Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 13, 2024
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An important message on solidarity
An important message on solidarity
An important message on solidarity
The Fight over Joe Biden Tapping Tom Vilsack as Agriculture Secretary, Explained
Vox
Vilsack held the post under Obama, and critics say he was too close to Big Ag.
Friday Nite Videos | May 15, 2020
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What the F**k Is “Obamagate”? Everybody Must Stay Home | Bob Dylan Coronavirus Parody. Angela Davis on Ahmaud Arbery's Killing and More. USPS: John Oliver. Amid Pandemic, Renewables Now Supply More Energy than Coal.
Angela Davis on Ahmaud Arbery's Killing, Racism, Prison Abolition, Animal Rights and Capitalism
Civil rights icon Angela Davis talks to Frank Barat (editor of her latest book Freedom is a Constant Struggle) about institutionalized racism, animal rights, prison abolition and the killing of Ahmaud Arbery
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'Tiger King': The Most-Watched Show in America Is a Moral Failure
The Atlantic
Netflix’s documentary 'Tiger King' is the apotheosis of extreme storytelling: The more unfathomable and ethically dubious, the better.
Friday Nite Videos | December 7, 2018
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Bernie's Ideas Aren't on the Fringe Any More. Line Riders | Beethoven's 5th. Trump's Favorite Things! A Randy Rainbow Song Parody. Roma | Movie. PETA: Don't Drag Us into This.
PETA: Don't Drag Us into This
Late Night writers Amber Ruffin and Jenny Hagel take a moment to ask PETA to rethink comparing phrases that mention cruelty to animals to racist and homophobic slurs.
Dispatches From the Culture Wars - August 28, 2018
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Prison Strike; Superdelegates and Race; Star-crossed Platonics; New Patriotism; Pinterest Meets 8chan; Animal Crackers
Friday Nite Videos -- May 2, 2014
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New from Playing for Change: Words of Wonder / Get Up Stand Up. Unlocking the Cage: A ground-breaking documentary from Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker. Thomas Piketty's 'Capital' in 3 Minutes. Meet Emily: Tech Demo.
Documentary: Unlocking the Cage
Chris Hegedus' and D.A. Pennebaker's films include Don't Look Back with Bob Dylan, The War Room chronicling Clinton’s 1992 Presidential campaign, and Startup.com shot during the Internet’s first boom and bust. These are stories about passionate people who took risks that changed history. They believe their new film, Unlocking the Cage, is just such a story. For the past two years they have been following an animal rights lawyer, Steve Wise, who is attempting to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. Help crowd-source this film project here.
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