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Friday Nite Videos -- April 12, 2013

Rand Paul speaks at Howard University. Documentary: Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners. Bill Moyers investigates homelessness in Silicon Valley. Classic blues at the Chicago Music Exchange. Democracy Now! interview: Animal rights activist speaks out. NASA Curiosity mission reports on Mars' bygone atmosphere.

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Guess Who's Coming to Howard?

Brave and crazy Kentucky Senator Rand Paul plunges headfirst into a prestigious university symposium filled with high achieving students.Brave and crazy Kentucky Senator Rand Paul plunges headfirst into a prestigious university symposium filled with high achieving students.


Documentary: Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners

Shola Lynch's documentary delving into Angela Davis' story, including her life a fugitive, subsequent trial and hard-won freedom. Free Angela and All Political Prisoners recently opened in select theaters nationwide.


Homeless in Silicon Valley

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Business in California’s Silicon Valley is better than it’s been in a decade, with companies like Facebook, Google and Apple minting hundreds of new tech millionaires. But not far away, the homeless are building tent cities along a creek in the city of San Jose.


Classic Blues at the Chicago Music Exchange

The very best in the Chicago Blues scene gather for one acoustic show. This amazing Trio features Chicago's blues legends Jimmy Burns, Lurrie Bell, and John Primer.


Undercover Activist Details Secret Filming of Animal Abuse

An animal rights investigator tells Democracy Now! how he has spent over a decade secretly filming animal abuse and why that work is now imperiled by a wave of laws sweeping the country.


Mars' Bygone Atmosphere

NASA’s Curiosity finds that the Red Planet doesn’t have the same atmosphere it used to.