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Two basketball announcers offer candid observations about the game that they're covering.

Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America. How do you proclaim your love for America and then yearn for the days when you weren't part of it?

Eighteen-year-old Evan Young was supposed to be the 2015 class valedictorian. But his principal prevented him from giving his graduation speech after learning he would announce he is gay.

Amy Schumer, Bill Cosby's defense attorney, presents irrefutable evidence of her client's innocence.

We've all become so accustomed to stage driven, focus group candidates that authenticity comes across as lunacy. Then there's Bernie, who honestly represents his political beliefs rather than playing a cynical political game.

It's 1967, and computer matchups have just taken all the messiness out of meeting the right person. Stiller and Meara were there to mark this cultural seachange. (In memory of Anne Meara, 1929-2015.) 

The prizewinning author, poet, essayist and literary critic Margaret Atwood is the first contributer to Future Library, a special anthology to be printed in one hundred years time. One writer will contribute a text every year. In this short film, Margaret Atwood discusses her involvement.

A conversation with activists of the municipal movements in Barcelona and Madrid. How did they move from protest to power? (English subtitles). 

In honor of Ireland's first-ever national referendum enshrining the right of marriage, we present the inimitable Roy Zimmerman's satirical take on 'Defenders of Marriage.'