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Stephen Colbert on the raw-milk raids and our 'right to get dysentery'
What Tea Partiers and hippie-foods Californian co-op members have in common, according to Stephen Colbert.
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Video of the year: Right Wing Radio Duck
I've watched with some trepidation as folks in the energy policy world have laughed off the "energy efficiency is fascism" business bubbling up on the right. The fact that it's outlandish on the merits doesn't mean it can't take off and substantially alter public perception. The country's feeling insecure and anxious, and that means easy prey for demagogues. This mash-up from Jonathan McIntosh makes the point with brilliant, hilarious clarity
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Self-reliance, population, and bringing children into a troubled world [VIDEO]
Chris Martenson, an evangelizer for self-reliance and resilience, addresses global population growth and other troubling trends in this video.
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The exploding-kids climate video everyone's talking about
A British climate group has stirred up a hornets' nest with a darkly humorous (?) video that shows climate doubters being blown up into a bloody mess
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Urban revitalization via art contest in Grand Rapids, Mich.
My interest in the ArtPrize contest underway in Grand Rapids, Mich., stems from this line from Gene Duvernoy: "Cities are what's going to get us out of this mess ... and what makes cities livable is art."
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Why I heart the Park Slope Food Co-Op
Brooklyn's Park Slope Food Co-op is a unique grocery store in which the shopper/members do most of the work. Like a great metropolis, on some level it shouldn't function. But it does -- spectacularly.
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Soap operas spread word on reproductive health and population [VIDEO]
This Brazilian show spread progressive messages about contraception and health to a mass audience, thanks to efforts by the Population Media Center.
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An 11-year-old schools us on what's wrong with the current food system [VIDEO]
In this TEDx video, 11-year-old Birke Baehr covers the risks of genetically modified foods, CAFOs, pesticides and fertilizers, and food irradiation.
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Rand Paul doesn't mind mountaintop mining and doesn't want climate action [VIDEO]
The Sierra Club is bashing Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul over the head with his own words on mountaintop-removal mining and climate change.
