politics

Sandy Baird Commentary: What's Up with the Dems? 01/31/2020

Sandy Baird weighs in on the Democrat's approach to the impeachment trial and beyond.

Our Democracy - Episode 3: How Are We Doing, Next Steps? 01/24/2020

In this third episode of Our Democracy, based on Rick Hubbard's lifetime of research, moderator Alex LaVin and Rick outline effective reform initiatives on the horizon for a constitutional republic whose representative legitimacy is in a long-brewing, deeply rooted crisis.

Host: Alex LaVin, Literate Commoner

Guest: Rick Hubbard, Democracy Activist

On the Waterfront: EMERGE Vermont 11/20/2019

Host Melinda Moulton is joined by Jill Krowinski, Executive Director of Emerge Vermont, an organization that recruits, trains and provides a network to Democratic women who want to run for office.

EMERGE VT: vt.emergeamerica.org

FOCUS: The Vermont Abortion Law is Bad Legislation - Part 5 10/16/2019

Sharon Toborg, Policy Analyst for the Vermont Right to Life Committee, discusses Planned Parenthood of New England’s celebration of Attorney General T.J. Donovan’s support for unrestricted abortion, his promotion of Proposal 5⁠ (an amendment to enshrine abortion in the Vermont constitution⁠), and his support of state funding to promote abortion as a method of family planning.

FOCUS: The Vermont Abortion Law is Bad Legislation - Part 4 08/22/2019

Vermont Representative Anne B. Donahue talks with host Margaret Harrington about the legislative process for H-57, which became the Vermont Reproductive Health Law, aka The Vermont Abortion Law. She gives insight into the difference between the abortion law and the constitutional amendment Proposal 5.

Wendell Potter Forum - Medicare for All: What's Stopping Us? 06/12/2019

Wendell Potter is a former insurance company executive who found his conscience, quit his job, and is now working for universal health care and bringing awareness to the impact of money on the health care industry and democracy through his investigative reporting on the issues. For this forum he focuses on the impact of money on health care reform.

Presented by Vermont Health Care for All and VBSR.

Medea Benjamin at the Peace and Justice Center 09/26/2018

Medea Benjamin of Code Pink visits the Burlington and the Peace and Justice Center as part of her book tour for the release of "Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran." The book is described on her site as "part of a campaign to prevent a war with Iran and instead promote normal trade and diplomatic relations."

Medea Benjamin Visits Channel 17 09/26/2018

Medea Benjamin of Code Pink visits the Channel 17 studio as part of her book tour for the release of "Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran." The book is described on her site as "part of a campaign to prevent a war with Iran and instead promote normal trade and diplomatic relations."

Education and Enrichment for Everyone: The Resurgence of the Right in Latin America 04/20/2018

Benjamin Dangl (Journalist in Latin America and Adjunct Faculty, Division of Communication and Creative Media at Champlain College) discusses the resurgence of the political right in modern Latin America.

Part of the Education and Enrichment for Everyone series in South Burlington, Vermont.

For more information visit EEEVermont.org.

Episode 2: Our Democracy with Rick Hubbard 03/29/2018

The strategy of pressing Congress to enact broad reform has failed in the past and is continuing to fail, yet hundreds of nonprofit advocacy organizations are currently pressing Congress to pass legislation and to propose a 28th constitutional amendment that would overturn Citizens United and rid politics of the corrupting influence of money.

Even if Citizens United were overturned, it will not rid politics of the corrupting influence of money. Political contributions from the few, raised the old way, have been corrupting Congressional outcomes for decades, well before Citizens United further opened the floodgates.

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!