Jean-Marie Guehenno, professor of professional practice at the Saltzman Institute of Columbia University, discusses the political implications of using the word "genocide". Guehenno believes that "genocide has enormous baggage", and...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlights the prevention of large-scale violence prior to its incitement as one of his “generational opportunities.” He argues that the key to prevention is to promote equality...
(LinkAsia: January 27, 2012) Peking University professor Kong Qindong is under fire for comments he made about Hong Kong residents in response to a video posted online of a fight...
This public briefing held on January 17, 2012, by the Atlantic Council's Iran Task Force, covers the rising conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran. Is an attack on...
In this stirring speech given by Bill McKibben at UC Berkeley, the man who launched a global movement and became one of the most prominent environmental activists of our time...
In Tribal Wives six women get to grips with new lifestyles, families and communities in some of the world?s most remote tribes to find out whether 'West is best.'
Prominent Occupy Wall Street activist Jesse LaGreca explains that in a stale economy, working-class Americans are being forced to make big sacrifices while major Wall Street players have still not...
In this stirring speech given by Bill McKibben at UC Berkeley, the man who launched a global movement and became one of the most prominent environmental activists of our time...
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...
Maggie Mulvihill, co-director of the New England Center for Investigative Reporting, and William E. Buzenberg, executive director at the Center for Public Integrity, explain that good news reporting comes at...
Overdrawn! is a feature-length documentary about predatory banking fees, with Ralph Nader, Joel Bakan ("The Corporation"), a loan shark, and lots of consumers who are fed up with their banks...
(Earth Focus: Episode 33) Earth Focus looks at why the availability of fresh water is a growing global challenge and at how some innovative solutions are making a difference. ...
Bangladesh is one of the world's most densely populated nations on Earth. And the capital Dhaka is one of Asia's fastest growing cities. News and documentary producer Stephen Sapienza reports...
Journalist and author Glenn Greenwald contends that the reason media coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement has ranged mostly from critical to non-existent is because many mainstream media journalists...
Featuring interviews with media analysts and cultural historians, this documentary examines the patterns inherent in TV's disturbing depictions of working class people as either clowns or social deviants.
