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My Brightest Diamond On Our Darkest Trash Problem

Uncensored Interview — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:03:13 -0800

Brooklyn songstress Shara Worden, aka My Brightest Diamond, discusses the global environmental and humanitarian problems created by the United States shipping its trash overseas.

Jen Chapin on World Hunger Year

Uncensored Interview — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:48:20 -0800

Brooklyn singer Jen Chapin discusses the mission of World Hunger Year (WHY), an organization founded by her father Harry Chapin in 1975 to explore solutions for poverty and hunger on a local, grassroots level

Nellie McKay Urges Eaters to Look Beyond the Mirror

Uncensored Interview — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:16:01 -0800

New York singer-songwriter Nellie McKay makes a compelling case for a vegetarian lifestyle, citing both global warming and the treatment of workers at factory farms as reasons to make the switch.

Dallas Green of City and Colour on the Responsibility of Being an Artist

Uncensored Interview — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:05:07 -0800

Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green of City and Colour discusses his involvement with the charity Skate 4 Cancer and the responsibility of artists to use their names to help bring attention to causes and charities that need public support

Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls on Gay Marriage

Uncensored Interview — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:08:06 -0800

Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls discusses the disconnect between Americans' tolerance of homosexuality and their refusal to grant gay couples the right to marry.

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of UDHR with the ACLU

Kelly Matheson — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:18:55 -0800

December 10th, 2008 marked the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the founding document of the modern human rights system.
To celebrate this anniversary, the ACLU created this video which provides historical insights to the UDHR and advocates for a recommitment by the U.S. to the principles and ideals of the UDHR so our country can fulfill its promise to ensure equality and justice for all at home.

The Oil Up There: The Most Destructive Project on Earth

icjournalism — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:00:22 -0800

In March 2008, a group of concerned citizens from British Columbia, Canada visited possibly the most destructive industrial mega-project in the world.
The Tar Sands are large deposits of heavy crude oil, located in northern Alberta, Canada.

Iran: A Nation of Bloggers

Sameer Padania — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:12:37 -0800

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Protests HBO's Show 'Cathouse'

CATW — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:06:26 -0800

This is a mini-documentary, produced by the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW), about the harms of HBO's show 'Cathouse'. The footage in the film was taken at CATW's protest outside of HBO's heaquarters on September 23rd, 2008.

Opportunities for Change - December 10, 2008 - Rev. Dr. Sid Mohn

frompovertytoopportunity — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:15:53 -0800

On December 9-10, 2008, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, in partnership with the Office of the Governor, held "Opportunities for Change: Taking Action to End Extreme Poverty in Illinois." This summit is part of the work of the newly-formed Commission on the Elimination of Poverty, a state entity charnged with cutting extreme poverty in half in Illinois by 2015 in a manner consistent with international human rights standards.