culture inside the agency.
Tim Pool's Human Centipede Of Bad Takes Explained By Timbah On Toast 9 min
Tim Pool's Human Centipede Of Bad Takes Explained By Timbah On Toast
​@Timbah.On.Toast ’s video on @Tim Pool breaks down why his content is garbage and why Pool deviates so much from facts. The Majority Report crew laughs at Tim Pool’s claim that dating...
Steven Crowder's #ColdfeetCrowder Nightmare Animated Film Starring Seder, H3 Ethan, And...Joe Rogan? 7 min
Steven Crowder's #ColdfeetCrowder Nightmare Animated Film Starring Seder, H3 Ethan, And...Joe Rogan?
Sam Seder watched @Aamon Animations' mind-bending journey into @StevenCrowder's adventures in debating so many times that it actually caused him to be late for today's #MRlive. Aamon's...
How Eugenics Made Modern Virginia w/ Elizabeth Catte - MR Live - 5/5/21 154 min
How Eugenics Made Modern Virginia w/ Elizabeth Catte - MR Live - 5/5/21
Sam and Emma host Elizabeth Catte, author of Pure America: Eugenics and the Making of Modern Virginia to discuss how Virginia's embrace of eugenics allowed the state government to...
Biden Is A Tool. Can He Be Used? 12 min
Biden Is A Tool. Can He Be Used?
Sure, progressives may see the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, as an empty vessel who’s been filled with corporate goals. Francesca argues that maybe, just...
6 Ways Coronavirus Proves Bernie Sanders Right 14 min
6 Ways Coronavirus Proves Bernie Sanders Right
Newsbroke is back! This time from Francesca’s “Helter Shelter”, a.k.a her living room. We’re looking at how solutions to COVID-19 sound like they’re right out of a Bernie Sanders stump...
Robots And AI: The Future Is Automated And Every Job Is At Risk 16 min
Robots And AI: The Future Is Automated And Every Job Is At Risk
Robots are already changing jobs as an endless array of robots enter our everyday lives. From trucking to service work to high-end jobs like doctors and lawyers, this documentary...
How This Child Worker Became An Olympic Hopeful 7 min
How This Child Worker Became An Olympic Hopeful
Agustín Da Silva grew up as a child worker harvesting yerba mate in the fields of Argentina. He was destined for a life of labor, but a twist of fate opened the doors to education and...
Why Trump's Wall Won't Stop Music At The U.S.–Mexico Border | Direct From With Dena Takruri - AJ+ 6 min
Why Trump's Wall Won't Stop Music At The U.S.–Mexico Border | Direct From With Dena Takruri - AJ+
The federal government has begun working to fortify a section of the border wall in Calexico, the first small step in the president's plan for a "big, beautiful wall.” AJ+'s Dena Takruri...
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II - Poverty, Health and Social Justice 71 min
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II - Poverty, Health and Social Justice
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II - Feb 20, 2018 - DUKE University, Durham North Carolina.
How Oakland's Cannabis Law Is Serving Justice | Direct From With Dena Takruri - AJ+ 6 min
How Oakland's Cannabis Law Is Serving Justice | Direct From With Dena Takruri - AJ+
For decades, the war on drugs has unfairly locked up a disproportionate number of black people in California. Now that recreational weed is legal, the city of Oakland has mandated that...
War In The Koreas 31 min
War In The Koreas
AJ+'s Dena Takruri takes you to the Korean peninsula as tensions heighten between the U.S. and North Korea. She goes inside the militarized border (DMZ) between North and South Korea...
The EU and Euroscepticism Explained 7 min
The EU and Euroscepticism Explained
The European Union has been losing support among Europeans in recent years – but it's not all because of anti-immigrant attitudes.
Al Jazeera Responds to the Qatar-Gulf Crisis 5 min
Al Jazeera Responds to the Qatar-Gulf Crisis
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain want Al Jazeera - including AJ+ - to be shut down. Here’s what Al Jazeera journalists think of that.
This Stunning Animation Beautifully Illustrates the Secret Life of Flowers 4 min
This Stunning Animation Beautifully Illustrates the Secret Life of Flowers
Many different flowers are growing beautifully and strongly in this world. Taking their roots in the earth, sprouting, blooming, pollinated by birds and insects, living on in spite of...
