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Showing videos filed under: Election Day
Chris Hedges, (Astro)Turf Wars and Chloe Angyal
November 12, 2010"We have a choice," says Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Chris Hedges. "You can either be complicit in your own enslavement or you can lead a life that has some kind of integrity and meaning." Hedges argues for moral responsibility in a world bankrupt of it, and discusses the downfall of what he refers to as the liberal class in his newest book. From World War I to the present, he traces the rise and fall of liberal values, and paints a grim portrait of the future.Chloe Angyal: Voting Rights and Responsibilities
November 12, 2010Where I come from, voting is compulsory. If you don’t show up on Election Day, you’re fined $20. I’m from Australia, where voting, like paying taxes, is a part of being an adult and being a citizen. I’m also a citizen of the United States, where voting is not compulsory, and where voter turn-out, with a few exceptions, gets thinner with every election cycle.Election Day: A Chronicle of Voting in America
July 1, 2008On Nov 2, 2004 14 film crews set out to document what it means to vote in the United States. Beginning at 4:30 a.m. in Chicago and ending after 1 a.m. in Quincy, Florida, P.O.V.’s “Election Day” by Katy Chevigny brings these stories together in a portrait of the U.S. election system that we haven’t seen before.Obama’s Rightward Tack, Election Day, and the Second Amendment
June 30, 2008Last week the spotlight was on Barack Obama and whether he’s a liberal democrat who’s moved to the center or a centrist in sheep’s clothing. Most of the major news outlets—the LA Times, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal—covered what was described as Obama’s flip-flop on everything from campaign finance reform, to guns, and the death penalty.
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