Crash Course
Media Institution: Crash Course Government and Politics
So today we're going to look at the rather thorny issue of the media and its role in politics. Wether you're talking about older forms of media like newspapers and radio or newer forms like television and the Internet, all media serves...
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Sarah Winnemucca
The first Indigenous woman to publish a memoir, Paiute educator and activist Sarah Winnemucca campaigned tirelessly for the rights of Indigenous Americans.
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Ray Bradbury
Awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, recognizing a lifetime of influential literary works, Ray Bradbury wrote from a desire to “live forever”. Through sci fi, fantasy, horror and mystery to themes of death, loneliness and the dark...
Mr. Beat
Protecting Whistleblowers | New York Times Co. v. United States
In episode 24 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man exposes dark government secrets about the Vietnam War, and gets in big trouble from the government for it. Should whistleblowers be protected?
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The Civil War Battle for Bread
When the women of Richmond, Virginia couldn’t afford to buy bread during the American Civil War, they incited the largest civil disturbance the Confederacy had ever seen.
Healthcare Triage
The US Health Care System Needs Immigrants
By any objective measure, the United States doesn't train enough medical doctors to meet the nation's needs. That means graduates from other countries are needed. Aaron takes a look at foreign medical graduates, an essential element of...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
How Liberals Normalized Conservative Ideas
The New York Times’ Binyamin Appelbaum explains the role Democratic presidents, from Kennedy to Obama, in moving economic policy to the right INET President Rob Johnson sits down with The New York Times’ Binyamin Appelbaum to discuss his...
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Internet outage brings down Amazon, Reddit and British Government website
Thousands of websites including Reddit, Amazon, PayPal, Spotify and the British Government’s official site went down across the world Tuesday, after content delivery network provider Fastly suffered a disruption.
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Marie van Brittan Brown: Creating CCTV in Queens
How did a hardworking nurse from New York City invent the world's first home security system? When a burglar tried to break into her apartment in the 1960s, this kickass crimefighter went where no-one had gone before.
The Recount
One Million COVID Deaths - a Grim Milestone for the U.S.
As the U.S. reaches the grim milestone of one million lives lost to COVID-19, it should be time for a national reckoning with the grief and suffering that has transpired. And yet, for many Americans, the pandemic has become one more...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, reports on hydrogen bomb tests
"Paramount News Issue No. 66" / Titles superimposed on a hydrogen bomb mushroom cloud, "H-Bomb Special", "Paramount News Presents Operation Ivy, Pictures the World Waited to See", "Dawn of the Hydrogen Age" / VS photographs of different...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US election night 1952: Dwight Eisenhower in the lead
Times Square, at night, electronic billboard declares Eisenhower leading / CU man with cigar shaking head / New York Times building lights read "Eisenhower" / people throwing confetti in air / Dwight Eisenhower takes the stage / overhead...
Hearst Metrotone News
Newspaper help-wanted ads list a variety of jobs.
Newspaper help-wanted ads list a variety of jobs.
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CLEAN : Comedian Louis C.K. accused of sexual misconduct in new report
In a New York Times report five women accuse US comedian Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Duke of Windsor and Bob Hope play golf at a charity benefit in Woodbury, NY
Title superimposed on a golf game, "Celebrity Golf - Duke of Windsor, Bob Hope Drive for Charity" / Two unidentified golfers teeing off / A mob of cameras and photographers / The Duke of Windsor, formerly Edward VIII of the UK, stands...
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Pierre Cardin
in an exclusive interview by Suzy Menkes, the IHT's fashion Editor. She teams up with Crane.tv and The New York Times to bring a moment with one of fashion's most forward thinking designers in the Parisian restaurant Maxim's, where...
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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: US weighs cuts to global funding
US President Donald Trump is considering drastic funding cuts to international organizations and a review of treaties that could lead to a US withdrawal according to the New York Times
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Princess Margaret decides not to marry Group Capt. Peter Townsend; and Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and the Queen Mum attend the Opera
Title Card: "Princess Margaret's Decision - Duty Before Love" / MS Princess Margaret Princess Margaret Rose walking across airfield / CU Princess Margaret seated / Night shot New York Times electronic ticker tape sign reading "Margaret...
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'Standard Operating Procedure' Junket
INTERVIEW: Errol Morris on his experiences working on 'Zoom' as a writer for the New York Times and on why he enjoys making movies like 'Standard Operating Procedure' at the 'Standard Operating Procedure' Junket at the Four Seasons Hotel...
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CLEAN : FILE: American artist Ellsworth Kelly dies at 92
CLEAN : FILE: American artist Ellsworth Kelly dies at 92
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The Postelles Interview (clip 4)
The Postelles on economics, New York Times, touring, gas, Second Life, Arctic Monkeys, budgets and live performance. Produced by Uncensored Interview / ZenCat Productions. The Postelles Interview (clip 4) on October 02, 2008 in New...
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The Feelies Interview (clip 2)
The Feelies on Sonic Youth, bands, venues, Mike Watt, The Replacements, R.E.M, fans, New York Times and tour. Produced by Uncensored Interview / ZenCat Productions. The Feelies Interview (clip 2) at Maxwell's on July 01, 2008 in...