AJ+ Check In With Refugees in Greece and Germany 25 min
AJ+ Check In With Refugees in Greece and Germany
In 2015 the AJ+ team followed groups of refugees as they made their way across Europe. Now, 2 years later, Dena Takruri catches up with some of the people she met to find out how they...
Why Undocumented Immigrants Are Superheroes 8 min
Why Undocumented Immigrants Are Superheroes
The debate over illegal immigration always misses something important: Undocumented immigrants are actually superheroes. Think about it. They literally risk their lives to make a better...
Bernie Sanders Talks Democrats, President Trump, Palestine and Syria 10 min
Bernie Sanders Talks Democrats, President Trump, Palestine and Syria
Senator Bernie Sanders unfiltered – in this AJ+ interview with Dena Takruri, he opens up about the Democratic Party, President Trump, Palestine and Syria.
The Unheard Story Of America's Undocumented Workers 16 min
The Unheard Story Of America's Undocumented Workers
AJ+ gives you a rare glimpse into the lives of hardworking undocumented immigrants making a difference.
Undocumented In Trump’s America 22 min
Undocumented In Trump’s America
Arrests. Detentions. Deportations. President Trump has issued executive orders to aggressively find and remove undocumented immigrants. Now even those merely suspected of a crime can be...
What if There Was an Uber for Allies? 5 min
What if There Was an Uber for Allies?
Times are tough, and we could all use an extra dose of privilege. But where to find it? Well, there's an app for that! Introducing Uber Allies, an app that brings an ally right to you...
Explaining NAFTA - The Trade Deal With Hard Core Corn 12 min
Explaining NAFTA - The Trade Deal With Hard Core Corn
According to President Trump, Mexico is a country that sends us its criminals and rapists, and beats us on trade. In reality, they send us Coronas and TVs, and get beat by American...
Strategies of Hope: How Americans Can Fight Hate Under Trump 3 min
Strategies of Hope: How Americans Can Fight Hate Under Trump
Rev. William Barber offers some words of hope.
No, Facebook, THIS Is What 2016 Was Like 3 min
No, Facebook, THIS Is What 2016 Was Like
Facebook released its annual Year-in-Review ... which somehow left out references to fake news, ideological bubbles or addiction to smartphones. So Newsbroke created a realistic Facebook...
Hey, Trump: the USA Isn't a Business 6 min
Hey, Trump: the USA Isn't a Business
Is Donald Trump just a populist Trojan Horse who rolled into the Oval Office on a message of helping the working class? Is he unloading an army of out-of-touch billionaires to continue...
Trump Won: Liberals Play the Blame Game 6 min
Trump Won: Liberals Play the Blame Game
It's time once again for The Blame Game! That's right, it's liberal America's favorite game show, the game that pits progressive against progressive as they battle it out to answer the...
Asylum-Seeker Faces a Dangerous Deportation Back to Afghanistan 3 min
Asylum-Seeker Faces a Dangerous Deportation Back to Afghanistan
After an EU deal with Afghanistan, more than 80,000 rejected Afghan asylum-seekers are facing deportation back to that country. Alim says being sent back to Afghanistan could be a death...
You Only Pay for Time at This Cafe 2 min
You Only Pay for Time at This Cafe
In this cafe, the food and drink is free. You just pay 7 cents per minute to be there.
16-Year-Old Holds US Government to Account on Climate Change 2 min
16-Year-Old Holds US Government to Account on Climate Change
Indigenous climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is one of 21 young plaintiffs suing the federal government to demand action on climate change.
Why Are the Sioux Fighting the North Dakota Access Pipeline? 3 min
Why Are the Sioux Fighting the North Dakota Access Pipeline?
We spoke with Dallas Goldtooth, of Sioux Dakota Nation and an organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network, about the protest against the Dakota Access pipeline. He called the...
Indigenous People Run Their Own Cellular Network 2 min
Indigenous People Run Their Own Cellular Network
After big cellular companies wouldn't bring their service to this small town, they created a network of their own. Several towns throughout Mexico have community-run cellphone service.
Olympian John Carlos on the Power of Protest 3 min
Olympian John Carlos on the Power of Protest
1968 Olympic athlete John Carlos protested racial inequality by raising his fist in a Black Power salute on the medal stand. He has some advice for athletes like Colin Kaepernick who are...
How Gardening Helps Students Grow 2 min
How Gardening Helps Students Grow
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...
What's Life Like Without a Home? 4 min
What's Life Like Without a Home?
