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Archive for February, 2012


Drips of Change: Preserving Our Freshwater

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40 years after the Clean Water Act became law, the landscape of our water supply has been transformed, and regulation is being framed by some as an enemy of progress. On this edition, we look at how we manage our water in the twenty-first century. Are we doing too little, or are we trying to control too much?


Capitalism Makes us Crazy: Dr Gabor Maté on Illness & Addiction

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What’s the connection between the increase in chronic diseases, mental illness and drug addiction in our society today? On this edition, Dr. Gabor Mate talks about the relationship between mind and body health – and what the rise of capitalism has done to destroy both.


Grace Lee Boggs in Conversation with Angela Davis — Transcript, web extra only

Monday, February 20th, 2012

TRANSCRIPT (web extra only) see below. Related Video: We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for   “On Revolution: A Conversation Between Grace Lee Boggs and Angela Davis” on Friday, March 2nd 2012 at Pauley Ballroom, University of California, Berkeley Part of the 27th Empowering Women of Color Conference, ‘A Holistic Approach: Justice, Access and [...]


Food, Justice and Sustainability

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Michelle Obama’s plan to eliminate obesity includes partnering with major retailers like Walmart to bring affordable, healthy food to neighborhoods that are known as food deserts. But food justice activists are calling for solutions that come from communities, not from corporations.


How to Occupy the Economy, According to Richard Wolff

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Occupy Wall Street has changed the conversation about the distribution of wealth. So what now? What policy changes and initiatives should the movement be pushing for? Economics Professor Richard Wolff has some answers.



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