This is an excerpted clip (2:36) of Andrea Mitchell interviewing Barney Frank on TARP on July 10, 2009. Full video (5:35) Partial transcript in extended entry.
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The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil' (8:33)
n May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including murder in Nigeria in the 1990s. This mini-documentary tells the story of the rise of an inspiring and nonviolent movement for human rights and environmental justice, and the lengths Shell was willing to go to stop it. For more information, visit: The Case Against Shell
On Thin Ice. NOW. 4/17/09. Impacts of global warming focusing on the loss of glaciers and the impacts on water supply.
David Simon: An American Observer. Moyers Journal. 4/17/2009. Wide ranging interview addressing crime, poverty, the war on drugs, etc.
CNN Planet Peril : World Water Crisis. World water crisis CNN's Isha Sesay speaks with Dr. Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute, about the world's water problems. 10/27/07 4:41.
The L-Curve: Income Distribution of the U.S.. David S. Chandler. 2/04/2007. The income distribution of the United States is far more unequal than most people realize. In fact it is so lopsided, it is hard to represent on a single graph. For more see http://www.lcurve.org
Rural Poverty and Gas in America. eweining YouTube. 12/01/2007
U.S. Families Struggle to Eat. CBS. 7/09/2008.
Poverty In America. St. Vincent dePaul Charities. 6/05/2008,
This video is guaranteed to challenge assumptions about the common assumptions about the differences between humans and our companions on the planet. This video is taken from http://fun.mivzakon.co.il/flash/video/2344/2344.html. Thanks to Bill for sharing it.
