Advocacy & Activism

"Trump's 20 Worst Broken Promises" (9 minutes)

Robert Reich explains Trump broken promises to his voters.

"The Muslim Ban -- One Year Later" (3.5 minutes)

It's been a year since Trump enacted his misguided and discriminatory Muslim Ban. It was wrong then and it's wrong now.

A crosswalk enforcement operation in Bethesda, Maryland.

Topeka, Kansas, has a new pedestrian master plan.

Topeka Metro's bikeshare system and bus stop improvements.

Lawrence, Kansas, and the Lawrence Pedestrian Coalition.

The impact of broken sidewalks on elderly pedestrians in Lawrence.

Walk-Bike Nashville, Tennessee. New sidewalk law. A doctor on walking. Bikes in Nashville. Walk-Bike Frankfort, Kentucky.

We visit Memphis, Tennessee. A new bike-ped path on a railroad bridge over the Mississippi River. Public space improvements in the Medical District. A meeting of the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals. A few words from the mayor.

"You Can’t Have Infinite Growth on a Finite Planet" (7 minutes)

"The Laura Flanders Show" (26 minutes)

2018 brought us #TimesUp, but the history of collaboration between grassroots activists and Hollywood celebrities was already very long. Laura talks to Eve Ensler, who will be returning to Broadway with a new play titled "In The Body of the World," about why our bodies must be connected to our politics.

"The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We to Get Out of It" (6.5 minutes)

Robert Reich looks at the rise of Big Money in politics, the decline of our democracy, and Trump's election.

"The Laura Flanders Show" (26.5 minutes)

Can sanctuary exist in a state that still insists on broken windows policing? Ravi Ragbir and Sara Gozalo of The New Sanctuary Coalition of New York City describe pushing back state pressure and creating real sanctuary, communally, through partnering -- not policing.

What do we do when the federal agency charged with protecting the free and open Internet instead attacks it, allowing large corporations to charge more depending on who is providing the content? In Portland OR, citizens have organized to create a municipal broadband system. We talk with Garrett Hour, founder of municipalbroadbandpdx.org, and Russell Senior, Pres. of Personal Telco Project on why Portland OR should create their own system, instead of having to rely on the private IPS mega-corporations.