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Showing videos filed under: nobel prize
Plant a Tree for Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai Dead at 71.
January 2, 2010Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement, died September 25, in Kenya. In this interview with Laura Flanders from 2009, she reiterated the responsibility of all countries, industrialized and developing, to live within their means and shared advice for the West. Comparing the society to a forest, she said, "the canopy and the mushrooms both need light."Tiger, Obama, Unemployment, Oh My!
December 11, 2009We have a panel of journalists joining us in the studio to discuss the way the media did--and didn't--cover the biggest news of the day. Joseph Huff-Hannon, independent journalist and Nation contributor, Rana Foroohar, senior editor at Newsweek, and Lionel of Air America critique coverage of Copenhagen, Obama, health care, the economy, and yes, even Tiger Woods.Media Panel, Garbage Dreams and Cartoons in Conflict
December 10, 2009Obama headed overseas this week, to the Copenhagen climate talks. Today, though, he made a stop in Oslo to accept his Nobel Peace Prize. It's also Human Rights Day, but you might be excused for not having heard that--the media seems more concerned with Tiger Woods' sex life.
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