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The House Rent Boogie

John Lee Hooker's House Rent Boogie dates to the late 1950s, but it speaks to today's housing crisis.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

These two previews of John Oliver's upcoming (April 27) HBO program Last Week Tonight With John Oliver parody the GOP's recent ads intended to appeal to millenials.  

Turn! Turn! Turn!

Pete Seeger created this complex song simply by adding a title, concluding line and music to verses from the biblical Book of Ecclesiates. Here is the the Byrd's (most popular) version.  

The Myth of the American Dream

Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz explains how income inequality killed the "American Dream" and he puts to death the notion that everyone has the same opportunity to achieve it.

Friday Nite Videos -- March 21, 2014

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