http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/votes 2008-10-12T10:49:49Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56910-will-racism-have-an-impact-at-the-polls-john-zogby 2008-10-12T10:49:49Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/on9T0iFu2h0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/on9T0iFu2h0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56910-will-racism-have-an-impact-at-the-polls-john-zogby"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/69190" 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/2008/09/09/John_Zogby-How_Will_America_Vote">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Pollster John Zogby discusses Barack Obama and the impact of race on the 2008 U.S. Presidential election.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>As we enter the final months before the historic 2008 presidential election, how has the American character and our attitude towards politics and foreign policy changed?</p> <p>According to pollster John Zogby, the conventional wisdom about Americans -- that we're isolated from the world, politically fragmented, and inclined toward material pleasure -- isn't just flawed, it may be 180 degrees from the truth.</p> <p>Drawing on thousands of in-depth surveys, he reveals a new and developing American character, including the emergence of the most globally oriented generation in our history.</p> <p>Join the Council for a conversation with John Zogby as he helps us to understand where we are headed politically, culturally and globally, as well as how this new direction is shaping the politics behind both presidential campaigns - World Affairs Council of Northern California</p> <p>John Zogby is President and Chief Executive Officer of Zogby International, a leading public opinion and market research firm. Mr. Zogby routinely conducts polls on health care reform and global health efforts. Among his accomplishments, he is widely recognized for correctly predicting the cliffhanger result of the 2000 presidential election for George W. Bush, in contrast to most other pollsters who had projected that Bush would win easily. Mr. Zogby established his firm in 1984 and since then has been tracking public opinion in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and Europe. He has written guest editorials for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among other major newspapers, and he is the author of a forthcoming portrait of the new American consumer, which will be published by Random House this fall. Mr. Zogby holds degrees in history from Le Moyne College and Syracuse University.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56910-will-racism-have-an-impact-at-the-polls-john-zogby">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56362-ralph-nader-on-third-parties-in-america 2008-10-12T10:49:50Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aDjtQDuvA9A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aDjtQDuvA9A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56362-ralph-nader-on-third-parties-in-america"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/68544" 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/2008/09/30/Ralph_Nader_Whistle-Blower_Advocate_Spoiler">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Activist, author and 2008 independent Presidential candidate Ralph Nader discusses challenges for a third-party candidate in the United States.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Without ever having held political office, Nader has had a tremendous political impact by advocating for improved consumer safety through seat belts, air bags, product labeling, and helping 100 organizations become watchdogs over corporate, government and environmental corruption.</p> <p>Nader's role in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections fueled controversy, and he's set to challenge the two-party system again this fall as he runs for president for the fifth time -The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate, lawyer, and author.</p> <p>He was born in Winsted, Connecticut on February 27, 1934. In 1955 Ralph Nader received an AB magna cum laude from Princeton University, and in 1958 he received a LLB with distinction from Harvard University.In his career as consumer advocate he founded many organizations including the Center for Study of Responsive Law, the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), the Center for Auto Safety, Public Citizen, Clean Water Action Project, the Disability Rights Center, the Pension Rights Center, the Project for Corporate Responsibility and The Multinational Monitor(a monthly magazine).</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56362-ralph-nader-on-third-parties-in-america">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56337-ralph-nader-on-third-parties-in-america 2008-10-07T16:47:46Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WS_mrWgWLow&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WS_mrWgWLow&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56337-ralph-nader-on-third-parties-in-america"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/68517" 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/2008/09/30/Ralph_Nader_Whistle-Blower_Advocate_Spoiler">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Activist, author and 2008 independent Presidential candidate Ralph Nader discusses challenges for a third-party candidate in the United States.