http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/racial 2008-11-22T10:34:35Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61944-the-dumb-right-forever-stuck-on-race-baiting 2008-11-22T10:34:35Z Brian Beach <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AB1zTHeIIfs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AB1zTHeIIfs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/61944-the-dumb-right-forever-stuck-on-race-baiting"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/76957" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>I never leave home without my "Race Card!" </p> <p>Even sarcastically, many of the critics here believe that African Americans play the "Race Card", "Victim Card" and "Entitlement Card". We can credit the "phony outrage" to the Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. </p> <p>We are witnessing a great movement in history. Electing Senator Barack Obama as our president. There are some still in disbelief that an African American is to lead our nation. And many things that are happening are become a disturbing pattern. Our great nation still has to overcome the issues of race and gender!</p> <p>Not even January 20, 2009. The chatter is increasing from The DUMB Right. For starters you notice, the fight is not over!</p> <p>Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, The Drudge Report and the many others that take pride in being stupid are mounting a full assault on Barack Obama.</p> <p>Barack Obama is in transition [honeymoon] and preparing for the mantle.</p> <p>We are final months of The Bush Administration.</p> <p>I will elaborate on things I seen from The Drudge Report, ABC News, The Raw Story, Huffington Post and The Politico.</p> <p>Thanks for viewing. Thank all the supporters of my videos. To all critics and those who blindly trust the media! Turn that television, radio and internet smear machine off. Let real media analysis do the work for you. I am not a fact-checker, journalist or media analysis. I am expressing an honest opinion about the general election and the corrupt mainstream media. And as always, if present any errors in the making of this video, please don't hesitate to send a message and I will correct the record on the next video. Lastly, to all the critics watching worldwide, do me a favor by: "Proving Me Wrong"!</p> </div> <a href="/blog/61944-the-dumb-right-forever-stuck-on-race-baiting">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/60693-riz-khan-african-american-youth-speak-out-oct-30-part-1 2008-11-04T16:57:46Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oDyPvMK3IxU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oDyPvMK3IxU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/60693-riz-khan-african-american-youth-speak-out-oct-30-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/75015" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Just a few days before the US presidential election, the Riz Khan show speaks with a group of young African-American college students. </p> <p>We ask them about the economy, Iraq, the historic candidacy of Democratic Senator Barack Obama and how the issue of race has been used in the 2008 election.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/60693-riz-khan-african-american-youth-speak-out-oct-30-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/60692-riz-khan-african-american-youth-speak-out-oct-30-part-2 2008-11-04T16:57:46Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kf9i2ZGSMBo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kf9i2ZGSMBo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/60692-riz-khan-african-american-youth-speak-out-oct-30-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/75014" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Just a few days before the US presidential election, the Riz Khan show speaks with a group of young African-American college students. </p> <p>We ask them about the economy, Iraq, the historic candidacy of Democratic Senator Barack Obama and how the issue of race has been used in the 2008 election.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/60692-riz-khan-african-american-youth-speak-out-oct-30-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59972-mark-noll-god-race-in-us-politics-1 2008-11-22T10:44:17Z Carnegie Council <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yBGI0Umsk1I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yBGI0Umsk1I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/59972-mark-noll-god-race-in-us-politics-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/73915" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The civil rights movement didn't take hold until the black church mobilized the black constituency, says Mark Noll. <br />This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council talk on October 15, 2008. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to <a href="http://www.carnegiecouncil.org">www.carnegiecouncil.