This Brave Nation: Environmental Visionaries
Brave Nation : Video
Carl Pope and Van Jones discuss the issues and movements that have informed and inspired their lives and work.
2007
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Benazir Bhutto: An Age of Hope Is Over
As the world mourns the loss of Benazir Bhutto, it would be myopic to focus only on Islamic-inspired violence and on Pakistan. For all of post-independence history, South Asia has been a region drenched in blood.
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Campaign in the City: Boston Mayor Tom Menino
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"Because Washington has no urban agenda, the cities in this country are doing poorly. Unemployment is up. Faith in the economy has gone down. Crime has gone up."
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Campaign in the City: Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"Our cities across this country are proud. They have a great history. But like a boxer, they've taken one knee, and they have to bring themselves back."
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Campaign in the City: Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon
VideoNation & MayorTV : US Politics & Government
"I want to see one of the candidates come up with a comprehensive plan to eliminate the tide of drugs coming into our country. I mean, we have wars here in our city."
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Campaign in the City: Miami Mayor Manny Diaz
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"The media and pollsters don't focus on urban issues. They focus on the war, abortion, gay rights -- things that, quite frankly, for those of us in the trenches, are not exactly the hot button issues."
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Campaign in the City: Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"Water is my top 10 priorities. Or top 20"
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Campaign in the City: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"The Rocky mountains are a place where people come together and put aside partisan issues to solve problems. Being able to talk about those pragmatic solutions is going to be of great benefit to the entire country."
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Campaign in the City: Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak
VideoNation : US Politics & Government
"I hope when the presidential candidates talk about cities, they stop thinking about us as basketcases, and think instead of the potential of cities to turn this country around."
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Campaign in the City: Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown
VideoNation & MayorTV : US Politics & Government
"While presidential candidates are raising substantial amounts of money in cities, they are spending it in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina ... It disproportionately puts the focus on [rural] areas of the country where the majority of our citizenry do not live."
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Campaign in the City: Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson
VideoNation & MayorTV : US Politics & Government
"Republicans and Democrats alike, among mayors in this country, have been very, very upset and concerned about the disregard for cities by this administration."
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Campaign in the City: Mayors on the Issues
VideoNation & MayorTV : US Politics & Government
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown in the fourth in a series of conversations on the issues at stake for America's cities in Campaign 08.
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Campaign in the City: LA Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa
VideoNation & MayorTV : US Politics & Government
"The federal government talks a good game about homeland security. And yet cities, like Los Angeles, are constantly struggling to get the resources we need to provide that security."
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The Smog of Race War in LA
Roberto Lovato : African-Americans
Battles between the city's black and Latino gangs are the outcome of a dismal racial and economic situation.
2006
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How Harlem Eats
Mark Winston Griffith : African-Americans
Urban restaurateurs, activists and consumers are seeking "food justice," insisting that healthy food shouldn't be a privilege for the wealthy and white.
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Jane Jacobs's Genius
Roberta Brandes Gratz & Stephen A. Goldsmith : Architecture & Design
A tribute to Jane Jacobs's extraordinary vision of urban life and her passionate care for people and places.
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The Geography of Fear
Thomas J. Sugrue : Race, Ethnicity & Religion
Three new books explore how an absence of regulation and active policies of racial exclusion have shaped America's arid suburbs.
2005
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Beyond Shelters
Michael Tisserand : Social & Economic Rights
Advocacy groups like ACORN want New Orleanians to play a role in the rebuilding of the community they had to leave. The biggest issue so far: getting refugees of the storm back home.
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Bohemia's Last Frontier
Curtis Wilkie : Racism & Discrimination
New Orleans, a city full of idiosyncrasies, must be restored for the benefit of the nation as a whole.
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The View From Lott's Porch
Patricia J. Williams : Racism & Discrimination
Some storm victims evacuated from New Orleans were "sorted" by age, race or gender. Is breaking up families and prioritizing by race any way to deal with disaster?
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The Big Easy Dies Hard
Christian Parenti : Environment
At first glance New Orleans looks like a cross between a giant conceptual art installation or the set of a cold war disaster movie.
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Looting the Black Poor
Earl Ofari Hutchinson : African-Americans
New Orleans is the classic tale of two cities: one showy, middle-class and white; the other poor, downtrodden and low-income black.
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Can a City Be Progressive?
An effective progressive movement must start in cities.
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Cities: The Vital Core
Urban centers are by their nature spawning grounds of progressive politics.
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Progressive City Leaders
Some progressive municipal officials have jumped beyond the boundaries of their communities to address state and national issues.
2004
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When Red Meets Blue
Ari Berman : Presidential Election 2004
A bipartisan dialogue in this election year? In New York City? During the Republican convention?!
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Minimum Security
Bobbi Murray : Living Wage Campaign
Seeing the limits of living-wage laws, activists seek a raise for all workers.
2001
This week: A look at the advocacy group MoveOn.org at 10. Plus: Controversy in Africa over the indictment of the Sudanese President; Amy Alexander and Chris Rabb on the challenges facing minority journalists in their transition to the web; and The Nation's new sex column. (13mb mp3)
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