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Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

2003

A captivating and compelling road trip through the creative spirit of the Southern U.S. Director Andrew Douglas's film follows alt-country singer Jim White through a gritty terrain of churches, prisons, truck stops, biker bars and coal mines.

82 min

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25:46

Why Billionaires Won’t Save Us - Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj - Netflix

The wealthiest Americans are often celebrated for their prolific giving, but is it altruism or is it all just hype? Hasan dissects how the ultra-rich use philanthropy to get richer, distract from the injustices on which they built their fortunes, and dictate politics and policy.

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2019
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Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World

Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can—except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it.

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Anand Giridharadas
2019
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Serena Williams: How Black Women Can Close the Pay Gap

Black women are 37 cents behind men in the pay gap—in other words, for every dollar a man makes, black women make 63 cents.

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Serena Williams
2017
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‘We Have to Be Better’: Megan Rapinoe and the Year of Victory and Advocacy

With her play and her talk, did the soccer star inspire us to redefine the meaning of sports? She tried.

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Liz Robbins
2019
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4 Ways to Honor Native Americans Without Appropriating Our Culture

There is a fine line between appropriation and appreciation. There are many ways to truly honor and appreciate each of the 566 unique, federally recognized tribes in the US, and that includes adorning your kid’s toes in some comfy mocs (but not their head in a headdress).

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Taté Walker
2014
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate

In This Changes Everything Naomi Klein argues that climate change isn’t just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. It’s an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways.

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Naomi Klein
2024
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08:34

Anand Giridharadas: “Winners Take All” and the Paradox of Elite Philanthropy - The Daily Show

Anand Giridharadas discusses his book “Winners Take All,” which explains how the super wealthy take advantage of U.S. financial policies while also looking philanthropic.

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2019
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31:50

Anand Giridharadas on ‘Winners Take All’ and the Charade of Elite Philanthropy - VPRO Documentary

Writer Anand Giridharadas describes in his book “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World” why the rich do not pay taxes, but with their philanthropy determine the course of the world (and thereby undermine our democracy).

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2020
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In Conversation with Jared Diamond: “Traditional Societies Are Not Frozen Models of the Past”

The traditional societies that we see today are not frozen models of the past, on the one hand. On the other hand, they’re not irrelevant to the past because they are still small-scale societies. - Jared Diamond

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The Conversation
2013
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Standing with the Poor

"We need to articulate clearly what roles government, civil society, and corporations play in creating ecosystems for social innovations to grow, scale up, and connect to existing markets."

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Jacqueline Novogratz
2013
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Cross-Cultural Dynamics