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Defund the police. Pass the Green New Deal. Redistribute the wealth. These are but a few of the demands that the most liberal wing of the Democratic Party has voiced in recent years. With the emergence of "The Squad" in 2018—a group of four Democratic members of Congress who embraced various far-left and socialist proposals—some liberal lawmakers have pressed their case more fervently. And with Democrats holding a razor-thin majority in the U.S....
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Hubert Humphrey was Mayor of the city of Minneapolis from 1945 to 1948, and in only three short years in office, he changed the face of the city. With little administrative power to counter the deep rooted corruption in the city, Mayor Humphrey had to use unconventional tactics to get things done. Interviews with Bill Moyers, President Carter, Art Naftalin and others, this documentary examines Humphrey's legacy and remarkable achievements in his crusade...
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Against a backdrop of epidemic levels of disappearances and deaths in Mexico an estimated 360,000 have died since 2006 a group of women put pressure on the government in this powerful portrait of female solidarity. They demanded that a mass grave in the state of Morelos, which the then-District Attorney sanctioned, be exhumed. And the women mothers, sisters, and wives of missing people insist on being present, not just to bear witness, but to catalog...
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"As World War I swept Europe, young Americans prepared to join the cause ... well, half of them did. Women were supposed to stay prim and proper at home. But Adeline and Augusta -- ahem, Addie and Gussie -- Van Buren had been taught to skate, swim, and even box. They knew women could do much more than sit around in petticoats. The sisters decided to prove this by writing strongly worded letters. No, no, of course not, Addie and Gussie were fighters!...