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/59972-mark-noll-god-race-in-us-politics-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59200-america-as-post-racial-or-post-racist-michael-eric-dyson 2008-11-17T18:53:43Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ksFx4tnWP1A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ksFx4tnWP1A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/59200-america-as-post-racial-or-post-racist-michael-eric-dyson"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/72675" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/10/01/Michael_Eric_Dyson_No_Dreams_Deferred">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Author and commentator Michael Eric Dyson discusses white Democratic racism towards Barack Obama, and contrasts the idea of a "post-racist" society with a "post-racial" one.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Michael Eric Dyson addresses the Georgetown community in a lecture titled, "No Dreams Deferred?" Professor Dyson is an outspoken scholar who exploded on to the national scene in a public dispute with Bill Cosby over poverty and the black underclass - Georgetown University</p> <p>Michael Eric Dyson, named by Ebony as one of the hundred most influential black Americans, is the author of sixteen books, including Holler if You Hear Me, Is Bill Cosby Right? and I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King Jr. He is currently University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. He lives in Washington, D.C. </p> <p>His most recent book is April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/59200-america-as-post-racial-or-post-racist-michael-eric-dyson">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59017-getting-used-to-a-black-president-melissa-harris-lacewell 2008-11-15T18:49:57Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qjqskhnq-Wk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qjqskhnq-Wk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/59017-getting-used-to-a-black-president-melissa-harris-lacewell"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/72412" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/08/05/Color_Blind_The_2008_Race_and_Beyond">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Political scientist Melissa Harris-Lacewell examines how Barack Obama may affect Americans' conceptualization of race and the Presidency, should he be elected to the position.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Barack Obama's success so far in the 2008 election cycle has fostered optimistic rhetoric in mainstream media about race relations in the United States.</p> <p>But does Obama's candidacy transform Martin Luther King Jr.'s American dream into a reality?</p> <p>A recent New York Times/CBS poll found that Americans are sharply divided by race on their views of Senator Obama and the state of race relations.</p> <p>In addition, with an increased presence of other minority groups, issues regarding race in political and social life are no longer black and white.</p> <p>What role does race play in the 2008 election and beyond?</p> <p>Can America ever truly be a color-blind society? - The Century Foundation</p> <p>Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell is an American writer and political scientist and Associate Professor of Politics and African American studies at Princeton University. She received her B.A. in English from Wake Forest University, her Ph.D. in political science from Duke University and an honoris causa doctorate from Meadville Lombard Theological School.She is the author of Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought on the methods African Americans use to develop political ideas through ordinary conversations in places like barbershops, churches, and popular culture. The work was awarded the 2005 W.E.B. DuBois book award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. Harris-Lacewell's writings have been published in the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Crain's Chicago Business and Newsday. She has provided commentary for NBC News, Fox News, Showtime, HBO, Black Enterprise, National Public Radio and other radio and print sources.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/59017-getting-used-to-a-black-president-melissa-harris-lacewell">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58980-vote-barack-obama-for-president-of-the-united-states-with-joe-biden 2008-11-22T10:53:41Z SamHarris <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RlWEWbA1U-Q&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RlWEWbA1U-Q&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58980-vote-barack-obama-for-president-of-the-united-states-with-joe-biden"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/72354" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>DOWNLOAD FREE MP3! ► <a href="http://samharris.com/change">samharris.com</a> <br />... until election day!</p> <p>VOTE for Barack Obama and Joe Biden on November 4th!</p> <p>http://barackobama.com</p> <p>Barack Obama was raised by a single mother and his grandparents. They didn't have much money, but they taught him values from the Kansas heartland where they grew up. He took out loans to put himself through school. After college, he worked for Christian churches in Chicago, helping communities devastated when steel plants closed. Obama turned down lucrative job offers after law school to return to Chicago, leading a successful voter registration drive. He joined a small law firm, taught constitutional law and, guided by his Christian faith, stayed active in his community. Obama and his wife Michelle are proud parents of two daughters, Sasha and Malia.