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The Freedom Riders of 1961 were upholding the law. So why were they being arrested as soon as they got off the buses in Jackson, Mississippi? KFAI'...

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 2
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Not so shocking news about John Boehner's alcoholism from Down With Tyranny's Howie Klein who also tells us about Boehner's Rastafarian daughter.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2013
  • Length: 05:29
Caption: Alcatraz Prison, where Whitey Bulger was incarcerated from 1959 to 1962., Credit: cliff1066/Flickr
What many people outside Massachusetts don't know is that the brother of reputed Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger, Billy Bulger, was similarly powerfu...

  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:24
Caption: Sunland Park, New Mexico, Credit: Samat Jain
In 2011 and 2012, the small New Mexico border community of Sunland Park made regional headlines and national news for its political scandals. Delvi...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
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At 1:00 p.m. on the 13th day of protests in Madison, Wisconsin, hundreds of singers and instrumentalists suddenly burst into song. The "Les Miserab...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Reagan National Airport was almost permanently closed in the days after the 9/11 attacks., Credit: WikiCommons
How one Congressman's bald-faced bluff saved Reagan National from permanent closure.

  • Added: Sep 09, 2010
  • Length: 06:07
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Matthew Robinson PhD presents the information in his book Lies Damned Lies and Drug War Statistics- A Critical Look at Claims Made by the ONDCP

  • Added: Oct 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:03:14