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Showing videos filed under: street films
Fixing the Great Mistake: Autocentric Development
March 2, 2010In this video from Street Films' new series, "Fixing the Great Mistake," Transportation Alternatives director Paul Steely White explains how New York's Park Avenue was changed to plan the city around cars, not people.Mapping Torture, Renee Feltz, and Hebron
March 1, 2010In Trevor Paglen's new book, Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World, he investigates the "off the map" locations of covert government activity: including the "salt pit" in Kabul where Khaled El-Masri was held.Biking To Work With Seattle Mayor McGinn
February 19, 2010The elections at the end of 2009 were a mixed bag for progressives, but Seattle's new mayor, Mike McGinn, is interested in bringing progressive change to his city--and leading by example. In this video from Street Films, we take a bike ride to work with Mayor McGinn.Media Panel, Dean Baker and Zhinan
February 18, 2010Every week on GRITtv, we discuss the week in news: stories that made a splash, stories that were ignored, stories that were covered well, or stories that were covered badly.Thankful on Gridlock Alert Days
December 23, 2009During the holidays, New York City's already-wild traffic gets so much worse that the department of transportation and MTA send out Gridlock Alerts to encourage people not to drive. Our friends at Street Films made this list of ten things to be thankful for when Gridlock Alert hits.Health Care, Sarah Schulman, and Circus Amok
December 22, 2009The health care bill may have passed the Senate, but there's still heavy debate among progressives as to whether the bill is actual reform. Some of the arguments have gotten heated, personal, but they've also helped to take the framing of the issue away from the Republicans, who have steadfastly remained the Party of No. But the important question remains: without a public option, Medicare buy-in, or other cost-controlling measures, and with Stupak and Nelson holding women's rights for ransom, is there anything good left in this bill?What Difference Does Wealth Make?, Juan Cole on the Muslim World, and Taking Back the Commons
April 22, 2009In the run up to the Color of Wealth 2009 Policy Summit Jose Garcia of Demos, Ludovic Blain, Program Manager of Insight’s Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative, and Dr.Kilolo Kijakazi, Program Officer of the Ford Foundation discuss the racial and historical dimensions of the income gap in the United States.Street Films: Public Transportation in Brazil
April 6, 2009Elizabeth Press of Street Films takes a look at public transportation in Brazil.What Difference Does Wealth Make?, Juan Cole on the Muslim World, and Taking Back the Commons
March 17, 2009In the run up to the Color of Wealth 2009 Policy Summit Jose Garcia of Demos, Ludovic Blain, Program Manager of Insight’s Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative, and Dr. Kilolo Kijakazi, Program Officer of the Ford Foundation discuss the racial and historical dimensions of the income gap in the United States.
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