</p> <p>He was born in Hawaii on August 4th, 1961. His father, Barack Obama Sr., was born and raised in a small village in Kenya, where he grew up herding goats with his own father, who was a domestic servant to the British.</p> <p>Barack's mother, Ann Dunham, grew up in small-town Kansas. Her father worked on oil rigs during the Depression, and then signed up for World War II after Pearl Harbor, where he marched across Europe in Patton's army. Her mother went to work on a bomber assembly line, and after the war, they studied on the G.I. Bill, bought a house through the Federal Housing Program, and moved west to Hawaii.</p> <p>It was there, at the University of Hawaii, where Barack's parents met. His mother was a student there, and his father had won a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya and pursue his dreams in America.</p> <p>Barack's father eventually returned to Kenya, and Barack grew up with his mother in Hawaii, and for a few years in Indonesia. Later, he moved to New York, where he graduated from Columbia University in 1983.</p> <p>Remembering the values of empathy and service that his mother taught him, Barack put law school and corporate life on hold after college and moved to Chicago in 1985, where he became a community organizer with a church-based group seeking to improve living conditions in poor neighborhoods plagued with crime and high unemployment.</p> <p>He went on to earn his law degree from Harvard in 1991, where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. Soon after, he returned to Chicago to practice as a civil rights lawyer and teach constitutional law. Finally, his advocacy work led him to run for the Illinois State Senate, where he served for eight years. In 2004, he became the third African American since Reconstruction to be elected to the U.S. Senate.</p> <p>It has been the rich and varied experiences of Barack Obama's life - growing up in different places with people who had differing ideas - that have animated his political journey. Amid the partisanship and bickering of today's public debate, he still believes in the ability to unite people around a politics of purpose - a politics that puts solving the challenges of everyday Americans ahead of partisan calculation and political gain.</p> <p>In the Illinois State Senate, this meant working with both Democrats and Republicans to help working families get ahead by creating programs like the state Earned Income Tax Credit, which in three years provided over $100 million in tax cuts to families across the state. He also pushed through an expansion of early childhood education, and after a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Senator Obama worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.</p> <p>As a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, Senator Obama has fought to help Illinois veterans get the disability pay they were promised, while working to prepare the VA for the return of the thousands of veterans who will need care after Iraq and Afghanistan. Recognizing the terrorist threat posed by weapons of mass destruction, he traveled to Russia with Republican Dick Lugar to begin a new generation of non-proliferation efforts designed to find and secure deadly weapons around the world. And knowing the threat we face to our economy and our security from America's addiction to oil, he's working to bring auto companies, unions, farmers, businesses and politicians of both parties together to promote the greater use of alternative fuels and higher fuel standards in our cars.</p> <p>Whether it's the poverty exposed by Katrina, the genocide in Darfur, or the role of faith in our politics, Barack Obama continues to speak out on the issues that will define America in the 21st century. But above all his accomplishments and experiences, he is most proud and grateful for his family. His wife, Michelle, and his two daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, live on Chicago's South Side.</p> <p>► <a href="http://samharris.com/change">samharris.com</a> </p> <p>LEGAL & BUSINESS CONTACT: <br />http://SamHarris.com</p> </div> <a href="/blog/58980-vote-barack-obama-for-president-of-the-united-states-with-joe-biden">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58663-the-children-of-birmingham 2008-11-22T10:36:13Z Media That Matters <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6DDIiWSUv3I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6DDIiWSUv3I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58663-the-children-of-birmingham"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/71889" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Baltimore youth tell the story of their 1960s counterparts who fought for civil rights.</p> <p>For more information about the film and to take action visit: <a href="http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/4/the_children_of_birmingham/index.php?fs=action">www.mediathatmattersfest.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/58663-the-children-of-birmingham">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58659-day-of-remembrance 2008-11-22T10:36:12Z Media That Matters <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ro8Y9pab0e0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ro8Y9pab0e0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58659-day-of-remembrance"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/71885" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Sixty years have passed between Pearl Harbor and September 11th, but have things really changed for Arab and Muslim Americans?