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Video News from TAC: A half-hour news program each month bringing you stories from around the world.

"Glenn Greenwald - Why Privacy Matters" (20.5 minutes)

Glenn Greenwald was one of the first reporters to see -- and write about -- the Edward Snowden files, with their revelations about the United States' extensive surveillance of private citizens. In his October 2014 TED Talks presentation, Greenwald makes the case for why you need to care about privacy, even if you’re “not doing anything you need to hide."

"Bernie Sanders" (63.5 minutes)

"Deport Hate" (9.5 minutes)

Our current immigration system is broken. Deportations are at a record high, families are being separated, immigrant workers exploited, human lives are being lost at the border, there is rampant persecution and discrimination of immigrants and a continuation in the perpetuation of negative stereotypes and the criminalization of migration.

"John Tirman on Civilian Casualties" (9.5 minutes)

When the United States attacks another country, whether through all-out invasion, or so-called precision drone strikes, there is an always collateral damage.  Let’s call it what it is: civilian causalities.  How do we convince the world we’re trying to help, when we kill so many people in our military operations?

"Heidi Boghosian on Privatized Security" (10 minutes)

"The Big Picture" (33.5 minutes)

Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich and MoveOn.org Civic Action teamed up to create this new series of 12 short videos that focus on advancing bold, progressive policy solutions — such as expanding Social Security and making public higher education free.

"OverCriminalized -- Alternatives to Incarceration" (22 minutes)

Sci-Fi Journal for September 2015 with hosts James Hinsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morisseau, and Calvin Watts III. Jay starts the show with Popcorn Previews and trailers for "Kung Fu Panda 3", "Zootopia", "The Last Witch Hunter". The SFJ crew went to RhodyCon on August 2, 2015, and Calvin and Jay interviewed some of the organizers. Calvin does Game Over with news on home video releases and upcoming video games. Calvin has 2 more interviews from Pintastic New England, one with Gerry Stellenberg of Multimorphic Inc.

"2015 High School Scholarship Essay Contest" (79 minutes)

In 2015, the Physicians for Social Responsibility (Sacramento Chapter) received 170 entries from high school seniors in Sacramento and surrounding counties, describing their thoughts on the words of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who said, "The world is over-armed, and peace is under-funded."

Each finalist in this year's contest, chosen by a panel of distinguished judges, received a $1,000 scholarship.

In this episode of 100 Mile Meals we travel to San Jose CA for mouth watering BBQ and then try some ribs that melt off the bone in historic Monterey CA. We then visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium for their Cooking for Solutions foodie event, which is all about keeping it local. We then travel to Moss Landing for outstanding Mexican and Spanish influenced meals, and then we find-out where the Organic Certification first started in Santa Cruz County and the story behind it.