"The Laura Flanders Show" (26.5 minutes)
Laura hits the road this week to report on community stories throughout the country:
entrepreneurship in St. Louis;
electoral organizing in Uniontown, Alabama; and
community wealth building on urban farms in the Detroit area.
"Robert Reich: 8 Short Videos" (26 minutes)
“Is Donald Trump a Traitor?”
“We're Living a Constitutional Crisis”
“6 Reasons for Hope in Trump Times”
“The Roadblock to Common Sense Pension Reform”
“The Biggest Threat to Our Democracy”
“Why Right-to-Work is Wrong”
“Trump and the Art of the No Deal”
“10 Steps To Finding Common Ground”
"The Power of Diversity within Yourself" (10 minutes)
Rebeca Hwang has spent a lifetime juggling identities -- Korean heritage, Argentinian upbringing, U.S. education.
She had difficulty finding a place in the world to call home.
But along with these challenges came a pivotal realization: that a diverse background is a distinct advantage in today's globalized world.
"Fighting the Bayou Bridge Pipeline" (11 minutes)
Two years after Standing Rock, Big Oil is disrupting communities across Louisiana.
But people here aren't going down without a fight.
"A Brief History of U.S. Intervention in Iraq Over the Past Half Century" (34.5 minutes)
To understand Iraq’s current reality, we must confront not just 15 years of U.S. policy, but a history that spans the administrations of 11 U.S. presidents.
In this history — a history you never hear discussed on cable news — the main victims are, as they’ve always been: ordinary Iraqis.