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Wages and the living wage is our topic this program. Recently, there has been quite a bit of attention given to what we earn, the disparity of wage...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2018
  • Length: 51:26
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The EU stands up to Washington over the Iran nuclear deal - Protests against the Austrian government’s anti-immigration agenda - Remote control: Co...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
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Is Turkey now on a charm offensive with the European Union? British Prime Minister Theresa May tries to shake up her government…but has it worked? ...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
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During his first official visit to Utah, President Trump announced the largest cutback to national monument land in U.S. history. Bears Ears and G...

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 13:38
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Michael Scharf
On Wednesday, October 11, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Jesner v. Arab Bank, a case that will determine if corporations can be sue...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 59:04
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Nearly $1.3 trillion has left Russia since the 1990s. The Russian government has been unable to stop it.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 33:52
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The Russian hacking attack against the US was an unprecedented attack against the US and its election system. The attack was conducted using cyber...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 30:04
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Russian advertising campaigns on American social media campaigns during last year's Presidential Election.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2017
  • Length: 33:12
Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls NY location where Harriet Tubman helped runaway slaves escape to Canada. , Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls NY location where Harriet Tubman helped runaway slaves escape to Canada.
Thousands of asylum seekers in the US are heading to Canada, because of the hostile political climate here. And they're taking routes along the Gre...

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 6
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What does "21st Century policing" actually mean, and how would a forward-thinking department be different than what most jurisdictions have now? Ro...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:25
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James Comey wasn’t the nation’s embattled former FBI Director in 2002; he was the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan. It was around then that he g...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
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The federal government doesn't track how often or what happens when police shoot civilians, and there's no official national database to show how b...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:22
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The Trump administration has promised a return to "tough on crime" criminal justice policies, including a recent memo that instructs federal prosec...

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:39
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions declined to renew the National Commission on Forensic Science in April, effectively ending federal efforts to standa...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:19
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In May, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded a 2013 memo written by his predecessor, Eric Holder, that told prosecutors not only will they abid...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:14
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Many American cities are struggling with police-community relations, and racial divisions are often the heart of the problem. David Kennedy talks a...

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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DNA tests have proved something surprising: people sometimes confess to terrible crimes that they definitely did not commit. One reason seems to be...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
Caption: Kiowa pushes barges over electric carp barrier , Credit: Chuck Quirmbach
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 President Trump's 2018 eliminates $300 million for projects along the Great Lakes. That threatens efforts to...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:39
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Caption: Chris Pierce oversees the removal of dam on the Maple River, Credit: Ben Thorp
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 A look at a northern Michigan dam removal project that is threatened by President Trump's budget plan. The p...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:41
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Caption: Working for U.S. Steel, employees from Barr Engineering install instruments that measure groundwater seepage and flow between the sediments and St. Louis river. Data collected from the instruments will help in the design, construction and installation of , Credit: Derek Montgomery for MPR News
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 President Trump's budget plan eliminates $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative -- hurting ...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
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How to Fix U.S. explores the two-party system and a simple change that's gaining traction to end Republican and Democratic dominance.

  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 07:29
Caption: The kindness of strangers made NYC subway and Obamacare..., Credit: Susan Cook
There is not a single insurance company in the country that has gone out of business because of the ACA . They’ve created new alliances, to wit Op...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2017
  • Length: 06:03
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Only days after announcing that the one China policy was no-good under a Trump Administration, U.S. President Donald Trump changed tack, stiffed Ta...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 04:56
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Today our guest, Thea Riofrancos, suggests populism is the not the problem, as so many in the “center” (left and right) fear, but the answer to the...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
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If the Constitution is an “invitation to struggle” between the President and Congress over the making of foreign policy, today it could be describe...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:53