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Without ever having held political office, Nader has had a tremendous political impact by advocating for improved consumer safety through seat belts, air bags, product labeling, and helping 100 organizations become watchdogs over corporate, government and environmental corruption.</p> <p>Nader's role in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections fueled controversy, and he's set to challenge the two-party system again this fall as he runs for president for the fifth time -The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate, lawyer, and author.</p> <p>He was born in Winsted, Connecticut on February 27, 1934. In 1955 Ralph Nader received an AB magna cum laude from Princeton University, and in 1958 he received a LLB with distinction from Harvard University.In his career as consumer advocate he founded many organizations including the Center for Study of Responsive Law, the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), the Center for Auto Safety, Public Citizen, Clean Water Action Project, the Disability Rights Center, the Pension Rights Center, the Project for Corporate Responsibility and The Multinational Monitor(a monthly magazine).</p> <p>Ralph Nader is a 2008 independent candidate for President of the United States.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56337-ralph-nader-on-third-parties-in-america">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/55778-5-friends-hell-tell-10-and-tell-them-there-are-6-presidential-candidates-who-are-on-the-ballot-in-enough-states-to-win-enough-electoral-votes-to-win-the-election-ralph-nader-bob-barr-cynthia-mcki 2008-10-12T10:40:22Z RepresentativePress <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UBqnl_tyLAc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UBqnl_tyLAc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/55778-5-friends-hell-tell-10-and-tell-them-there-are-6-presidential-candidates-who-are-on-the-ballot-in-enough-states-to-win-enough-electoral-votes-to-win-the-election-ralph-nader-bob-barr-cynthia-mcki"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/67810" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>http://www.thirdpartyticket.com/ <br />Send message: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/inbox?to_users=5friendsvote&amp;action_compose=1">www.youtube.com</a> <br />Dear 5friendsvote, </p> <p>Many people have worked hard to get these candidates on the ballot:</p> <p>Independent Party Candidate: Ralph Nader <br />Libertarian Party Candidate: Bob Barr <br />Green Party Candidate: Cynthia McKinney <br />Constitution Party Candidate: Chuck Baldwin</p> <p>These candidates are on the ballot in enough states to win <br />a majority in the U.S. Electoral College.</p> <p>Please subscribe to them as well because people are being deceived <br />into thinking only Obama and McCain are running.</p> <p>-Tom <br />Representative Press</p> </div> <a href="/blog/55778-5-friends-hell-tell-10-and-tell-them-there-are-6-presidential-candidates-who-are-on-the-ballot-in-enough-states-to-win-enough-electoral-votes-to-win-the-election-ralph-nader-bob-barr-cynthia-mcki">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52703-will-the-youth-vote-matter 2008-10-04T20:45:35Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oLCtMh2vKiI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oLCtMh2vKiI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52703-will-the-youth-vote-matter"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63930" 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/2008/07/22/The_Youth_Vote_and_the_2008_Election">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Youth vote activist Justin Rockefeller examines the impact of new technologies on younger voters, and argues that new levels of participation among this demographic may have positive benefits for Barack Obama's Presidential campaign.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>On July 22nd 2008, The Century Foundation (TCF) hosted the second installment in its summer 2008 public policy lunch series for New York City interns with a forum, "The Incredible Youth Vote: Will the Youth Vote Have the Strength to Decide the 2008 Presidential Election?"</p> <p>TCF gathered a panel of experts to lead an interactive discussion with nearly 100 young people from the NYC area on the potential political power of the youth vote, and the various legal and social factors that election year after election year keep this demographic of voters from actively engaging in the political process.</p> <p>Forum speakers included, Tova Wang, Vice President of Research for Common Cause and Democracy Fellow at The Century Foundation; Justin Rockefeller, Co-founder and National Program Director of GenerationEngage, Maya Enista, Chief Executive Officer of Mobilize.org, Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director of the Pew Hispanic Center; and Ben Adler, Staff Writer for Politico - The Century Foundation</p> <p>Justin Rockefeller is co-founder and national program director of GenerationEngage (www.GenerationEngage.org), a nonpartisan youth-civic-engagement initiative that connects young Americans particularly those who fall outside the boundaries of university campuses to one another, to political leaders, and to other civic organizations. </p> <p>He has received, on behalf of GenerationEngage, two awards: the 2007 Common Cause Andrew Heiskell Youth Democracy in Action Award, and the 2008 Edwin Powell Hubble Medal of Initiative. He serves on the boards of The Alliance for the Arts, Population Council, Japan Society, and the Rockefeller Family Fund, and was appointed by the governor to the New York State Commission on National and Community Service. In addition, he serves on the National Leadership Council of GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network), on the Executive Committee of The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, and on the advisory boards of America Forward and Children for Children.