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...
One Man's Quest to Tackle Illegal Palm Oil Plantations... With a Chainsaw 2 min
One Man's Quest to Tackle Illegal Palm Oil Plantations... With a Chainsaw
Indonesia's Leuser Ecosystem is the last place on earth where endangered elephants, rhinos, tigers and orangutans coexist in the wild. But they're under threat from illegal palm oil...
Five of the Most Influential Women in the World Today 2 min
Five of the Most Influential Women in the World Today
Forbes just released its list of the top 100 most powerful women of 2016. We took a look and picked out the top five women who aren't entrepreneurs or corporate executives.
Why Opioids Are Killing so Many Americans 3 min
Why Opioids Are Killing so Many Americans
Opioid addiction has killed a quarter of a million American in the past 15 years. And it often begins with a legal prescription from a doctor.
Baby Found Dead in the Mediterranean Sea 1 min
Baby Found Dead in the Mediterranean Sea
They found this refugee baby floating out at sea, reminding many of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old whose body was found washed up on the beach.
Why Turkey's President is a Misogynist Asshat 2 min
Why Turkey's President is a Misogynist Asshat
Turkey's President Recep Erdoğan believes it's a woman's duty is to make babies ... at least 3 of them. He says it's un-Islamic for families to use birth control. Here's a look back at...
Indigenous Protests in Brazil 2 min
Indigenous Protests in Brazil
Indigenous groups from across Brazil are protesting, saying the country's interim government and a new law could threaten their land rights. The proposed change to the constitution would...
This Palestinian Village Doesn't Exist 5 min
This Palestinian Village Doesn't Exist
68 years after the Nakba, when most Palestinians were forced out of their homes during the creation of Israel, those who stayed behind are struggling to hold on to their homes. For...
Where Did the Palestinians Go? 1 min
Where Did the Palestinians Go?
In 1948, around 80% of Palestinians were forced out of their homes during the creation of Israel. That event is known as the Nakba, or "the Catastrophe." So where did they go? And how...
Refugees Set Themselves on Fire to Protest Australia Detention 2 min
Refugees Set Themselves on Fire to Protest Australia Detention
Two refugees on the island of Nauru set themselves on fire to protest the country's detention policies. One of them died from his injuries and the other is in critical condition.
Alejandro Nieto's Parents Speak About Their Son's Death at the Hands of Police 2 min
Alejandro Nieto's Parents Speak About Their Son's Death at the Hands of Police
Alejandro Nieto was on his way to work as a security guard in San Francisco when he stopped in the park to eat a burrito. Police mistook his taser for a gun and shot him 59 times. The...
Amy Goodman: How the Media Is Ruining This Election 3 min
Amy Goodman: How the Media Is Ruining This Election
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! tells us about Trump-land and how the media is ruining this election.
Sea Shepherd Hunts Poachers 2 min
Sea Shepherd Hunts Poachers
The hunt for six boats fishing illegally in Antarctica is finally over thanks to the Sea Shepherd, a non-profit organization that aims to protecting biodiversity.
Enough in My Own Skin 3 min
Enough in My Own Skin
One minute stories on race and identity.
Metamorphosis of Plants 4 min
Metamorphosis of Plants
Metamorphosis of Plants inspired by JW Goethe book.
The Way American Media Covers Attacks 3 min
The Way American Media Covers Attacks
Why is American media so biased in the way it covers attacks in Europe compared to how it covers the rest of the world?
Anonymous Have Just Brilliantly Trolled Trump 4 min
Anonymous Have Just Brilliantly Trolled Trump
Anonymous published information about Donald Trump, including his cell phone number and Social Security number, online. The response from the Trump team was to call for the arrest of...
The World's Most Powerful Passports 1 min
The World's Most Powerful Passports
The world's most powerful passport has been revealed - and it's not American. How many countries can your passport get you in to?
Bags Made of Boats and Life Jackets 2 min
Bags Made of Boats and Life Jackets
Dutch volunteers in Greece are upcycling discarded boats and life jackets using the material to make bags for refugees. Floor Nagler is a Dutch textile student and she's giving workshops...
Why Detroit Schools Are Falling Apart 4 min
Why Detroit Schools Are Falling Apart
Some of Detroit's schools are literally a mess. Budget cuts have led to maintenance problems, mold and mice. AJ+'s Dena Takruri dropped by Spain Elementary Middle School to talk with...
