http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/baltimore 2008-07-08T00:40:51Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44737-inside-usa-baltimore-stories-29-march-2008 2008-07-08T00:40:51Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ij6Ms04ouoY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ij6Ms04ouoY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44737-inside-usa-baltimore-stories-29-march-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51173" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>America's presidential candidates have all but ignored violent crime as an issue in this election, so Inside USA has decided to do it for them. <br />This week, we travel to the city of Baltimore to tell the stories of some of the people living there.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44737-inside-usa-baltimore-stories-29-march-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/34319-baltimore-s-struggles-part-2 2008-07-09T18:07:14Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DcxShV77Zik&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DcxShV77Zik&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/34319-baltimore-s-struggles-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/37452" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Avi Lewis uncovers economic hardships, racial disparity and a notorious crime rate.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/34319-baltimore-s-struggles-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/34318-baltimore-s-struggles 2008-07-09T18:07:01Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ltDiKy5dLsQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ltDiKy5dLsQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/34318-baltimore-s-struggles"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/37451" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Avi Lewis uncovers economic hardships, racial disparity and a notorious crime rate. Part 2 of this special is <a href="../../blog/34319-baltimore-s-struggles-part-2">located here</a>.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/34318-baltimore-s-struggles">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28896-barack-obama-in-baltimore-md 2008-06-18T09:36:16Z barackobama <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hSuyPM772-M&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hSuyPM772-M&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28896-barack-obama-in-baltimore-md"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/31085" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Barack rallied a crowd of 11,000 people in Baltimore, Maryland on February 11, 2008.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/28896-barack-obama-in-baltimore-md">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/21761-mayor-sheila-dixon-wars-in-our-city 2008-09-07T06:40:32Z TheNation <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SCxTeHVlD-s&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SCxTeHVlD-s&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/21761-mayor-sheila-dixon-wars-in-our-city"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/21501" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Sheila Dixon of Baltimore is the most recently elected Mayor we interviewed. But she already has her priorities straight -- tackling crime, guns and the flow of drugs into her inner city.</p> <p>"I want to see one of the candidates come up with a comprehensive plan to eliminate the tide of drugs coming into our country," the Mayor told us. "I mean, we have wars here in our city. We should be making strides in that area, but its something I never hear [the presidential candidates] talk about."</p> <p>She's right, of course. The '08 presidential race has distinctly eschewed issues of inner city violence and drug trade. Perhaps it's a blessing that we haven't had Willie Horton-style attack ads that demonize urban people of color; but we also haven't had any substantive talk about America's drug problem (the illegal one, not the prescription one).</p> <p>Maybe not surprisingly, then, Mayor Dixon has yet to endorse a presidential candidate. "I've had a couple conversations with a couple candidates," said the Mayor, "and my first question is, What is your platform for urban issues? ... And then, what kind of commitment will they make for following up?"</p> <p>For cities like Baltimore to not just get a lot more hot air, it's the latter question that matters. Good thing that Mayor Dixon is asking. Hopefully she gets a truthful answer.</p> <p>(More interviews and your comments at MayorTV.com)</p> </div> <a href="/blog/21761-mayor-sheila-dixon-wars-in-our-city">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/21002-cbcdc-towson-university-democrats-presidential-forum 2008-09-07T06:41:57Z astrogirlsirius <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QD11CdJzxdw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QD11CdJzxdw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/21002-cbcdc-towson-university-democrats-presidential-forum"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/20722" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Baltimore area presidential forum held on Dec. 8, 2007 with representatives from 7 of the Democratic presidential campaigns. (excerpt)</p> </div> <a href="/blog/21002-cbcdc-towson-university-democrats-presidential-forum">Watch the video</a>