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Las Cruces, NM. Bike-Ped Committee. Transit system. Master plan. Peds and transit.

Las Cruces, NM. Development. Health Impact Assessments. Access to parks. Homeless pedestrians.

Las Cruces, NM. Safe Routes to School. City Council member. Volkssport club.

"Al Gore -- The Problems of Climate Denial" (4 minutes)

Former Vice President Al Gore, Co-Founder of the Climate Reality Project, talks about the reasons for the unusually high denial of the existence of climate change by conservatives and their followers in the United States.

"Green Card Voices: Muhend Abakar" (8 minutes)

Born in the city of Nyala, Muhend Abakar spent the first four years of his life in Sudan before moving to Egypt with his family.  When he first arrived in Egypt, he was saddened by the racism he encountered and had a difficult time socializing. Muhend eventually made many friends by playing of soccer and discovered how easy it is to meet people through sports.

"A Celebration of Natural Hair" (14 minutes)

Cheyenne Cochrane explores the role that hair texture has played in the history of being black in America — from the heat straightening products of the post-Civil War era to the thousands of women today who have decided to stop chasing a conventional beauty standard and start embracing their natural hair. "This is about more than a hairstyle," Cochrane says. "It's about being brave enough not to fold under the pressure of others' expectations."

Sci-Fi Journal for August 2017 shot live at Pintastic New England and ConnectiCon with hosts James Hinsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morisseau and Calvin Watts III. Jay and Marc at ConnectiCon in Hartford, CT, start the show and Jay does Popcorn Previews with trailers for "Geostorm", "A Wrinkle in Time", "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle", "The Lego Ninjago Movie". Marc does Toob News covering all of our favorite and new television shows. James and Calvin are at Pintastic New England in Sturbridge, MA, and James does Anime Daisuki covering the latest in Japanese animation.