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Loretta Ross: Finding the Rape Crisis Center
Loretta Ross: Finding the Rape Crisis Center Ross on how she came to work at the first Rape Crisis Center which was in D.C. and how she came to understand that she was not alone in the abuse that had happened to her. Makers.com 05/01/2013 929 Views
How Corruption Almost Turned NJ Town Into Toxic Dump
How Corruption Almost Turned NJ Town Into Toxic Dump Dan Fagin, award-winning science journalist, exposes how corporate interests and corrupt politicians almost turned a quiet New Jersey beach community into a toxic dump. HuffPost Live Highlights 04/03/2013 1,070 Views
Modern Slavery
Modern Slavery Full Segment: One farm worker dies on the job every day in the U.S. and hundreds more are injured. Can we fix our nation's broken labor laws to ensure they're protected? HP Live Segments 01/31/2013 523 Views
Are Headscarves A Sign Of Muslim Oppression?
Are Headscarves A Sign Of Muslim Oppression? Full Segment: The recent FEMEN protests have raised many questions. One of which is how headscarves are viewed by the group. For Muslims, veils or headscarves symbolize religious devotion, but for FEMEN they are a symbol of oppression. Is there a middle ground? HP Live Segments 04/17/2013 4,313 Views
Farm Workers Advocate: 'Department Of Agriculture Is Part Of The Problem'
Farm Workers Advocate: 'Department Of Agriculture Is Part Of The Problem' Rena Steinzor, a farm worker advocate, explains how the government has failed to help workers and their poor conditions. HuffPost Live Highlights 01/31/2013 590 Views
Wendy Kopp: The Light Bulb
Wendy Kopp: The Light Bulb Kopp explains how her search for what she wanted to do after college outside of Wall Street led to the idea of a national teacher corps and the conviction to actually make it happen. Makers.com 05/21/2013 18 Views
REDD For People and Nature Kongo Initiative
REDD For People and Nature Kongo Initiative WWF has worked with the support and cooperation of the government of DRC, local partners, and local communities to develop and implement REDD+ readiness activities in the Mai-Ndombe area of DRC. GREEN.tv 02/13/2013 104 Views
Alarm On Water Scarcity
Alarm On Water Scarcity Full Segment: When the CEO of the world's largest food company sounds the alarm on water scarcity, it's time to listen. Irrigation created civilization, will water scarcity end it? HP Live Segments 02/28/2013 743 Views
On Borrowed Time Brings You the Belum-Temengor Forest's Endangered Wildlife
On Borrowed Time Brings You the Belum-Temengor Forest's Endangered Wildlife On Borrowed Time, launched in conjunction with World Tiger Day 2011, trains a spotlight on the poaching crisis in Belum-Temengor and calls for the problem to be put on the national agenda. These forests in northern Perak are of critical importance for the conservation of tigers and other endangered species, yet research and monitoring by WWF-Malaysia and TRAFFIC Southeast Asia since 2008 have documented decimation of the wildlife by relentless illegal hunting. GREEN.tv 01/23/2013 182 Views
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QA 10 QA 10 Makers.com 05/22/2013 8 Views
Historic Black College Turns Around After Near Closing
Historic Black College Turns Around After Near Closing At one point, Paul Quinn college faced closing its doors for good. The historically black College in Dallas, Texas faced losing accreditation in 2009, but one man turned the school around. Getting rid of the football team wasn't easy for now college president Michael Sorrell -- but he says the kids weren't benefiting and the school wasn't making any money. So he decided to turn the football field into a farm, donating 10% to the community. The Dallas Cowboys are regular customers. Nightcap 04/02/2013 402 Views
Satirical Washington Redskins Group Working To Support Native Americans
Satirical Washington Redskins Group Working To Support Native Americans The Washington Redskins' team name still registers as offensive to many, including Native American Indians, but a name change hasn't happened. Guest Brittain Peck joins Jacob Soboroff to discuss. HuffPost Live Highlights 02/20/2013 445 Views
Loretta Ross: "Traitors"
Loretta Ross: "Traitors" Ross on how being a black feminist within the African American community and dealing with issues like violence and rape was problematic but how the white feminists didn't necessarily accept them either Makers.com 05/01/2013 589 Views
Public Breastfeeding: Magazine Article Causes "Nurse In" Protest
Public Breastfeeding: Magazine Article Causes "Nurse In" Protest Ever heard of a 'nurse in?' Moms and their lactating kids staged one outside 'Fort Worth' magazine's headquarters after a recent article took aim at breastfeeding in public -- in church, to be specific. Here are the facts from both sides. Nightcap 04/15/2013 584 Views
Vocal Trash: A Trash Talkn Performance About Recycling: Music Box
Vocal Trash: A Trash Talkn Performance About Recycling: Music Box Performance Group Vocal Trash Gives a show, tells us about their music and gives us a possible new use for unwanted trash. Nightcap 02/15/2013 1,083 Views

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