Mandatory Minimums - Why Prison Sentences Are so High 2 min
Mandatory Minimums - Why Prison Sentences Are so High
Mandatory minimum sentences are one reason U.S. prisons are so crowded. Here's a look at their impact.
Sister of Chapel Hill Shooting Victim Has a Message for Trump 2 min
Sister of Chapel Hill Shooting Victim Has a Message for Trump
Donald Trump and his campaign rhetoric against Muslims is a major issue for Dr. Suzanne Barakat, sister of Deah Barakat, a victim in the Chapel Hill shooting. Here's what she has to say...
What's a Rigged Economy? 3 min
What's a Rigged Economy?
Income inequality is rising and working Americans feel like they aren't getting ahead. Welcome to the rigged economy. Here's how it works.
Japanese Americans Look Back on Mass Incarceration in U.S. 4 min
Japanese Americans Look Back on Mass Incarceration in U.S.
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which led to the incarceration of 120,000 innocent Japanese Americans. We spoke with people who lived...
George Takei Talks About Japanese American Internment 3 min
George Takei Talks About Japanese American Internment
George Takei talks about his experience as one of 120,000 Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War II. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed...
Devastating Effects of Solitary Confinement 2 min
Devastating Effects of Solitary Confinement
Candie Hailey was sent to solitary confinement just six weeks after she landed at Rikers Island jail. A month after she got out of solitary, she was sent back for 95 days. After years in...
What Does Justice Scalia's Death Mean? 2 min
What Does Justice Scalia's Death Mean?
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death has raised a lot of questions about what comes next. Here's what you need to know about the months ahead.
Kendrick Lamar Raps About Travyon Martin at the Grammys 1 min
Kendrick Lamar Raps About Travyon Martin at the Grammys
Kendrick Lamar freestyled about Trayvon Martin at the 2016 Grammy Awards in a political powerhouse performance.
Beyoncé Backup Dancers Send Powerful Message at the Super Bowl 1 min
Beyoncé Backup Dancers Send Powerful Message at the Super Bowl
During the Super Bowl 50 halftime show, Beyoncé's backup dancers called for justice for Mario Woods, a 26-year-old killed by the SFPD.
Pharma Bro Shkreli Smirks During Testimony on Fraud Charges 2 min
Pharma Bro Shkreli Smirks During Testimony on Fraud Charges
“Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli was arrested last December on securities fraud charges. He hiked up the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000% and is accused of running his company like a...
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Vs. the Climate 2 min
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Vs. the Climate
As people around the world march against the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Sierra Club's Ilana Solomon breaks down how the trade agreement will affect the fight against...
Racism: It's in the Water 3 min
Racism: It's in the Water
Racism isn't just about police brutality or the criminal justice system. It's in the air and water. The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is a textbook case of environmental racism. We...
Fighting Street Harassers With Confetti Guns and Punk Rock 2 min
Fighting Street Harassers With Confetti Guns and Punk Rock
Meet the Hijas de Violencia (the Daughters of Violence), a Mexico City collective that fights street harassment with confetti guns and punk rock.
Ghana's Eco-Friendly Bamboo Bikes 2 min
Ghana's Eco-Friendly Bamboo Bikes
Meet the Ghanaian entrepreneur who's building bikes out of bamboo.
Dark Money: How Billionaires Are Buying Elections 3 min
Dark Money: How Billionaires Are Buying Elections
Billionaires have found a shady way to secretly finance candidates. They use nonprofits as vats of cash to funnel cash to candidates that will advance their interests.
Palm Oil Alternative Offers Hope for Rainforest Deforestation 2 min
Palm Oil Alternative Offers Hope for Rainforest Deforestation
Harvesting palm oil is destructive to the environment, resulting in the destruction of thousands of miles of rainforest and destroying crucial orangutan habitat. But some engineers and...
Bail: the High Price of Freedom 3 min
Bail: the High Price of Freedom
Only two countries in the world have a for-profit bail system, and the U.S. is one of them. Innocent or guilty, if you're arrested in America, you could face serious financial trouble.
Syrians in Germany Protest Against Sexual Assault 2 min
Syrians in Germany Protest Against Sexual Assault
These Syrian refugees are fighting against sexual assault in Germany after foreigners were accused of attacking women in Cologne on New Year's Eve.
