In Focus: The Mexican Drug Lords' Reign of Terror - Standing up to the Cartels
Category: News & Current Affairs
The drug war has been terrorizing Mexico for more than four years now. The Mexican government's efforts to break the increasing power of drug lords have been to no avail, and many police officers also work for the higher-paying cartels.

TED Talks: Thomas Barnett & Eric Berlow
Category: News & Current Affairs
International security strategist Thomas Barnett outlines a post-Cold War solution for the foundering US military, and ecologist Eric Berlow doesn't feel overwhelmed when faced with complex systems; he knows that more information can lead to a better, simpler solution.

TED Talks: Wade Davis & David Byrne
Category: News & Current Affairs
With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate. David Byrne sings the Talking Heads' 1988 hit, "(Nothing But) Flowers."

TED Talks: Beverly + Dereck Joubert & Joshua Klein
Category: News & Current Affairs
Beverly and Dereck Joubert live in the bush, filming and photographing lions and leopards in their natural habitat. And, through his studies of crows, hacker and writer Joshua Klein has come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal and human.

TED Talks: Jamie Oliver & Derek Sivers
Category: News & Current Affairs
Sharing stories from his anti-obesity project in West Virginia, Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food. And, with help from some surprising footage, Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started.

Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang
Category: Documentaries
A poignant documentary exposing the government's suppression of the health hazards of low-level radiation after nuclear tests in the 50s - even more relevant since the release of radiation in Japan, and reports about a potential government cover-up of the effects of Chernobyl.

TED Talks: Sheena Iyengar & Imogen Heap
Category: News & Current Affairs
Sheena Iyengar studies how we make choices -- and how we feel about the choices we make, while Imogen Heap plays a powerful stripped-down version of "Wait It Out," from her new record, Ellipse.

TED Talks: Dave Eggers & Andy Hobsbawm
Category: News & Current Affairs
Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the audience to personally, creatively engage with local public schools, while Andy Hobsbawm shares a fresh ad campaign about going green -- and some of the fringe benefits.

TED Talks: Sugata Mitra and Kiran Bedi
Category: News & Current Affairs
Education scientist Sugata Mitra examines why the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most, and Kiran Bedi talks about what it was like to manage one of the toughest prisons in India.

Special: Amy Goodman - The Courage of Truth
Category: Documentaries
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! speaks out on Egypt, Wikileaks and the critical need for transparency in wartime. Filmed April 10th, 2011, this powerful speech will leave you charged up, inspired and informed.

Charles Ferguson on the Inside Job
Category: Documentaries
In this conversation with director Charles Ferguson, go deeper into his critically acclaimed, Academy Award-winning expose of Wall Street, Inside Job.

TED Talks: Stewart Brand & Mark Z. Jacobson, and Derek Sivers
Category: News & Current Affairs
Nuclear power: the energy crisis has even die-hard environmentalists reconsidering it. In this first-ever TED debate, Stewart Brand and Mark Z. Jacobson square off over the pros and cons. And Derek Sivers says that there's a flip side to everything.

Special: Everything's Cool
Category: Documentaries
Everything's Cool is a film about America finally "getting" global warming in the wake of the most dangerous chasm ever to emerge between scientific understanding and political action.

Special: The Israel Lobby
Category: Documentaries
For many years now the American foreign policy has been characterized by the strong tie between the United States and Israel. Does the United States in fact keep Israel on its feet? And how long will it continue to do so?

Special: The Best Government Money Can Buy?
Category: Documentaries
The cost of election campaigns has spiraled out of control-- on average, US representatives spend more than 25% of their time fund-raising. This documentary asks who provides the money? What effect does it have? And is it in the public interest?