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52703-will-the-youth-vote-matter">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52228-obama-spokesperson-gibbs-shreds-mccain-camp-spokesperson 2008-09-27T00:47:33Z NCDem Amy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l304a7nGk44&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l304a7nGk44&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52228-obama-spokesperson-gibbs-shreds-mccain-camp-spokesperson"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63370" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Obama campaign spokesperson, Robert Gibbs, tears up McCain spokesperson Nancy Pfotenhauer's falsehoods on Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. </p> <p>With regard to the ongoing investigation of Sarah Palin for abuse of power, Gibbs said, "There is somebody who is going to get caught on it and I have a feeling that investigation is going to catch it."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52228-obama-spokesperson-gibbs-shreds-mccain-camp-spokesperson">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51509-tucker-carlson-on-internet-politics-and-the-2008-elections 2008-09-25T10:39:22Z 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/49576-worse-than-florida-is-another-election-crisis-possible 2008-09-11T18:48:03Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rk_ZVC7ztTk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rk_ZVC7ztTk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49576-worse-than-florida-is-another-election-crisis-possible"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/60134" 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/2008/07/03/John_Fund_Can_Americans_Trust_Their_Elections_Results">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund imagines a scenario in which Florida's problems in the 2000 Presidential election are replicated on a much wider, national scale.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Author John Fund discusses his Can Americans Trust Their Election Results?: How Fraud, Sloppiness and Machines Make Many of us Nervous as a part of Chautauqua Institution's Restoring Legitimacy to Our Election System series.</p> <p>John Fund is a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and writes the "On The Trail" column for the paper’s OpinionJournal.com. He is also a contributor to the 24-hour cable new channels CNBC and MSNBC. He joined the Journal in 1984 as deputy editorial features editor. In 1986, he became an editorial page writer specializing in politics and government, and was a member of the editorial board from 1995 to 2001. A former staffer for the California State Legislature, Fund is author of several books, including Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy and Cleaning House: America's Campaign for Term Limits.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49576-worse-than-florida-is-another-election-crisis-possible">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48258-electronic-voting-machines-and-the-2008-election 2008-08-31T19:24:41Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/01ICBwpzDCE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/01ICBwpzDCE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48258-electronic-voting-machines-and-the-2008-election"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/58093" 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/2008/06/30/Norman_Ornstein_The_Election_System_in_America">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission Trevor Potter discusses concerns and controversies over electronic voting machines in the run-up to the 2008 Presidential election.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Norman Ornstein discusses The Election System in America with Trevor Potter, as a part of Restoring Legitimacy to Our Election System during the 2008 Chautauqua Institution morning lecture series.</p> <p>Trevor Potter is a member in Caplin & Drysdale's Washington, D.C. office, where he leads the firm's Political Activity Law Practice. He is one of the country's best-known and most experienced campaign and election lawyers, and a former Commissioner (1991-1995) and Chairman (1994) of the Federal Election Commission.</p> <p>He currently serves as General Counsel to the John McCain 2008 campaign and held that position with the McCain 2000 campaign. He was also Deputy General Counsel of the Bush 1988 campaign. Mr. Potter is the founding President and General Counsel of the Campaign Legal Center, a Washington, D.C. based nonprofit which assisted in the legal defense of the McCain-Feingold law on behalf of the Congressional sponsors. He is currently on leave from that position.