On October 15, 2011, Occupy TVNY met with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Chris Hedges in Times Square, New York City, where tens of thousands of people assembled for a...
The United States isn't broke; we're the richest country on the planet and a country in which the richest among us are doing exceptionally well. But the truth is, our...
The Story of Citizens United v. FEC, an exploration of the inordinate power that corporations exercise in our democracy. From the people who brought you The Story of Stuff, and...
(LinkAsia: December 2, 2011) China’s six million university graduates face poorer job prospects this year. But fewer are taking civil service exams. The government says that’s because its standards...
Can the government be trusted to report its own data, or should it be up to reporters to unearth the truth? The Center for Public Integrity's Keith Epstein and NPR's...
(LinkAsia: November 11, 2011) After days of heavy fog blanketed Beijing, residents are questioning the way authorities measure air pollution. Despite claims by the environment department that autumn fogs...
In this doc the tactics involved in the making of a modern revolution are explained in fascinating detail by those who have actually succeeded in organizing the overthrow of Eastern...
(LinkAsia: November 4, 2011) Recent conciliatory moves by the government in Myanmar have some people hopeful for real change. But Maung Zarni, Burmese activist and research fellow at the London...
(LinkAsia: November 4, 2011) The government in Myanmar seems to be opening up, but some people are wondering if the moves are genuine. Flooding in Southeast Asia has been devastating,...
Theoretical physicist Geoffrey B. West offers his view on the government bailout of "too big to fail" banks. He explains that while the bailouts were counterproductive from a Darwinian view...
In this speech, Pulitzer Prize-winner and Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges discusses the most urgent issues of our times, insisting that unless we begin to stand fast around moral imperatives, we...
GASHOLE is an eye-opening documentary about the history of oil prices. The film sheds light on a secret the big oil companies don't want you to know - that there...
