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Showing videos filed under: Roundtable
Lynn Harris & Dr. Elizabeth Miller: Reproductive Coercion
July 27, 2010Bristol Palin's infamous pregnancy has gone from being an example of conservative values hypocrisy to a reality TV show. Though we hear about many women who aren't educated on contraception or mysteriously "forget" to take their birthcontrol, we rarely hear the otherside: men who hoard birthcontrol to deliberately impregnate their sexual partners.Antony Loewenstein & Ali Abunimah: The Real Peace Process
July 21, 2010Peace process, proximity talks, one state, two state...though these terms are often tossed around the mass media, they have been rendered virtually meaningless. Instead, we see footage of Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama shaking hands, waxing eloquently on the need for mutual peace as the US simultaneously slips Israeli more tax dollars to further cement their occupation of Palestine.Public Schools vs. Charter Schools
September 4, 2009To charter school or not to charter school? As the new school year kicks off, we talk to Brian Jones, a NYC public school teacher, James Merriman, CEO of NYC Center for Charter School Excellence, and Christian Roselund, a New Orleans-based writer and education advocate about the choice.Rebuilding New Orleans
September 3, 2009New Orleans and the Gulf Coast four years later. Has the recovery effort stalled?Reclaiming the Healthcare Battle
September 2, 2009August was a dark month, so to speak, for advocates of healthcare reform—public option or single payer. Where were the activists? And what’s the message? Marshall Ganz, a long time organizer and lecturer at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government,Maggie Mahar, the author of Money Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Healthcare Costs So Much, and Nina Agrawal, Director of Community Outreach for National Physicians Alliance in NY on what needs to beEducation and Incentives
September 1, 2009Do incentives work? And are they a way to improve education? Well, Ayele Shakur, Executive Director of the Boston Learning Center, and Gary Bracey, Project Director of Building Inspiration to Fight Failure (BIFF) say that it is one way of motivating students. They are co-founders of the Smart is Cool campaign and have developed a model that they say not only keeps kids in school but keeps them engaged.Are the Kids All Right?
August 14, 2009It’s not easy being a kid these days. It’s getting more and more difficult to get basic, entry-level work, college tuition costs continue to rise faster than just about anything on the market, and the military looks to ramp up its recruiting in preparation for another surge in Afghanistan. The national teen unemployment rate is now estimated at about 24 percent, as the economy remains in decline and out of workAl Rowwad: Blame The Wolf
August 14, 2009Blame the Wolf, a provocative play performed by the Al Rowwad Palestinian youth theater group, revisits the story of Little Red Riding Hood. But this time there’s a twist. As the trial unfolds, is the wolf really the one to blame? Dr. Abdel Fattah Abu-Srour, founder and director of the Al Rowwad in the Aida Refugee Camp in the West Bank, says that theater is a way of exploring and challengingThe Future of Independent Media
August 13, 2009Independent media is almost a household name these days. But in 1986 when Fairness And Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) launched most people hadn't heard of anything like it. So what's changed in the last two decades? Has the stranglehold of corporate media been loosened?Will Holder Prosecute Architects of Torture Policy?
August 12, 2009Is it possible that the Obama administration’s attempt to prosecute the crimes of the Bush administration could actually be worse than doing nothing? That’s what Andrew Sullivan concluded in response to an LA Times article suggesting that Holder will prosecute only those who went beyond the parameters outlined by the Bush administration torture memos.
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