</p> <p>Mr. Potter is also a non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He has published several books and articles in the field, including: Political Activity, Lobbying Laws and Gift Rules Guide (West Publishing, Third Edition 2008, Second Edition 1999); The New Campaign Finance Sourcebook, Brookings Institution, 2005; Federal Election Law and the Internet, Brookings Institution, 2000; and The Campaign Finance Sourcebook, Brookings Institution, 1997 ; and He is a frequent guest speaker at a variety of professional meetings, has testified before Congress on federal election proposals and campaign finance regulation, and has taught campaign finance law at the University of Virginia School of Law and Oxford University. He is Chair of the Election Law Committee of the American Bar Association's Administrative Law Section, and liaison to the Standing Committee on Election Law of the ABA.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48258-electronic-voting-machines-and-the-2008-election">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/41397-presidents-and-religion-randall-balmer 2008-07-02T12:38:29Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HVdFdN2pBN4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HVdFdN2pBN4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/41397-presidents-and-religion-randall-balmer"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46671" 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/2008/04/16/Votes_Values_and_Religion_Go_to_the_Primaries">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Randall Balmer, Barnard College Professor of Religious History, examines differences between Presidents' expressions of morality and faith on the campaign trail versus their actions in office.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Randall Balmer, Barnard College, and Jacques Berlinerblau, Georgetown University, share their expertise on the intersection of faith and politics in the United States, with specific reference to the current election cycle, moderated by Sondra Farganis, Director of the Wolfson Center for National Affairs.</p> <p>Professor Balmer has written extensively about evangelical politics, a subject he addresses in his latest book, God in the White House: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush.</p> <p>The topic is also central to Professor Berlinerblau's forthcoming book, Thumpin' It: The Use and Abuse of the Bible in Today's Presidential Politics. Sponsored by the Wolfson Center for National Affairs - The New School</p> <p>Randall Balmer, professor of American religious history at Barnard College, Columbia University, earned the Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1985. He has lectured at the Chautauqua Institution, the Commonwealth Club of California and the Smithsonian Associates and to audiences around the country, and he has been a visiting professor at Rutgers, Yale, Drew, Northwestern, and Princeton universities and at Union Theological Seminary, where he is also an adjunct professor. <br />He has been a visiting professor in the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a visiting professor at Yale Divinity School.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/41397-presidents-and-religion-randall-balmer">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40918-are-voters-more-divided-than-ever-morris-fiorina 2008-06-25T18:44:31Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gtm4lfW_Sj4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gtm4lfW_Sj4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40918-are-voters-more-divided-than-ever-morris-fiorina"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46135" 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/2008/04/29/The_2008_Elections_Review_and_Preview">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Stanford University Political Science Professor Morris Fiorina argues that American voters are not as rigidly partisan as is widely believed, using opinions on the hot-button issue of abortion as an example.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>David Brady, Morris Fiorina, and Daron Shaw discuss The 2008 Elections: Review and Preview</p> <p>This event was part of the Hoover Institution's Spring Retreat 2008.</p> <p>Morris P. Fiorina is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Wendt Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. Formerly he was the Frank Thompson Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he taught from 1982-1998. From 1972-1982 he taught at the California Institute of Technology. <br />Professor Fiorina's research focuses on legislative and electoral processes with particular emphasis on the ways in which political institutions and procedures facilitate or distort the representation of citizen preferences.</p> <p>He has just published Culture War: The Myth of a Polarized America with Samuel J. Abrams and Jeremy C. Pope (Pearson Longman, 2004).</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40918-are-voters-more-divided-than-ever-morris-fiorina">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39488-how-many-gop-minorities-are-running-this-year 2008-06-15T09:30:02Z youngturks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uei-AO1eF8A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uei-AO1eF8A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39488-how-many-gop-minorities-are-running-this-year"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44574" 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/39488-how-many-gop-minorities-are-running-this-year">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38860-a-political-tsunami-is-going-to-wipe-out-the-republicans 2008-06-09T03:30:37Z