Media Edge

Loading Video...

"The Laura Flanders Show" (25 minutes)

Is a Public Bank in the financial capital of the world possible?  And how will that public bank help worker co-ops, students, entrepreneurs, and more?  Laura’s guests discuss why it's more needed than ever - and what they're doing to make it happen.

"Lacking Birth Control Options, Venezuelan Women Turn to Sterilization and Illegal Home Abortions" (10 minutes)

Many young Venezuelan women are going to extreme lengths not to give birth to another child. They are in an impossible bind, in a country where abortion is illegal and a box of contraceptive pills costs the equivalent of up to 10 months’ salary at the minimum wage.



"A Parkland Teacher's Homework for Us All" (16 minutes)

Diane Wolk-Rogers teaches history at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, site of a horrific school shooting this year. She offers three ways Americans can move forward to create more safety and responsibility around guns — and invites people to come up with their own answers, too.

"Who Receives More Government Help, Stanford or UC Berkeley?" (10 minutes)

Robert Reich examines higher education in America, and how it is funded.

"Happy Collaborator: George Stoney" (55 minutes)

Media Edge marks the sixth anniversary of George Stoney's passing this year (on July 12) by presenting this documentary about his amazing life -- as an award-winning filmmaker, early advocate of democratic media, and "the father of public access TV."

Details
Episode Number: 
687
Duration: 
1 hour 59 min
PBCore FCC Ratings: 
PBCore Languages: 
Category: 
DCTV - Sponsored Programs
Disposition: 
DCTV Digital Library
Format: 
MPEG2 - MP4