</p> <p>For more information about the film and to take action visit: <a href="http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/4/day_of_remembrance/index.php?fs=action">www.mediathatmattersfest.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/58659-day-of-remembrance">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/57736-joe-the-plumber-compares-obama-to-sammy-davis-jr 2008-10-21T08:50:53Z NCDem Amy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7nW8IzKCj0E&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7nW8IzKCj0E&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/57736-joe-the-plumber-compares-obama-to-sammy-davis-jr"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/70439" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Joe the Plumber, who McCain cited numerous times during the final Presidential debate, compared Barack Obama to Sammy Davis, Jr. saying that he got a "tap dance" from Obama, which was "almost as good as Sammy Davis, Jr."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/57736-joe-the-plumber-compares-obama-to-sammy-davis-jr">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51749-rehearsal-inside-bok-center-with-choir-and-vlog-people 2008-11-22T10:53:43Z SamHarris <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_xfbJrfdMxs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_xfbJrfdMxs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51749-rehearsal-inside-bok-center-with-choir-and-vlog-people"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/62804" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>► <a href="http://samharris.com/change">samharris.com</a> </p> <p>Sam brings you along to the choir rehearsal before his concert to open the BOK Center in Tulsa, a brand new 20,000 seat convention and concert venue. A multi-faith inspirational concert with Sam as lead singer, The New Dimensions Chorale and a 400+ person choir. Sam works with David Smith, the music Director of the chorale! Go behind the scenes of what goes into a one night appearance for a Sam show.</p> <p>The song is they are rehearsing is "Change Is On The Way" from the new album called "Free" available on CD at: <br />http://samharris.com/free <br />or download from iTunes at: <br />http://SamTUNES.net</p> <p>COMING UP!...</p> <p>* September 4, 2008 <br /> EXTRA <br /> Television Appearance <br /> Check local listings for time.</p> <p>* October 4, 2008... <br /> Sam Harris in Concert <br /> Cal Poly Arts Center <br /> San Luis Obispo, CA</p> <p>* October 26, 2008... <br /> Benefit Concert Appearance <br /> Desert SIDS Project <br /> Los Angeles, CA</p> <p>* November 29, 2008:... <br /> Sam Harris in Concert <br /> Pike Performance Center <br /> Indianapolis, IN</p> <p>* December 7, 2008:... <br /> Sam Harris Christmas Concert <br /> VanTrease PACE Performance Center <br /> Tulsa, OK</p> <p>-------------------------</p> <p>BOK Center opens with a multifaith blessing <br />http://tinyurl.com/sambok2</p> <p>Music rocked the BOK Center downtown Sunday afternoon as thousands gathered for a multifaith celebration and blessing of the new building. </p> <p>Fired by a 450-voice choir from about 85 houses of worship, the crowd often rose to its feet in applause and joined in the singing. </p> <p>Recording artist Sam Harris, a native of the Tulsa area, said he was thrilled to be at the celebration, which was part of the grand opening for the arena. </p> <p>"What a blessing it is to be in this place," he said while catching his breath after belting out, "Change Is on the Way," from his album "Free." </p> <p>Harris was backed by the New Dimensions Chorale. </p> <p>He asked the audience to join him in an old favorite children's worship song with the lyrics: "This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine." </p> <p>He urged the audience to "seek goodness everywhere, and wherever it is found, let it be free and unashamed." </p> <p>Master of ceremonies John Erling quipped: "This is the day that the taxpayers have made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it." </p> <p>He thanked Rick Fortner, music director at All Souls Unitarian Church, for providing the spark years ago that resulted in the celebration, and for directing the community choir. </p> <p>Near the end of the celebration, 11 faith leaders representing the major religions of the world offered prayers of blessing for the new facility. </p> <p>Sitting side-by-side on the podium were spiritual leaders who were Methodist, Charismatic, Roman Catholic, Mormon, Greek Orthodox, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim, Unitarian, Buddhist and African Methodist Episcopal. </p> <p>"We decided to call it a multifaith event, rather than an interfaith event, which carries some connotations," said Jim Mishler, executive director of Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, who helped plan the celebration. </p> <p>"We asked faith leaders to pray in their own tradition." </p> <p>As a result, several leaders used the term "in Jesus' name," a phrase generally frowned upon at interfaith events. </p> <p>Another prayed to Allah in