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On the back of Beth Ditto's nude cover for the launch of hyper-trendy Love magazine, Tat Gray investigates the phenomenon of Rent A Fatty in which the media use fat women as a marketing tool to signify 'cool'.On the back of Beth Ditto's nude cover for the launch of hyper-trendy Love... more
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This piece follows a former marine, Ismael Valenzuela, as he adjusts to academic life at Borough of Manhattan Community College.This piece follows a former marine, Ismael Valenzuela, as he adjusts to academic life... more
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As a college student, Stefan Heise relied on student loans and credit cards to pay for his education. Now out of school, he is more than $80,000 in debt and facing bankruptcy.As a college student, Stefan Heise relied on student loans and credit cards to pay for... more
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This film explores the life of Liverpudlian kids who find themselves excluded from "straight" society. They spend their lives on the streets where they have developed own community. The Government call these kids Neets - Not in Education, Employment or Training. There are over one million Neets in Britain. These youths are emblematic of this social problem. This film is a portrait of a generation of wasted youth.This film explores the life of Liverpudlian kids who find themselves excluded from... more
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A fascinating insight into the challenges facing a young British black man, recently released from HMP Pentonville after a career of selling drugs, robberies, gun crime and drug smuggling in Grenada. A former basket ball star, Junior Miller now wants to get his life 'back on track'. He's performing in 'Any Which Way', a play about knife crime with other ex-offender in a theatre at King's Cross. He's rapping again. We are taken on a journey with Junior Miller as he rehearses and performs his first play.A fascinating insight into the challenges facing a young British black man, recently... more
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Mosquitos are independent recycling collectors who roam around town in ramshackle pick up trucks collecting cardboard, often illegally. The predominantly immigrant, under-the-table mosquito worker typically gets something in the area of $80 for a packed load of cardboard almost twice as tall as the truck itself. Cities are increasingly cracking down on mosquitos for poaching a lucrative trade for the government sanctioned recycling contractors. John Rolston creates his own mosquito truck and tries to find out what the controversy is all about.Mosquitos are independent recycling collectors who roam around town in ramshackle pick... more
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A comic look at CCTV in which Rory decides to become his own neighbourhood watch monitor after the CCTV in his street has failed him and he's increasingly becoming a victim of petty and not so petty crime by turning his own camera on the street.A comic look at CCTV in which Rory decides to become his own neighbourhood watch... more
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In an age when the headlines scream of murders of innocent citizens for daring to ask youths to keep down the noise or pick up litter the issue of young people playing their music loud on buses is a sensitive one. In this pod we see both sides of the argument and try and understand why so many young people feel compelled to play their music out loud, even though they know their behaviour is threatening.In an age when the headlines scream of murders of innocent citizens for daring to ask... more
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California domestic partnerships grant gay couples state-level rights but none of the 1138 rights and benefits granted to married couples under federal law. While boyfriends Trent and Greg hope to someday get married, their longtime friend doubts if he would attend their wedding.California domestic partnerships grant gay couples state-level rights but none of the... more
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Joe came home one might to discover a burglar hiding under his brother's bed... the problem was, the police wouldn't believe him because he'd been out drinking. In this comical retelling of a farcical crime, Joe asks if the police's attitude to young victims of crime is different to that of more mature members of society...Joe came home one might to discover a burglar hiding under his brother's bed...... more
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What are green collar jobs and how can you get one? Luis Nunes tells you how some people are doing it in the East Bay.What are green collar jobs and how can you get one? Luis Nunes tells you how some... more
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Muslim women in the west defend their right to veil themselves only because they already benefit from the privileges of western liberalism and feminism. The debate is overshadowed by French, British and American Muslim women, who have portrayed the hijab is an acceptable cultural norm. But by wearing the hijab, they actually do a disservice to women in the Muslim world, for whom one of the effects of wearing the hijab is to be denied equality and freedom. Jobeda Ali, a British Muslim, bravely rebels against the recent acceptance of the hijab and embarks on a journey to unwrap the liberal western tolerance of the hijab and discover the degree to which women in the Muslim world are prepared to rebel against the hijab. Do women in Turkey defend the hijab as passionately as their western counterparts?
Turkey banned the hijab in 1980 - only to allow the hijab again in universities in 2008.Muslim women in the west defend their right to veil themselves only because they... more
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Christina Heller is a New Hampshire resident without health insurance. She explores how her situation would be different if she lived in Massachusetts, 26 miles away.Christina Heller is a New Hampshire resident without health insurance. She explores... more
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Humans are consuming more oil, more food ... more of everything than ever before. And as modern societies become more dependent on the resources they exploit, we're beginning to see signs that we may be pushing the planet to its limits. Vanguard and Collective Journalists explore the far-reaching consequences of this global fight for resources.Humans are consuming more oil, more food ... more of everything than ever before. And... more
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All over the nation, Americans are furious about the rapidly increasing price of gas. Take a look at how one savvy gas-station owner chose to deal with his customers who are pissed-off at the pump.All over the nation, Americans are furious about the rapidly increasing price of gas.... more
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California State Prison at Corcoran is a maximum security facility that houses some of the most violent inmates in the country. Laura Ling reports on the complex power plays taking place behind bars as various prison gangs vie for power.California State Prison at Corcoran is a maximum security facility that houses some of... more
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