Human Rights

Police Shootings of Native Americans are Underreported and Rising

The Native American population suffers from higher rates of police shootings, but this is generally underreported because the incidents often occur in remote areas, explains Glen Ford of the Black Agenda Report.

November 16, 2017
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Category: Justice

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Burn Pits and Betrayal: How the U.S. Poisoned its Veterans

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As the U.S. marks Veterans Day, the documentary 'Delay, Deny, Hope You Die' explores how the Pentagon and its contractors have neglected soldiers poisoned by toxins on military bases overseas

November 10, 2017
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Category: Politics

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A Good American - The Story of William Binney

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Come see this documentary thriller to learn how the NSA blocked its top code breaker, William Binney, from deploying a universal surveillance system that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks, and later used that very system, stripped of safeguards, to spy on the American people.

November 2, 2017
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Category: Justice

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Puerto Rico: As Whitefish Contract Faces Scrutiny, Fluor and Other Companies Move to Privatize Water

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We look at the recovery of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, which dominated a Senate hearing Tuesday and was supposed to be the focus of another hearing in the House today,

November 1, 2017
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Category: Politics

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Type: Video

‘The Bureau Is Once Again Profiling Black Activists Because of Their Beliefs and Their Race’

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Demonstrations continue in St. Louis, Missouri, over the acquittal of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley of first degree murder charges in the 2011 killing of Anthony Lamar Smith.

October 24, 2017
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Who Profits from the Opioid Crisis? Meet the Secretive Sackler Family Making Billions from OxyContin

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This week, President Donald Trump’s nominee for drug czar, Republican Congressmember Tom Marino, had to withdraw from consideration after a Washington Post/”60 Minutes” investigation found he led a drug industry-backed effort to

October 19, 2017
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Category: Politics

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Type: Video