Arabic, and another prayed in Sanskrit. Bishop Edward J. Slattery, of the Catholic Diocese of Tulsa, prayed in Spanish. </p> <p>English translations of the foreign language prayers were displayed on the scoreboard as the leaders prayed. </p> <p>A common theme running through the prayers was that the arena would be a blessing to the Tulsa community. </p> <p>Erling said the participation of such diverse faith leaders at one event "has probably never been done in our city to this degree." </p> <p>Mayor Kathy Taylor and BOK Center General Manager John Bolton spoke briefly. </p> <p>As the crowd streamed out of the arena, Jeramy Auld said of the celebration, "I thought it was great." </p> <p>"We're taxpayers," his wife Libby Auld said. "We thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be here." </p> <p>MORE: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/sambok2">tinyurl.com</a> </p> <p>****************************** *************************</p> <p>► <a href="http://MySpace.com/SamHarrisMusic">MySpace.com</a> <br />... keep up to date, and be Sam's MySpace friend!</p> <p>http://SamHarris.com <br />© All videos property of Sam Harris</p> </div> <a href="/blog/51749-rehearsal-inside-bok-center-with-choir-and-vlog-people">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51562-joe-scarborough-and-mika-brzezinski-on-the-2008-election 2008-10-31T03:31:00Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iF-5mlxxOLY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iF-5mlxxOLY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51562-joe-scarborough-and-mika-brzezinski-on-the-2008-election"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/62596" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>MSNBC's "Morning Joe" hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski discuss issues in the 2008 Presidential election with FORA.tv CEO Brian Gruber. This interview was recorded at the Republican National Convention on September 1, 2008.</p> <p>FORA.tv coverage of the RNC: <a href="http://fora.tv/topic/republican_convention">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>----</p> <p>Former Congressman Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.) serves as host of "Morning Joe," weekdays from 6-9 a.m. ET on MSNBC. "Morning Joe" features interviews with top newsmakers and politicians and in-depth analysis of the day's biggest stories.</p> <p>Previously, Scarborough hosted "Scarborough Country," in primetime on MSNBC.</p> <p>Prior to the launch of "Scarborough Country" in April 2003, Scarborough was the publisher and editor of the award-winning newspaper "The Florida Sun."</p> <p>Mika Brzezinski is a co-host of "Morning Joe" and an MSNBC anchor. Brzezinski also reports on "NBC Nightly News" and is an alternating news anchor for "Weekend Today."</p> <p>Prior to joining MSNBC in January 2007, Brzezinski was an anchor of the "CBS Evening News Weekend Edition" and a CBS News correspondent who frequently contributed to "CBS Sunday Morning" and "60 Minutes." Brzezinski joined CBS News in 1997 as the anchor of "CBS News Up To The Minute," but took a short hiatus in 2000 to co-host MSNBC's weekday afternoon program "Homepage." In September 2001, she returned to CBS to become their principal "Ground Zero" reporter for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. </p> <p>Brian Gruber is Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of FORA.tv. Gruber has twenty years experience successfully building and marketing media enterprises. As the senior marketing officer for a range of respected media institutions, he has managed billion dollar revenue budgets and large and small marketing teams. As the first marketing director for C-SPAN, he built its affiliate sales and marketing organization, launching C-SPAN II with the largest subscriber base ever for a cable network at launch.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/51562-joe-scarborough-and-mika-brzezinski-on-the-2008-election">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51509-tucker-carlson-on-internet-politics-and-the-2008-elections 2008-10-31T03:30:44Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GvneW67ltKU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GvneW67ltKU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51509-tucker-carlson-on-internet-politics-and-the-2008-elections"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/62537" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Political commentator Tucker Carlson discusses the RNC, political discourse on the internet, and his predictions for the 2008 Presidential elections in an interview with FORA.tv CEO Brian Gruber. This interview was recorded at the Republican National Convention on September 1, 2008.</p> <p>FORA.tv coverage of the RNC: <a href="http://fora.tv/topic/republican_convention">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>-----</p> <p>Tucker Carlson is a conservative political commentator currently best known for formally being co-host of Crossfire, CNN's once-popular and lively political debate program. Crossfire aired nightly before a live studio audience from George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium in Washington, D.C. In 2002, Crossfire celebrated its 20th anniversary. Carlson left Crossfire in January 6, 2005 and the show was canceled on June 3, 2005.