Equality Videos

The National Constitution Center presents New York Times columnist Gail Collins in a discussion about her book, When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women From 1960 to the Present. Collins traces the experience of American women from the 1960s, when wives needed to get their husbands’ permission to apply for a credit card, to recent events, including Hillary Clinton’s historic run for President and Sarah Palin's run for Vice President of the United States. Collins covers fashion, pop culture, economics, politics, work, and families to highlight the last fifty years of women’s history. Program recorded on 10/26/09.

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What are the alternatives to the way we live? Since last fall's financial collapse, we've heard more honest discussion about capitalism's failings than in years. Yet real change is still hard to find. Wall Street is still handing out bonuses, we're still at war, and even Guantanamo might not actually be closed by the deadline Obama set upon taking office. As Americans question whether change is possible in an election cycle, we stop and think about what an alternative social order would look like.David Harvey, author of A Brief History of Neoliberalism , and Alexander Cockburn, author of End Times: The Death of the Fourth Estate, don't think small when it comes to change. They aren't afraid to think about significant, even radical changes to the social order we've grown so used to, whether it's requiring full employment, reimagining urban living, or repudiating credit card debt and abolishing Wall Street speculation. Cockburn and Harvey joined Laura for an event at CUNY's Center for Place, Culture & Politics, and we bring you part of that discussion today.Johnny Cash is an American icon, but one rarely discussed when one talks about protest music or thoughts of change. Yet in his new book, A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears, Antonino D'Ambrosio connects Cash to the tradition of folk and political music in America, from Woody Guthrie to Pete Seeger to Bob Dylan and the 60s scene. At the peak of his fame, just after "Ring of Fire," Cash cut a record of songs about the Native American experience, many written by the now-forgotten songwriter Peter La Farge.D'Ambrosio joined us in the GRITtv studio to talk about the history of protest music, the myth of Johnny Cash, and why music is one of the best ways to carry a progressive message.

Yesterday, we looked at the Maine Equality campaign leading up to the election, watching volunteers from around the country working to help Mainers keep the marriage rights granted by the state legislature. In the second half of this video, from Chase Whiteside and Erick Stoll of New Left Media, we see election day go from elation to heartbreak as Maine voted, by a thin majority, to revoke marriage rights from gay and lesbian couples. Reactions from volunteers range from defiant to determined, discussing accountability--from national organizations, politicians, and especially President Obama and the DNC, who ignored the No On One campaign.

Kim Campbell urges others to take action and let women have an equal voice in the political arena. For more information please visit : http://www.apbspeakers.com/speaker/kim-campbell Kim Campbell knows what it takes to succeed as a woman in today s challenging political and corporate arenas. In 1993 she defied precedent and served as Canada s first female Prime Minister, embarking on one of many firsts that comprise her dynamic career spanning academia, law, government, and world leadership. Distributed by Tubemogul.

nnAn invention sure to impress and change the world is the solar oven. Made out of cardboard and tinfoil with a lick of black paint it can combat global inequality and feed the entire world at no cost to the environment. Our reporter in the Missionary hut visits a S.L.A.G, Sustainable Living Advice Guru to show us how to put together this suntastic invention. In a matter of minutes gourmet meals are prepared using items that can be found even in Africa. The Missionary Hut is a new programme on WORLDbytes which features solutions to developing world problems that by-pass people’s desire for progress and inappropriate ambitions for a great life. By worldwritenn Tags : Africa, Bono, NGOs, WORLDbytes, WORLDwrite, agency, aid, award, box, build, change, climate, cook, cooker, cookers, cooking, development, e, energy, environment, equality, food, global, hunger, hut, make, missionaries, missionary, news, online, oven, power, slag, solar, sun, sustainability, tv, video, volunteers, winning