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Immediately after the bombings on marathon monday in Boston, media reported that a Saudi man was being being questioned by authorities. Some stated...

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  • Length: 18:03
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Immediately after the bombings on marathon monday in Boston, media reported that a Saudi man was being being questioned by authorities. Some state...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 19:56
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When tragedy strikes a 16-year-old Muslim girl, her neighbor, Helene Newberg, is inspired to run in this year’s Boston marathon for her. And like e...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 12:46
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In this second part of a two-part series, The Cutting Edge presents excerpts from a forum presented by the Baruch History Department at their Perfo...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:59
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"I am a Christian, I am a mom, a wife, a homemaker, a leader, a knitter, a quilter… I’m lots of things. Accepting the label felon was really hard."

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 2
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Vietnamese fishing communities are still finding themselves grounded by the BP oil spill, one of the largest environmental disasters of the century...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 10:20
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Caption: Carmen Ward has been an inmate in San Quentin’s Adjustment Center for seven years, Credit: Nancy Mullane
What do we really know about death row in California? When we don’t know we create, we imagine.

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 27:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Red Hook is an isolated neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, once known as the “crack capital of America.” In 2000, residents banded together to create a ...

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 11:48
  • Purchases: 1
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You’ve just been arrested, charged with a felony and can’t afford to pay your bail, let alone hire a lawyer. You know you have the right to a trial...

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 13:00
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Is the law ever a laughing matter? We present to you a brief history of attempted comedy in the toughest room in the country—the Supreme Courtroom.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 16:10
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George F. Johnson was the owner of the Endicott Johnson Corp. — at one time the country’s leading shoe manufacturer — and one of the nation’s leadi...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 11:28
Caption: Detail of Diane's Portrait, Credit: Painting by Emile B. Klein
When playing with bugs became macabre Diane started inviting people on "the spectrum" to live with her.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 06:32
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On this episode of "Culture Clique" we examine how technology can help create a sustainable community in Winona, through facebook! This group has t...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 39:28
  • Purchases: 1
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A story about a place some people think of as "home."

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 13:22
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In 1913, the American Social Hygiene Association launched a campaign to eradicate sexually transmitted diseases and prostitution. The subject was c...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:06
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It's that time again. Every year since 2009, Minneapolis-based Queer Bike Gang has hosted the LGBTQA-themed alley-cat bike race, Cirque du So Gay. ...

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The riverbank is a public space open for everyone. But people do not always agree on how to best spend a hot summer day.

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  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 16:17
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In California, there are hundreds if not thousands of people practicing criminal law though they’ve never passed a bar exam. They don’t wear suits....

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  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 14:10
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Juries have a little known power that allows them to ignore the law and vote with their own instincts. This piece explores how juries have used tha...

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2012
  • Length: 11:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Each year, stroke affects approximately 120,000 women under the age of 45. For many young women, the idea of having a stroke at such a young age se...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:14
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With the March announcement that Best Buy is closing 50 large stores around the country, the dominance of big box retail has been called into quest...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Brooklyn hipsters explore modern commerce through social networking, urban tribalism, and suspicious fires.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
Caption: Sign on the door from Falmouth Animal Control, Credit: JP Davidson
Strange visitors to an otherwise unremarkable strip-mall on Cape Cod face eviction. Shopkeepers and residents speak out on behalf of their beloved ...

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  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 2
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Artsy Fartsy Show's annual Spring light show – finding humor in the bizarre and scary, stand-up comedy and much more with guests: Harrison Greenbau...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2012
  • Length: 54:30
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December 2011: a hundred Occupy protesters have been camping out in the centre of London's financial district for 2 months. Who are they? Do they a...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:04