</p> <p>Carlson is also a political analyst for CNN, based in the network's Washington, D.C., bureau. Before The Situation, Unfiltered and Crossfire, Carlson was co-host of CNN's Spin Room.</p> <p>Carlson currently hosts The Situation with Tucker Carlson, a light hearted news-themed show on MSNBC. On The Situation a stream of recent headlines are brought before Carlson and his two panelists, each of who reside on opposite ends of the political spectrum. This leads to fast paced, thought provoking discussions although far from comprehensive.</p> <p>Since 1997, he has appeared weekly on Inside Politics with Judy Woodruff, the nation's first program devoted exclusively to politics.</p> <p>Formerly a staff writer at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, Carlson is a contributor to New York Magazine and The Weekly Standard, as well as a columnist for Readers Digest. He has written for dozens of magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, GQ and Forbes.</p> <p>Brian Gruber is Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of FORA.tv. Gruber has twenty years experience successfully building and marketing media enterprises. As the senior marketing officer for a range of respected media institutions, he has managed billion dollar revenue budgets and large and small marketing teams. As the first marketing director for C-SPAN, he built its affiliate sales and marketing organization, launching C-SPAN II with the largest subscriber base ever for a cable network at launch.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/51509-tucker-carlson-on-internet-politics-and-the-2008-elections">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50846-jesse-jackson-on-mlk-barack-obama 2008-10-31T03:29:23Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yQ1nDvIAetA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yQ1nDvIAetA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50846-jesse-jackson-on-mlk-barack-obama"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61739" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The New Republic's Dayo Olopade interviews the Rev. Jesse Jackson on the historic significance of Barack Obama's DNC acceptance speech, 45 years to the day after Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech.</p> <p>FORA.tv coverage of the DNC: <a href="http://for">for</a> ​a.tv/topic​/democrati​c_conventi​on</p> <p>The New Republic on FORA.tv: <a href="http://fora.tv/partner/new_republic">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>-----</p> <p>Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (born October 8, 1941) is an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as "shadow senator" for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. </p> <p>Dayo Olopade is a Reporter-Researcher for the New Republic.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50846-jesse-jackson-on-mlk-barack-obama">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50331-gospel-hill-at-the-dnc 2008-10-30T15:33:40Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7DJMgrcvf6k&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7DJMgrcvf6k&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50331-gospel-hill-at-the-dnc"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61122" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Director Giancarlo Esposito and actors Ellen Burstyn and Danny Glover discuss current events at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO. These interviews were recorded in collaboration with a screening and discussion on the movie "Gospel Hill," presented by the Creative Coalition.</p> <p>For more interviews from this event, visit <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/08/25/Hollywood_at_the_DNC">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Complete FORA.tv coverage of the DNC: <a href="http://for">for</a> ​a.tv/topic​/democrati​c_conventi​on</p> <p>-----</p> <p>The Creative Coalition kicks off activities at the DNC with a screening of "Gospel Hill".</p> <p>Artists come together to talk about this important movie, thoughtfully advocate on behalf of important issues, and to exercise their responsibilities as US citizens to speak up and participate in the country's political process.</p> <p>Giancarlo Esposito is the Director of the movie Gospel Hill. He is a member of the Atlantic Theater Ensemble (Atlantic Theater is the theater company started by David Mamet and William H. Macy). In addition, he has won two Obie Awards for his performances in Distant Fires and Zooman and the Sign. Giancarlo served as a member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997.