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Caption: Shiva Shankar from Hyderabad gets his niece Vaishnavi from Pune to donate rice to a woman who works there
Sandip Roy investigates the latest social media challenge and finds out what all this 'Rice' is about.

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Photos of the rape and murder of two Dalit girls in Badaun were shocking, but the pictures shocking as they are are not worth a 1000 words because ...

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Pride festivities in New Delhi, Credit: Sandip Roy
For the first time ever gay issues are part of the election debate in India.

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  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Why the Dodgers Will Lose

  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 06:19
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Sports Director John Fanta previews the Big East Tournament games for Wednesday Evening March 12th. Included in this preview is the Seton Hall- B...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 04:03
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The controversy over Tibetan independence won't likely be over anytime soon, but is the Middle Way, promoted by the Dalai Lama himself, any way to ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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When the publishers Penguin and Random House merged, it called itself The world's first truly global book publishing company". Sounds powerful. But...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Seth India Today Cover, Credit: India Today
He is one of the best known Indian writers writing in English these days. But Vikram Seth is a very private man. But Dec. 11, 2013 changed all that.

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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Caption: Aditya and Michael, Credit: Gilles Delage
On December 8th the Indian Supreme Court reinstated Section 377 of the Penal Code making sex against the order of nature a crime again. But India s...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Pina Maisano Grassi is a fabrics store owner and dedicated activist in the fight against the Mafia.  Her husband was murdered in 1991 for refusing to pay the Mafia’s extortion tax., Credit: Nancy Greenleese
An 84-year-old grandmother and business owner is taking on the mob in Sicily. Organized criminals demand that business owners pay protection money...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 04:21
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Commentary: Student athletes get very little of the millions generated by college football's bowl games.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:01
Caption: HOST PAM MCKISSICK
Produced for Weekend Edition programming, Pam McKissick Without Reserve is a one-hour talk show that delivers unfiltered commentary on the world of...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 47:15
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Labor was a big election winner.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 02:45
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Raising the minimum wage should be a key post-election priority.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:33
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Commentary: Labor faces its greatest election challenge in California.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:41
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Commentary: Although we're recovering from the Great Recession, most of the new jobs are low-paying, non-union jobs.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 03:01
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Anti-labor forces have launched a major drive to stifle the political voice of workers and unions.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:51
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The peculiar thing about the News is that very often events of senseless tragedy and despair are juxtaposed with News of hope and compassion. Some...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 04:17
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The Internet has had a profound impact on media labor coverage.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 07:03
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The right to unionization, a basic civil right, is under serious attack.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:04
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Despite what anti-union forces claim, public employees are not drawing fat pensions that threaten to bankrupt state and local governments.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:53
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Unions are preparing massive election campaigns in support of President Obama and other labor-friendly Democrats.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:38
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The working conditions of those who manufacture the products of technological innovator Apple are brutal.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2012
  • Length: 04:53
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It's time to honor Filipino labor leader Larry Itliong, who played a key role in formation of the United Farm Workers union.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:53
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Despite the anti-discrimination laws, many pregnant workers are being legally fired for being pregnant.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:42