youngturks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7ZqfxA6YzMc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7ZqfxA6YzMc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38860-a-political-tsunami-is-going-to-wipe-out-the-republicans"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43863" 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/38860-a-political-tsunami-is-going-to-wipe-out-the-republicans">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37925-experiences-with-gender-discrimination-in-politics 2008-06-16T03:30:19Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BItHwtyymro&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BItHwtyymro&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37925-experiences-with-gender-discrimination-in-politics"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42779" 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/2008/03/11/Does_Gender_Matter_Are_Women_Leaders_Different">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former San Jose Vice Mayor Cindy Chavez discusses her experiences with gender discrimination in politics.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Four women who have either held elected office, studied women and leadership, worked as executive leaders or helped get women elected will discuss how gender plays out in politics, particularly in the presidential race.</p> <p>The panel features former San Jose City Councilwoman Cindy Chavez; business executive and political fund-raiser Lorraine Hariton; Morgan Family Foundation President and former California Senator Rebecca Q. Morgan; and Stanford Law Professor and Ethics Center Director Deborah L. Rhode.</p> <p>Panelists will explore such topics as whether the playbook is different for male and female politicians, why women are underrepresented in leadership positions and how the role of women in politics has evolved in the United States. Panelists also will respond to audience questions.</p> <p>Foothill College History/Women's Studies Instructor Dolores Davison, M.A., who also serves as the Academic Senate president and Curriculum Committee chair, will moderate the discussion. The program is co-sponsored by the Commonwealth Club of Silicon Valley - Foothill College</p> <p>Cindy Chavez served as Vice Mayor of the City of San Jose. While a member of the San Jose City Council, she represented Council District Three (which includes the downtown area) on the San Jose City Council. Chavez was first elected to the Council in 1998 and re-elected in 2002. </p> <p>In 2005, she was chosen by the San Jose Mayor and confirmed by her colleagues on the City Council to serve as Vice Mayor. She is currently working as a lecturer teaching Local Politics at her alma mater San Jose State University.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37925-experiences-with-gender-discrimination-in-politics">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37251-can-republicans-win-the-african-american-vote 2008-06-16T23:20:29Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RGP8bgVilCk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RGP8bgVilCk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37251-can-republicans-win-the-african-american-vote"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41993" 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/2008/02/27/Race_and_the_State">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Bruce Bartlett and Casey Lartigue question whether the Republican Party will ever have a chance at challenging the Democrats' overwhelming success among African-American voters.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>"Race and the State," featuring Bruce Bartlett and Casey Lartigue.</p> <p>Is government more likely to be the friend or adversary of minority groups? Has it been liberals, conservatives, or libertarians like William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass who have been the most consistent defenders of everyone's rights? What does history suggest would be the best public policy for racial minorities in the 21st century?</p> <p>Bruce Bartlett, a former Reagan administration economist with a provocative new book, and Casey Lartigue, coeditor of Educational Freedom in Urban America and a controversial former XM 169 talk show host, will discuss these questions - Cato Institute</p> <p>Bruce Bartlett is an economist associated with supply-side economics. He was a domestic policy adviser to President Ronald Reagan and was a treasury official under President George H.W. Bush.</p> <p>Casey Lartigue is a former policy analyst with Cato's Center for Educational Freedom. His research expertise includes school choice, teacher quality and minority education. His writings have been published in USA Today, Ed. magazine published at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Education Week, the New York Post, the Washington Times, Asian Week and the Washington Post.