General Audiences - TV-G/ TV-PG

Guest Dan Meek, a public interest attorney in Portland, continues his discussion of recent US Supreme Court decisions which have enhanced corporate power to the determent of "We, the People." Decisions discussed included Clapper v. Amnesty International, AT&T v Concepcion, American Express Co. v Italian Colors Restaurant and Marx v. General Revenue Co. Then we discuss what Congress could do to end such decisions but has not chosen to do.

Portland public interest attorney, Dan Meek, reviews recent US Supreme Court decisions which have further empowered corporate power at the expense of “We, the people.” Included are comments on Citizens United v FEC, Gabelli v S.E.C., Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v Bartlett, Decker v NW Environmental Defense Center, Shelby County (Alabama) v Holder and more. Part 1 of 2.

"Desensitization and Acceleration" (9 minutes)
An examination of how heavy exposure to media violence normalizes violence, numbing some people to real-world violence as it whets the appetite in others for ever-higher doses.

"PSR 2013 Scholarship Essay Contest Finals" (88 minutes)

"I Am Not A Prop" (6.5 minutes)
See 12 year old Madison Kimrey's eloquent speech on October 28, 2013 in Burlington, North Carolina, where she criticized that state's new voting laws and pointed out that the current State legislature (among other things) was trying to reduce voting participation of young people.

"An Evening With Chris Hedges" (1 hour, 36 minutes)

"Media as Storytellers" (7.5 minutes)
George Gerbner explores the significance of commercial media eclipsing religion and art as the great storyteller of our time.

"The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation" (1 hour, 48 minutes)

"The Humor Times Presents Will Durst" (19 minutes)
Media Edge presents excerpts from political comedian Will Durst’s new one-man show -- “BoomeRaging: From LSD to OMG” -- recorded at the 24th Street Theatre in Sacramento on August 23, 2013. According to Durst, the show is about the travails of being “chronologically gifted,” or “what happens when acid flashbacks meet dementia.”

"Over Troubled Waters" (45 minutes)

"Peak Moment" (13 minutes)
Restoration forester Matthew Hall has a vision for the Aprovecho woods: a managed ancient forest. Weaker trees are made into products while the larger trees stay in the forest forever. He retains nature’s changes (like storm-dropped trees). He recruits snags. Tops snapped off of larger trees stay on the forest floor “to create a bank account of large woody debris.” He’s managing not just for the trees, but for the other communities who live here — soil, bugs, birds, and humans.

"Death and Taxes" (30 minutes)