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Making the Cut: Education Cuts in Oakland
March 12, 2010
Continuing our coverage of the March 4 student protests, we see students and supporters in Oakland rallying for financial aid and education support and against war and prisons. Thanks to New America Media for the video.
Organizing for Education as a Human Right
March 11, 2010
Continuing our coverage of the California (and nationwide) student protests, this video from Ramblin' Man Films brings us to a protest in downtown Los Angeles on March 4. Protesters explain the problems with prison spending as well as California's Proposition 13, which requires a 2/3 supermajority on budget votes.
Hunter Students Protest Education Cuts
March 11, 2010
California isn't the only place where students are protesting cuts in higher education budgets. New York's City University of New York Hunter College had its own protests on March 4th. Thanks to Tami Gold for this video.
Militarizing Haiti, Simon Kashama, and David Paterson's Troubles
March 10, 2010
Arun Gupta joins guest host Esther Armah in the studio, along with Reverend Osagyefo Sekou, who just returned from Haiti, to talk about the rebuilding effort underway and how people in the U.S. can help make sure Haiti is rebuilt for the Haitian people.
Police Attack 880 Interstate Takeover
March 10, 2010
Brandon Jourdan and David Martinez were both held in jail for over 20 hours after filming this footage from a student protest in Oakland on March 4, where students took over an exit ramp on the highway before being rounded up by baton-wielding riot police.
Students Rally for Their (and California’s) Future
March 10, 2010
Students across California--and the country--held protests on March 4 against budget cuts that are cutting courses and hiking tuition at state universities. In these videos from New America Media, students and protesters speak out about the state's overspending on war and prisons and underspending on education.
Youth Unemployment, Carrie Brunk, and Student Protests
March 9, 2010
The focus during the unemployment crisis has been largely on those who have lost their jobs, but students and first-time job seekers have been hit hard as well. Viany Orozco of Demos points out that for those who enter the workforce for the first time during a recession, the wage hit can last for many years down the road.
Paying Back Not Giving Back
March 4, 2010
President Obama promised better policies on student loans on the campaign trail, but as state budgets are suffering under the ongoing recession, students are seeing tuition skyrocket and are stuck with the loans. This video from Ramblin' Man Films looks at the growing movement for student loan justice.
Financial Reform, Animal Factory, and Student Debt
March 3, 2010
Yesterday, we noted that the fangs seem to have been pulled out of the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency, and financial reform seems to be quietly fading from the agenda. But our friends at the Roosevelt Institute are in the middle of a groundbreaking conference on market reform, and we asked a few of their guests to join us in studio.
Generation Obama: Where Are They Now?
November 4, 2009
A year later, we round up a few of them and ask whether they're still involved. Lana Wilson, founder of Obamaerobics, Mike Jones, NYU sophomore and Obama 2008 campaign volunteer, and Ebonie Johnson Cooper, campaign organizer in Ohio and Pennsylvania join Elizabeth Mendez-Berry, who wrote about the Obama youth organizers and what they're up to now for an upcoming issue of The Nation, to talk about what they've done and how Obama changed their generation.

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