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37251-can-republicans-win-the-african-american-vote">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33213-how-could-anyone-vote-for-mccain-or-clinton 2008-07-09T16:48:44Z youngturks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Hds2r-g9oo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Hds2r-g9oo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/33213-how-could-anyone-vote-for-mccain-or-clinton"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/36184" 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/33213-how-could-anyone-vote-for-mccain-or-clinton">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33174-hillary-clinton-speech-voices-and-votes 2008-06-16T15:37:35Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xUzOsaLmj0w&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xUzOsaLmj0w&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/33174-hillary-clinton-speech-voices-and-votes"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/36144" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>March 19, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/33174-hillary-clinton-speech-voices-and-votes">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31430-willie-brown-obama-and-the-media 2008-06-15T09:34:21Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i-_bnF7jNOo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i-_bnF7jNOo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31430-willie-brown-obama-and-the-media"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/33878" 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/2008/02/24/Willie_Brown_in_Conversation">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown argues that the national media has become "fascinated" with Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Two-term San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown lays down some candid rules about surviving and manipulating big money and big media in today's politics, including the secret weapon that can win the presidency for the Democratic Party in 2008 - Grace Cathedral</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> <p>Alan Jones, Ph.D., has been Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California, since 1985. </p> <p>He was formerly the Director of the Center for Christian Spirituality and Stephen F. Bayne Professor of Ascetical Theology at General Theological Seminary in New York City. Born and educated in England, Jones was also on the staff of Trinity Institute of Wall Street's Trinity Church. He became a citizen of the United States in 1975.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31430-willie-brown-obama-and-the-media">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31431-willie-brown-what-s-wrong-with-hillary-s-campaign 2008-08-28T14:28:41Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D4Lp5VdE16U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D4Lp5VdE16U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31431-willie-brown-what-s-wrong-with-hillary-s-campaign"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/33879" 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/2008/02/24/Willie_Brown_in_Conversation">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former San Francisco Mayor and influential Democrat Willie Brown criticizes Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential primary campaign.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Two-term San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown lays down some candid rules about surviving and manipulating big money and big media in today's politics, including the secret weapon that can win the presidency for the Democratic Party in 2008 - Grace Cathedral</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> <p>Alan Jones, Ph.D., has been Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California, since 1985. </p> <p>He was formerly the Director of the Center for Christian Spirituality and Stephen F. Bayne Professor of Ascetical Theology at General Theological Seminary in New York City. Born and educated in England, Jones was also on the staff of Trinity Institute of Wall Street's Trinity Church. He became a citizen of the United States in 1975.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31431-willie-brown-what-s-wrong-with-hillary-s-campaign">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31429-willie-brown-should-the-democrats-allow-superdelegates 2008-06-15T09:34:34Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oQyuCxX7SXY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oQyuCxX7SXY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31429-willie-brown-should-the-democrats-allow-superdelegates"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/33877" 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/2008/02/24/Willie_Brown_in_Conversation">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>-----</p> <p>Two-term San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown lays down some candid rules about surviving and manipulating big money and big media in today's politics, including the secret weapon that can win the presidency for the Democratic Party in 2008 - Grace Cathedral</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> <p>Alan Jones, Ph.D., has been Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California, since 1985. </p> <p>He was formerly the Director of the Center for Christian Spirituality and Stephen F. Bayne Professor of Ascetical Theology at General Theological Seminary in New York City. Born and educated in England, Jones was also on the staff of Trinity Institute of Wall Street's Trinity Church. He became a citizen of the United States in 1975.