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What the gang rape of a 23 year old medical student in the Indian city of Delhi can tell us about the need for a rapidly developing country to prot...
- Added: Dec 26, 2012
- Length: 02:10
What the International Monetary Fund’s “red card” for Argentina can tell us about the effects of nationalism and insularity in the modern global ec...
- Added: Dec 19, 2012
- Length: 02:08
What the European Union's receipt of the Nobel Prize this week can tell us about the politics of peace.
- Added: Dec 12, 2012
- Length: 02:09
What a new arrival for the House of Windsor can tell us about the positive image of "Austerity Britain" around the world.
- Added: Dec 05, 2012
- Length: 01:58
What a failed independence vote in Spain can tell us about the rumblings of secession being heard in the "Red States" back at home.
- Added: Nov 28, 2012
- Length: 02:20
What President Obama's historic visit to the South East Asian country of Burma can tell us about promoting democratic values in other countries.
- Added: Nov 21, 2012
- Length: 02:07
Young voters could play a major role in this presidential election. But what issues are most important to those under the age of 30?
- Added: Nov 04, 2012
- Length: 03:45
Tyler Carter, 20, of Ukiah, Calif., talked with KQED’s Lillian Mongeau about how his father's opinions make him feel about politics.
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: :51
Ross Rothpanhar is a public health major at University of California, Berkeley. He says growing up poor made him appreciate government services.
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 01:06
Kashawna Williams, an administrative justice major at Ohlone College in Fremont, Calif., and a former foster youth, discusses her drive to fix the ...
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: :43
Barack Obama’s first term has been a disappointment for many, and leaves open the question for those with a progressive agenda—is voting for Obama ...
- Added: May 25, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Following Vice President Biden's visit to Exeter, New Hampshire, audience members offered their thoughts on the speech, the Buffett Rule, and the c...
- Added: Apr 17, 2012
- Length: 02:16
A recent Cleveland City Club Forum tackled the issue of government collaboration from several points of view.
- Added: Mar 12, 2012
- Length: 29:04
Occupy Cleveland--from the outside. Like in the policy places. Follows on the heels on Occupiers interviewed a couple of weeks before.
- Added: Jan 15, 2012
- Length: 28:31
what's it like to be on the other side of the voting booth, like running the whole election for a county?
- Added: Jan 15, 2012
- Length: 29:30
Electronic Intifada founder Ali Abunimah says a global movement against Israeli government policy is breaking through. On this edition, Abunimah ex...
- Added: Nov 08, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Most of America's fifty wealthiest foundations pay their nonprofit board members.
- Added: Sep 09, 2011
- Length: 23:25
The Republican congresswoman and presidential candidate speaks to the National Press Club about the United States's financial concerns and her plan...
- Added: Aug 02, 2011
- Length: 54:02
On Today’s Barber Shop Show we’re looking at these reactions and some of the stories that have developed around the death of Osama bin Laden. We'...
- Added: May 23, 2011
- Length: 53:49
Joe Carraro asks: If the Republicans are so sure of their ideas, why are they so afraid to debate them with President Obama and the Democrats?
- Added: Apr 14, 2011
- Length: 01:50
Joe Carraro proposes that if Congress is really representative of the people, then its members will give up its overpaid salaries and benefits and ...
- Added: Apr 14, 2011
- Length: 07:46
Joe Carraro discusses how the rich and powerful got richer and more powerful under Bush and now Obama as they have colluded to enrich the elites in...
- Added: Apr 13, 2011
- Length: 04:48
NEPOTISM HAPPENS EVERYWHERE AT ALL LEVELS SO THAT EVENTUALLY EVERYONE BECOMES INVOLVED EITHER IN ITS PERPETUATION OR ITS COVER-UP. IT'S PREVALENT I...
- Added: Apr 13, 2011
- Length: 09:16
State Senator Joe Carraro meets State Senator Barack Obama. His impression back then plays true to today.
- Added: Apr 13, 2011
- Length: 06:32
Obamacare was a program put together by and for special interests, without eliminating any of the inefficiencies and corruption that are already pr...
- Added: Apr 12, 2011
- Length: 08:58