100 Years of American Fear 3 min
100 Years of American Fear
From the Chinese Exclusion Act to the Patriot Act, here's what a century of government discrimination in America looks like.
Baby Got Pacs! (Parody) 3 min
Baby Got Pacs! (Parody)
Check out Sir-Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back," remixed and rewritten to be about the shadiest kind of campaign funding. "I like super PACs and I cannot lie!"
Children Are Starving to Death in Madaya, Syria 2 min
Children Are Starving to Death in Madaya, Syria
Madaya, Syria, has been under siege by pro-government forces for six months. The town is out of food and many residents are starving, including the infants. As winter approaches, they're...
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Bad Weather Everywhere This Holiday Season 1 min
Bad Weather Everywhere This Holiday Season
The U.S. suffered its fair share of tumultuous weather conditions this year, as did many other parts of the world.
Massive Deportation Raids Planned in U.S. 2 min
Massive Deportation Raids Planned in U.S.
Immigrants fleeing violence in the Americas may soon be rounded up by U.S. immigration authorities.
Why Are We Still Talking About Racism? 4 min
Why Are We Still Talking About Racism?
Has the United States moved beyond race? AJ+ speaks to people about why it hasn't.
The Pagan Origins of Christmas 1 min
The Pagan Origins of Christmas
Whether you're putting up the tree or decking the halls, you might be surprised that some of your favorite Christmas traditions are actually pagan.
France Passes Law Restricting Super-Thin Models and Airbrushing 1 min
France Passes Law Restricting Super-Thin Models and Airbrushing
France passes a new law that bans the use of "excessively skinny" models and puts regulations on airbrushed photos to promote better self-image in women and girls. Some critics in the...
Members of U.S. Military Vow to Protect Muslim Americans Using Hashtag #Iwillprotectyou 1 min
Members of U.S. Military Vow to Protect Muslim Americans Using Hashtag #Iwillprotectyou
Eight-year-old Sofia heard Donald Trump announce his intentions to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S., and she got scared. She packed her bags just in case the military came to...
What Happens to Police Officers Who Kill Black Men? 3 min
What Happens to Police Officers Who Kill Black Men?
When the TV cameras are turned off and the headlines have moved on, what happens to the police officers involved in the deaths of black men in America? AJ+ takes a look at four cases in...
Israel's Wall: Security or Apartheid? 4 min
Israel's Wall: Security or Apartheid?
Israel says it built the separation wall for security reasons to keep Palestinians from the occupied West Bank out of Israel. So why does 85% of the wall run inside the West Bank, rather...
California Police Officer Shoots a Man Climbing Out of Car Wreck 1 min
California Police Officer Shoots a Man Climbing Out of Car Wreck
Paradise, California Police Officer Patrick Feaster shot an unarmed man who was climbing out of a car wreck. The victim, who was allegedly drunk driving, may be paralyzed due to the...
The Shrimp You Eat May Have Been Peeled by Slaves 2 min
The Shrimp You Eat May Have Been Peeled by Slaves
Shrimp peeled in forced-labor factories in Thailand gets mixed into the global supply chain and sold in the U.S.
COP21 Is Over but the Marshall Islands Are Still Sinking 1 min
COP21 Is Over but the Marshall Islands Are Still Sinking
The #COP21 climate agreement may have been made, but the Marshall Islands' existence is still being threatened by climate change. Governments agreed to keep the rise in temperatures...
How Do Commercials Get Us to Buy Crap We Don't Need? 3 min
How Do Commercials Get Us to Buy Crap We Don't Need?
Advertisers are using several psychological tactics to get us to buy a lot more this holiday season.
Airstrikes in Syria Kills Dozens Including Children 2 min
Airstrikes in Syria Kills Dozens Including Children
A series of airstrikes in Syria from December 13-14 reportedly killed dozens of people and left hundreds wounded in the Ghouta district in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria. Some residents...
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Greets Syrian Refugees Who Just Arrived in Toronto 1 min
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Greets Syrian Refugees Who Just Arrived in Toronto
Canadians greet the first group of Syrian refugees who just arrived in Toronto: "You are here and you are safe. You are here and you are loved. You are here and you can stay."
Everyone Agrees That Trump's Muslim Ban Idea Is the Worst 2 min
Everyone Agrees That Trump's Muslim Ban Idea Is the Worst
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump announced that he would like to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S., and most civil-minded people are outraged at the idea. Here's a quick round-up...