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31429-willie-brown-should-the-democrats-allow-superdelegates">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30902-why-doesn-t-john-sidney-mccain-like-the-kiddies 2008-03-17T07:23:15Z GottaLaff <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30902-why-doesn-t-john-sidney-mccain-like-the-kiddies"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/33294" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Hey kids! <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/27/mccain-children/">Guess who&#39;s not on your side</a>? (Read the full report <a href="http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/DocServer/2007_Scorecard.pdf?docID=6401">here</a>)</p><blockquote><p><strong>[T]he Children&rsquo;s Defense Fund Action Council released its</strong> <strong>2007 <a href="http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=act_learn_scorecard2007">Nonpartisan Congressional Scorecard</a>.</strong> CDF reports some positive news, particularly that average scores for members of Congress &ldquo;improved from the previous three years with more Members scoring 100 percent than in 2004, 2005 or 2006.&rdquo; </p><p>Many, however, did not fare so well. <strong>Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) received a 10 percent rating &mdash; <a href="http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/DocServer/2007_Scorecard_bestworst.pdf?docID=6422">the worst in the U.S. Senate</a></strong>. </p></blockquote><p>Can you spell &quot;booooo&quot;, boys and girls?</p><blockquote><p>CDF <a href="http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=act_learn_scorecard2007_howcompiled">ranked members</a> on 10 <a href="http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/DocServer/2007_Scorecard_votes.pdf?docID=6421">votes</a> affecting children: </p></blockquote> <blockquote><p>1. Increase minimum wage (H.R. 2)<br /> 2. Increase funding for children with disabilities (S. Con. Res. 21)<br /> 3. Protect children from unsafe medications (S. 1082)<br /> 4. 2008 Budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 21)<br /> 5. SCHIP Reauthorization (H.R. 976)<br /> 6. College Cost Reduction and Access Act (H.R. 2669)<br /> 7. SCHIP (H.R. 976 - motion to concur)<br /> 8. DREAM Act (S. 2205)<br /> 9. Funding child health and education (H.R. 3043)<br /> 10. Improving Head Start programs (H.R. 1429)</p></blockquote><p>Remember, kids, don&#39;t talk to strangers, don&#39;t lick the floor, and most of all, Grandpa Sidney is not your friend!</p><blockquote><p><strong>McCain has missed <a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/110/senate/vote-missers/">57 percent of Senate votes</a> this session, being absent or voting &ldquo;present&rdquo; for <a href="http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/DocServer/2007_Scorecard.pdf?docID=6401">8 out of 10</a> children-related votes. </strong>McCain voted &ldquo;yes&rdquo; to increase the minimum wage; <strong>his only other vote was voting &ldquo;no&rdquo; on SCHIP reauthorization on Aug. 2, 2007</strong>.</p></blockquote><p>Oh noooooo! <em>Bad</em> Sidney! He is officially uninvited to next week&#39;s play date at little Wolfie Blitzer&#39;s house. </p><blockquote><p>Furthermore, <strong>the rankings weren&rsquo;t divided by party. </strong>Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Gordon Smith (R-OR) <strong>received strong <a href="http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/DocServer/2007_Scorecard.pdf?docID=6401">70 percent</a></strong> rankings.</p><p><strong>McCain&rsquo;s CDF score has steadily declined over the years</strong>. In 2004, he received a <a href="http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/DocServer/2004.pdf?docID=3241">38 percent</a>; in 2005, <a href="http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/DocServer/scorecard2005.pdf?docID=1401">22 percent</a>; in 2006, <a href="http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/DocServer/scorecard2006.pdf?docID=3341">10 percent</a>. </p></blockquote> <p>Looks like Gramps isn&#39;t so grandfatherly after all.&nbsp;</p></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29482-someone-s-got-some-explaining-to-do 2008-05-02T16:08:18Z eriKKa <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29482-someone-s-got-some-explaining-to-do"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/31711" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/nyregion/16vote.html?_r=1&amp;amp;ex=1360818000&amp;amp;en=cba4d3b30464e951&amp;amp;ei=5088&amp;amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;amp;emc=rss&amp;amp;oref=slogin">New York Times reports</a>: Black voters are heavily represented in the 94th Election District in Harlem&#39;s 70th Assembly District. Yet according to the unofficial results from the New York Democratic primary last week, not a single vote in the district was cast for Senator Barack Obama.</p> <p>That anomaly was not unique. In fact, a review by The New York Times of the unofficial results reported on primary night found about 80 election districts among the city&#39;s 6,106 where Mr. Obama supposedly did not receive even one vote, including cases where he ran a respectable race in a nearby district. </p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/29482-someone-s-got-some-explaining-to-do">Continue reading</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29417-how-can-voters-get-informed-about-their-candidates 2008-06-10T15:35:43Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xf4XL3eIjfg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xf4XL3eIjfg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/29417-how-can-voters-get-informed-about-their-candidates"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/31626" 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/2008/01/28/How_Candidates_and_Elections_Are_Sold_to_Us">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Panelists Joe Tuman, Art Torres and Ron Nehring discuss ways in which voters can get informed about candidates, issues, and political parties in general.