Advocacy & Activism

"How This FBI Strategy Is Actually Creating US-Based Terrorists" (9.5 minutes)

There's an organization responsible for more terrorism plots in the United States than al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab and ISIS combined: The FBI.

How?  Why?

In an eye-opening March 2015 TED Talk, investigative journalist Trevor Aaronson reveals a disturbing FBI practice that breeds terrorist plots by exploiting Muslim-Americans with mental health problems.

"Peak Moment" (20.5 minutes)

"Yoruba Richen: What the Gay Rights Movement Learned from the Civil Rights Movement" (18 minutes)

As a member of both the African American and LGBT communities, filmmaker Yoruba Richen is fascinated with the overlaps and tensions between the gay rights and the civil rights movements. In a March 2014 TED Talks presentation, she explores how the two struggles intertwine and propel each other forward and dispels a myth about their points of conflict. A powerful reminder that we all have a stake in equality.

"Peak Moment" (20 minutes)

--Transportation initiatives of the Congress for the New Urbanism.

--The ProWalk, ProBike, ProPlace Conference in Long Beach.

--Los Angeles Walks.

--Fire hydrant obstructing a sidewalk.

-- Special 200th episode.

-- Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean on walking on the moon.

-- Space shuttle astronaut Rick Mastracchio on walking in space.

-- A look back at our favorite interviews since 1996.

--The Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares Manual.

--The State Smart Transportation Initiative.

--Steps to a Walkable Community.

--Walk To School Day.

Wellness Walkways in Vancouver. Pedestrian pet peeves. Walking and Romance. Mayor Gregor Richardson.

--Safe Streets Coalition in New Haven, CT.

--Sustainable transportation at Yale University.

--Danvers Bi-Peds in Danvers, MA.

--Rails With Trails in Albion, RI.