</p> <p>Ellen Burstyn was the first woman to be elected President of Actor's Equity Association (1982-85), and served as the Artistic Director of the Actors Studio for six years, where she studied with the late Lee Strasberg. She continues to be active there as co-president with Al Pacino and Harvey Keitel. In 2000, Ellen received the Career Achievement Award from the Boston Film Festival. She was given the Career Achievement Award from the prestigious National Board of Review in early 2001, and was most recently honored with the Career Achievement in Acting Award from the 2006 Hamptons Film Festival. </p> <p>Danny Glover is the recipient of several prestigious honors for his impressive body of work. They include two NAACP Image Awards, 3 Cable ACE Awards, the Independent Feature Project/West's Best Actor Award, the Phoenix Award from the Black American Cinema Society and induction into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. Glover also received an Emmy nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the mini-series "Lonesome Dove" and Turner Network Television's "Freedom Song". Off-screen, he is a powerful advocate for literacy and has spoken to grammar and high school students around the nation about the joys of reading and education. He was also appointed the first Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations Development Programme, and received the first annual William Kunstler Racial Justice Award for his work on a variety of social issues. He also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Amnesty International and an Essence Award. </p> <p>Stuart Schultzke is the Director of Content Development for FORA.tv. He oversees the development of FORA.tv partnerships with content providers and plays a primary role in formulating the company's overall content strategy.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50331-gospel-hill-at-the-dnc">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49392-a-racial-realist-joins-tyt-for-an-interesting-interview 2008-10-29T21:30:12Z youngturks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oxhsSLos8hk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oxhsSLos8hk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49392-a-racial-realist-joins-tyt-for-an-interesting-interview"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/59887" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Watch more at <a href="http://www.theyoungturks.com">www.theyoungturks.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/49392-a-racial-realist-joins-tyt-for-an-interesting-interview">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47832-gergen-calls-out-racial-signals-of-mccain-ads 2008-10-29T09:33:51Z tpmtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VfXvK84MPqQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VfXvK84MPqQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47832-gergen-calls-out-racial-signals-of-mccain-ads"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57464" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>David Gergen, August 3, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47832-gergen-calls-out-racial-signals-of-mccain-ads">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47738-mccain-latest-ad-against-obama 2008-10-28T21:30:06Z youngturks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XVxgWKjP-Is&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XVxgWKjP-Is&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47738-mccain-latest-ad-against-obama"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57242" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Watch more at <a href="http://www.theyoungturks.com">www.theyoungturks.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/47738-mccain-latest-ad-against-obama">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47159-race-and-racism-in-s-america-quechua-indians-26-jul-08 2008-11-15T18:53:54Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Wj6yez66ws&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Wj6yez66ws&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47159-race-and-racism-in-s-america-quechua-indians-26-jul-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55774" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Aymara and Quechua Indians make up the majority of Bolivia's population. </p> <p>But it was not until two and a half years ago that an Aymara Indian, Evo Morales, was sworn in as the country's president.</p> <p>Despite that historic event, the nation's indigenous peoples continue to face serious obstacles to equality, as Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47159-race-and-racism-in-s-america-quechua-indians-26-jul-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46958-race-and-racism-in-latin-america-brazil-25-jul-08 2008-10-28T03:31:23Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CBNUOsrIiAs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CBNUOsrIiAs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46958-race-and-racism-in-latin-america-brazil-25-jul-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55523" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Brazil is considered one of the most diverse countries in the world. </p> <p>But it too suffers from widespread racial discrimination with black Brazilians often finding themselves at the bottom of the social ladder.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman visited Bahia, the heart of Brazil's black culture.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46958-race-and-racism-in-latin-america-brazil-25-jul-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40931-race-and-gender-in-the-2008-election-willie-brown 2008-10-26T15:30:51Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9rgMgqA3YMs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9rgMgqA3YMs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40931-race-and-gender-in-the-2008-election-willie-brown"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46150" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/05/07/Annual_Lecture_on_Political_Trends_with_Willie_Brown">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former San Francisco Mayor and influential Democrat Willie Brown discusses the prominence of race and gender as issues in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election.