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Political Communication: How Candidates and Elections Are Sold to Us with discussants Joe Tuman, Art Torres, and Ron Nehring. Jerry Lubenow moderates.</p> <p>Critics assert that U.S. political campaigns have become a wasteland of rhetoric, with cynical ploys replacing civic devotion. In this environment, it is often hard for the voter to tell what the candidate actually stands for and how that candidate may act once in office. As a result, many voters have become turned off to the elections process - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Joseph S. Tuman is Professor of Political and Legal Communications in the Department of Communication Studies at San Francisco State University, where he has taught and researched for twenty years. His newest book is Political Communications in American Campaigns (Sage).</p> <p>Senator Art Torres (Ret.) was elected Chairman of the California Democratic Party in 1996. He was appointed to finish the term vacated by Bill Press in 1995. He ran unopposed in 2001 and was elected by unanimous approval of the body. Senator Torres is widely credited for helping return the CDP to a position of national prominence and power.</p> <p>Ron Nehring was elected Chairman of the California Republican Party in February 2007. Since his days as President of his College Republican club almost twenty years ago, Ron Nehring has worked hard to advance Republican ideas and candidates. He managed campaigns for Republican candidates in his home state of New York before moving to Washington DC and working for some of the brightest minds in the Republican Party.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/29417-how-can-voters-get-informed-about-their-candidates">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27731-fox-news-exposes-diebold-electronic-vote-flipping-in-florida 2008-06-12T03:29:25Z chucksheen <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u4FPuLNjvAc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u4FPuLNjvAc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/27731-fox-news-exposes-diebold-electronic-vote-flipping-in-florida"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/29807" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/27731-fox-news-exposes-diebold-electronic-vote-flipping-in-florida">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26480-randall-kennedy-barack-obama-s-crossover-appeal 2008-07-09T14:41:32Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tn36XeTGsBE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tn36XeTGsBE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/26480-randall-kennedy-barack-obama-s-crossover-appeal"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/28471" 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/2008/01/16/Randall_Kennedy_In_Conversation_with_Christopher_Edley_Jr_">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Controversial African-American cultural critic Randall Kennedy discusses Barack Obama's "crossover appeal" to white voters, in a conversation with Dean of UC-Berkeley School of Law Christopher Edley, Jr.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Randall Kennedy in conversation with Christopher Edley, Jr.</p> <p>Randall Kennedy is one the most outspoken and compelling commentators on race in America. Born in segregated South Carolina at the cusp of the Civil Rights Movement, Kennedy had early ambitions to become a Civil Rights attorney. The Rhodes Scholar graduated from Princeton University and then Yale Law School, earning a clerkship with Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall before joining the faculty of Harvard Law School.</p> <p>Kennedy's work received national attention with the publication of his book Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word. In the book, Kennedy dissects the most notorious racial slur in the American language and also examines the linguistic baggage behind such words as "racism," "discrimination," and "diversity." His new book Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal explores the idea of African-Americans denying their heritage to get ahead in society. Kennedy is a longtime professor at Harvard Law School where he teaches courses on freedom of expression and the regulation of race relations - City Arts & Lectures</p> <p>Christopher Edley, Jr. joined Boalt Hall as dean and professor of law in 2004, after 23 years as a professor at Harvard Law School. He earned a law degree and a master's degree in public policy from Harvard University, where he served as an editor and officer of the Harvard Law Review. Edley's academic work is primarily in the areas of civil rights and administrative law. He has also taught federalism, budget policy, Defense Department procurement law, national security law, and environmental law. Edley was co-founder of the Harvard Civil Rights Project, a renowned multidisciplinary research and policy think tank focused on issues of racial justice. </p> <p>His publications include Not All Black and White: Affirmative Action, Race and American Values and Administrative Law: Rethinking Judicial Control of Bureaucracy.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/26480-randall-kennedy-barack-obama-s-crossover-appeal">Watch the video</a>