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Friday Nite Videos | April 13, 2018

Why Black Americans Are Getting Less Sleep. Love Train | Turnaround Arts | Playing For Change. The Last Footage of Yasser Murtaja. The Democrat Running for Paul Ryan’s Seat. The Decline of the Trump Merchandise Empire.

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Why Black Americans Are Getting Less Sleep

How the sleep gap reflects inequality and contributes to it.

Love Train | Turnaround Arts | Playing For Change

Turnaround Arts infuses struggling schools with the arts as a strategy to bolster reform efforts. Turnaround Arts is a national program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts that works in 73 schools in 37 districts across 17 states and the District of Columbia.

The Last Footage of Yasser Murtaja

Palestinian journalist Yasser Murtaja captured the mass civilian uprising in Gaza from extraordinary perspectives on the ground and in the air. Shortly after this film was made he was shot and killed in Gaza.

The Democrat Running for Paul Ryan’s Seat

Randy Bryce, a Democrat running for Paul Ryan’s seat in Wisconsin says Ryan’s agenda has always been to give “tax breaks to the wealthiest” Americans and that he’s been “complicit with allowing” Trump “to do whatever” Trump decides he wants to do.

The Decline of the Trump Merchandise Empire

Before he ran for president, Donald Trump was raking in money from Trump-branded steaks, eyeglasses, ties, K-cups, cologne and a dozen other licensed products. But now, nearly all of his partnerships have disappeared.
 

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