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Today's Civil Rights

Belafonte

Harry Belafonte Speaking Out For Justice

In this  fiery speech, Belafonte recalls a conversation he had with Martin Luther King during the civil rights movement.

  
Latin Pulse

Latin Pulse: Immigration Reform and Immigrant Rights

Latin Pulse investigates the role of ICE and its raid policies which the new administration is reviewing.

  
Latin Pulse

Latin Pulse: The Immigration Issue

The human face of immigration. Is illegal immigration a necessary evil? Or an impossible problem that has to be solved?

  
Sharpton

Al Sharpton - An Even Playing Field
Rev. Al Sharpton speaks candidly about how he thinks the media glosses over the complexity of racial politics in its coverage of Election 2008.

  
Randall Kennedy

Randall Kennedy: Barack Obama's Crossover Appeal

Harvard Law Professor and controversial author Randall Kennedy discusses Barack Obama's crossover appeal.

 


Global Racism

 

Blue and Black

Blue and Black Through a series of digital links, two black policemen explore how they are each coping with crime, the pressures of police work, and a legacy of racism on the job and in their lives. Watch online.

  
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All White in Barking
This British doc probes the attitudes of a town's white residents toward their immigrant neighbors, exploring the shockingly unexamined prejudices about the newcomers' dress, religion, and strange cooking smells.

 


Katrina

 

Big Easy

The Big Spin: Big Easy Big Empty  
In Big Easy to Big Empty, investigative journalist and author, Greg Palast, went to New Orleans to find out how the devastated city has  fallen prey to land-grabbers.

  

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New Orleans for Sale
This video was created by 2-cent, a group of New Orleans college students who collectively make projects aimed at inspiring change within the young generation.

 

Profiling, Stereotypes, & Policy

Border Crossing

Al Jazeera English - Witness: Border Crossing

Gadi Schwartz is a young Latino studying journalism at an American university. He decides to go to Mexico to examine his own feelings and witnesses the realities of immigration first hand.

  
Land Called Paradise

Grand Prize Winner of Link TV’s “One Nation, Many Voices” Online Film Festival In 2007, 2,000 American Muslims were asked what they wished to say to the rest of the world. Kareem Salama's "A Land Called Paradise" came in first place.

  
Tulia Texas

Tulia Texas A shocking look at the collateral consequences of America's drug war. In 1999, forty-three people were arrested in a drug sting conducted by a single undercover officer with no corroborating evidence.

  
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Global Pulse: The Undocumented

Immigration views from around the world. Watch online.

  

Racial Profiling

ACLU Freedom Files: Racial Profiling

Racial profiling may have fallen off the radar screen for the majority of Americans, but for those affected, it remains a serious problem.

 


"Torn Apart by Deportation"

 

 

Harsh immigration policy, compounded by systemic inequities built into the criminal justice system, might not be thwarting terrorists or making our country a whole lot safer. But the laws are doing a great job of breaking up another entity: families of color.

 


More Videos

 

Josh Norek

Josh Norek on the Intersection of Music and Activism
Josh Norek, Vice President of Nacional Records, discusses how his background in the music business prepared him for his work with Voto Latino in their new Census 2010 initiative.

  
Future Express - South Africa

The Future Express: South Africa - Climb Higher Brother

The premiere episode of "Future Express" takes us on a breathtaking tour through South Africa to explore the hearts and minds of locals in a post-Apartheid world.

  
Richard Thompson Ford: Racial Issues and the Media

Richard Thompson Ford: Racial Issues and the Media

Stanford Law professor Richard Thompson Ford considers whether many people are lying about their true beliefs, jumping to unwarranted conclusions, or just playing the race card.

  
Powell

Something Wrong With Being a Muslim?
(MIR: October 25, 2008) On "Meet the Press"former Secretary of State Colin Powell crossed party lines and endorsed Barack Obama for President of the United States.