Documentary: The Other Side of Immigration

Based on over 700 interviews in Mexican towns where about half the population has left to work in the United States, The Other Side of Immigration asks why so many Mexicans come to the U.S. and what happens to the families and communities they leave behind. Through an approach that is both subtle and thought-provoking, filmmaker Roy Germano provides a perspective on undocumented immigration rarely witnessed by American eyes, challenging audiences to imagine more creative and effective solutions to the problem.

Friday Nite Videos -- November 21, 2014

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President Obama: Fixing Immigration. The Browning of America. The Case for Napping at Work. Cuban Music in the Streets. Documentary: The Other Side of Immigration.

The Case for Napping at Work

Most Americans don't get enough sleep. People are exhausted. It's time for a wake-up call. It's time to embrace the office nap.

Cuban Music in the Streets

Walking along Trinidad streets, in Cuba, Armando Flores found this little band, giving away their art to the wind. And there's many more like them in the island. Enjoy.

The Selfless Gene

Olivia Judson The Atlantic
It’s easy to see how evolution can account for the dark streaks in human nature—the violence, treachery, and cruelty. But how does it produce kindness, generosity, and heroism?

Election Lessons for the Left

Joseph M. Schwartz DSA - Democratic Socialists of America
The Democratic establishment’s obsessive concern with winning over socially liberal affluent swing voters meant the party failed to run a populist national campaign on issues that would have appealed to working people of all races

Illinois Pension Reform Law is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules

Sandra Guy, Tina Sfondeles Chicago Sun-Times
Legislation by Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and the Illinois Legislature, would have made deep cuts to employees retirement benefits. The so-called "pension reform law" was ruled unconstitutional by a Illinois Circuit Judge today.

Minimum-Wage Workers: Where They Work and What They Are Paid

Drew DeSilver Pew Research Center
More than 20 million people, and nearly one-third of all hourly employees over 18 make more than the existing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour but less than the $10.10 per hour increased federal minimum wage unsuccessfully promoted by the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats earlier this year. The Pew Research Center's Fact Tank provides a profile of where these "near-minimum-wage" workers work and what they are paid.