Airpocalypse Sets off Orange Alert in China 1 min
Airpocalypse Sets off Orange Alert in China
As world leaders gather in Paris for the climate-change summit, smog has blanketed an area of China the size of Spain, raising the pollution alert to "orange" for the first time this year.
Why Are We Wasting so Much Food? 5 min
Why Are We Wasting so Much Food?
Award-winning author Tristram Stuart argues that food waste is a global scandal.
Laquan Mcdonald's Murder Cover Up 3 min
Laquan Mcdonald's Murder Cover Up
Chicago police tried to cover up Laquan McDonald's murder. Here's what happened.
The ISIS Trap - Will You Fall Into It? 1 min
The ISIS Trap - Will You Fall Into It?
ISIS has a pretty black-and-white view of the world. Either you're with them, or you're with people they consider infidels. But what about people in the middle? ISIS has a plan for them.
Anti-Transgender Violence Rising in 2015 1 min
Anti-Transgender Violence Rising in 2015
November 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance for the LGBTQ community to call attention to transgender victims of hate crimes. 2015 has seen a historic high in anti-trans violence, with...
The Unist'ot'en Are Holding Their Ground Against Oil & Gas Pipelines 11 min
The Unist'ot'en Are Holding Their Ground Against Oil & Gas Pipelines
Since 2009, the Unist'ot'en clan and its supporters have occupied a camp that is blocking proposed oil and gas pipelines in northern British Columbia, Canada. In the summer of 2015, oil...
North Minneapolis Shooting: Protesters Demand Answers 1 min
North Minneapolis Shooting: Protesters Demand Answers
Minneapolis activists are demanding an independent investigation into the shooting of Jamar Clark. They organized a sit-in in front of the police precinct until their demands are met.
Anti-Muslim Protesters Chased Away From France Vigil 1 min
Anti-Muslim Protesters Chased Away From France Vigil
Anti-Muslim protesters tried to disrupt a silent vigil in memory of the victims of the Paris attacks.
Officer Lisa Mearkle "Not" Guilty of Shooting Unarmed David Kassick in Back. 1 min
Officer Lisa Mearkle "Not" Guilty of Shooting Unarmed David Kassick in Back.
Officer Lisa Mearkle pulled David Kassick, 59, over for an expired inspection and emission tag. When he fled the scene, Mearkle tased Kassick twice to the ground and then shot him twice...
Hospitals Bombed in Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen: Mistakes or War Crimes? 1 min
Hospitals Bombed in Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen: Mistakes or War Crimes?
More than a dozen hospitals have been bombed in Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen in recent weeks. Mistakes or war crimes?
Refugees Can Cross This Border Without a Visa...If They Ride Bikes 2 min
Refugees Can Cross This Border Without a Visa...If They Ride Bikes
Thousands of refugees are going on cross-border bike rides in the Arctic Circle. Why has the Russia-Norway frontier become the latest front line in Europe's refugee crisis?
Sex-Offender Cops: Betrayed by the Badge 2 min
Sex-Offender Cops: Betrayed by the Badge
Hundreds of police officers have lost their licenses due to sexual misconduct on the job.
Why Are Cops in Schools? 2 min
Why Are Cops in Schools?
Since the '90s, cops are working in more and more schools. But are they really keeping students safe, or pushing students into the school-to-prison pipeline?
How America Is Killing the Middle Class 4 min
How America Is Killing the Middle Class
The American Dream is threatened by a rapidly shrinking middle class. Millions of Americans are strapped with debt, higher costs of living and lower paychecks. How did it get so bad?
Israel's Mob Violence: Are Politicians Encouraging It? 3 min
Israel's Mob Violence: Are Politicians Encouraging It?
An Eritrean man being beaten by an Israeli mob shocked many. Is this what happens when politicians encourage people to take the law into their own hands?
Is Hillary Clinton Copying Bernie Sanders - and Why Does It Matter? 4 min
Is Hillary Clinton Copying Bernie Sanders - and Why Does It Matter?
Bernie Sanders has rubbed off on Hillary Clinton. Not only has she stopped combing her hair, she's railing against billionaires and Wall Street. But how tied up with big money is the...
How the Government Can Kill You Anywhere, Anytime 2 min
How the Government Can Kill You Anywhere, Anytime
A new whistleblower inside the U.S. drone program reveals just how easy it is for the government to kill people and how little evidence is needed.
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