General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, says he feared Trump was stoking unrest in preparation for a coup attempt on January 6th, the day scores of insurrectionists overran the U.S. Capitol in his name. #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue
Children at this school in the Basque country in Spain prepared for five months during the pandemic to create a unique percussive rendition of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
FDR’s Social Security lifted many senior Americans out of poverty — now Biden’s child tax credit could do the same for children.
The first documented outbreak of Polio occurred in 1894 in Vermont. Do you know how we got rid of it?
“I removed the password from my phone so that if we didn’t make it out, and we were killed, people would know what happened to us. So they know we existed.”
An in-depth video exposing Heritage Action’s $24 million campaign over the next two years to roll back access to the ballot and block congressional Democrats’ sweeping democracy reform bill, the For the People Act. #Politics #DarkMoney #HeritageAction #HeritageFoundation #VotingRights
One of Nina Simone's searing civil rights songs. The lyrics by poet Langston Hughes weave a kaleidoscope of issues and images.
Tax laws allow owners to claim that their teams lose value, lowering their tax bills. The government misses out on billions in revenue.
On the genetic level, we're not all that different from chimps. But those small differences in DNA can have huge effects.
The Lost Cause was a campaign created by pro-Confederates after the Civil War to promote the lie that they seceded for state's rights.
Health Care Sharing Ministries advertise themselves as a more affordable, faith-based alternative to health insurance. John Oliver explains some of the massive limitations these plans can have.
Director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful documentary of an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion in 1969, the year of Woodstock. In theaters and on Hulu on July 2, 2021.
As part of a six-month investigation, The New York Times synchronized and mapped thousands of videos and police audio of the U.S. Capitol riot to provide the most complete picture to date of what happened — and why.
This ExxonMobil lobbyist was captured on camera by the environmental group Greenpeace UK boasting of how Exxonmobil has fought climate science and operated behind closed doors to water down green legislation.
The story we're usually taught is ... gasp ... biased. Here's what really happens.
Fastest-woman-ever Sha’Carri Richardson wins gold at the Olympic trials, Carl Nassib comes out as first openly gay NFL player, and the Supreme Court rules that the NCAA must lift restrictions on education-related benefits for college athletes. #DailyShow #RoyWoodJr #MichaelKosta
Post-pandemic life has started in the U.S. with bars, restaurants and concert halls filling with people and it’s bringing the party back to a region renowned for its live music scene.
Attorney Richard Sobol stands up to a racist legal system to defend Gary Duncan, a Black teenager wrongfully accused of assaulting a boy in 1966 New Orleans. In select theaters now.
Some of the wealthiest Americans use a strategy called Buy, Borrow, Die to dramatically reduce their tax bills while their fortunes continue to grow.
Some birds use Earth's magnetic field to navigate, but how they do this has been a mystery. Now, researchers have found a protein in bird eyes with a quantum mechanical sensitivity to magnetic fields.
The Big Lie of widespread voter fraud and a stolen election has made election officials the target of abuse, intimidation, and even death threats.
The New Orleans classic and Mardi Gras favorite, "Iko Iko." This song features Dr. John in one of his last known recordings, along with the Grateful Dead's Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart.
By 1968, Dick Gregory was speaking out against the Vietnam War, which made him a target of the FBI. Watch the premiere on Sunday, July 4 at 9/8c on SHOWTIME.
A new study on the January 6 Capitol insurrection finds some surprising revelations about who the attackers were and their motives.
Being able to cooperate and form strong relationships is often essential to species survival, and it's seen when we examine the evolutionary success of our human ancestors, apes, and even our dogs.
Seed bombs. The "tree lady of Brooklyn." The roots of urban gardening. The secret history of the radical act of greening cities.
"Afrique Victime" is the title track from Mdou Moctar's new album out on Matador Records, May 21,2021. Order it here: http://mdou.ffm.to/afriquevictime
“Takeover” follows the 12 historic hours on July 14, 1970, when members of the Young Lords Party took over the rundown Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx in New York City.
Mounting evidence suggests a lot of published research is false. But it's a lot better than denying published science.
From the nation's capital to the woods of Georgia and beyond, Jordan Klepper talks with lawmakers, militia members and more to solve America's gun crisis once and for all. #JordanKlepper #JordanKlepperSolvesGuns #GunViolenceAwarenessDay
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