</p> <p>------</p> <p>The Former Mayor of San Francisco Willie Brown speaks on the state of politics today.</p> <p>Willie Brown covers the changes in the Democratic nomination process that was not enacted with minorities and women in mind; compares Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's strategies and relative successes and failures; and examines the role that race and gender will play in the coming 2008 election.</p> <p>Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. was the 41st mayor of San Francisco, serving from 1996 to 2004. Brown is an American political figure who served over 30 years in the California State Assembly. He was the 58th Speaker of the California State Assembly serving from 1980 to 1995. Brown is a member of the Democratic Party.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40931-race-and-gender-in-the-2008-election-willie-brown">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40697-we-the-people-racial-stereotypes-01-june-08-part-1 2008-10-14T11:25:49Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/y9UTjA4jRro&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y9UTjA4jRro&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40697-we-the-people-racial-stereotypes-01-june-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45906" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Race is already one of the issues dominating this year's US presidential election, gaining prominence with the emergence of Barack Obama as a viable candidate for the country's first black president.</p> <p>We The People follows two African-American teenagers in Washington DC who refuse to let racial stereotypes be an impediment to their dreams.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40697-we-the-people-racial-stereotypes-01-june-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39029-william-rhoden-muhammad-ali-and-the-athlete-as-role-model 2008-10-19T09:30:54Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NesJnjBcbbc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NesJnjBcbbc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39029-william-rhoden-muhammad-ali-and-the-athlete-as-role-model"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44056" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/03/25/Athletes_as_Role_Models_in_the_Steroids_Era">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>New York Times sports columnist William Rhoden gives his take on professional athletes as cultural role models, using Muhammad Ali as an example.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Athletes as Role Models in the Steroids Era</p> <p>The Mitchell report revelations of baseball's "steroids era" led to outrage and dismay. Now the government is involved, with Roger Clemens testifying before Congress. But that's not all - 2007 turned out to be a year of scandal in sports: Michael Vick's dogfighting, Bill Belichick's "spy-gate" and Isiah Thomas' sexual harassment trial, to name a few. In light of all this, many have criticized professional athletes for unacceptable behavior. But are athletes held to a higher standard? Should they be judged as role models? At a time when the sports pages seem to contain more social commentary than game breakdowns, the NY Salon has assembled a panel of experts to discuss what this all means for both the sports world and our society at large - NY Salon</p> <p>William C. Rhoden has been writing about sports for The New York Times since March 1983. Previously, he was a copy editor in the Sunday Week in Review section since October 1981 when he joined the newspaper. Author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39029-william-rhoden-muhammad-ali-and-the-athlete-as-role-model">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37567-one-out-of-a-hundred 2008-10-14T21:30:37Z MobLogicTV <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PyIt0yXaGxU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PyIt0yXaGxU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37567-one-out-of-a-hundred"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42346" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The New York Times just reported that one out of 100 US adults are currently in jail. We wanted to find out if that's a lot or a little?</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37567-one-out-of-a-hundred">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33313-obama-has-brought-up-the-race-issue 2008-10-18T15:29:37Z youngturks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1qDoiykmPBA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1qDoiykmPBA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/33313-obama-has-brought-up-the-race-issue"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/36301" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Watch more of this stuff at <a href="http://www.theyoungturks.com">www.theyoungturks.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/33313-obama-has-brought-up-the-race-issue">Watch the video</a>