The Story of Us: Five Years Ago Today
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You should be with us in 2012: https://my.barackobama.com/storyofusvid President Obama wrote a message to us today: "Five years ago today, a few thousand of us gathered in Springfield, Illinois, to launch an improbable campaign for president. The task was to build a grassroots movement capable of making the kind of change we believe in. You'... Read more
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- -: The Story of Us: Five Years Ago Today
February 10, 2012 (about 12 years ago)You should be with us in 2012: https://my.barackobama.com/storyofusvid President Obama wrote a message to us today: "Five years ago today, a few thousand of us gathered in Springfield, Illinois, to launch an improbable campaign for president. The task was to build a grassroots movement capable...
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- -: Michael Moore: America Is a Liberal Nation
January 4, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/10/02/Michael_Moore_Here_Comes_Trouble Filmmaker Michael Moore cites Americans' positions on several issues to support his claim that America is a predominantly liberal nation. ----- Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life is an unflinchingly honest, tak...
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- -: Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media
December 16, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com In a funny, rapid-fire 4 minutes, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale's rise to Web stardom. The lesson of Mister Splashy Pants is a shoo-in classic for meme-makers and marketers in the Facebook age. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the...
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- -: David Bismark: E-voting without fraud
November 2, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting -- while keeping each person's vote secret. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leadi...
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- -: President Lyndon Johnson - Speech on Voting Rights
June 14, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)View the full speech here: http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3386 Johnson states that every man should have the right to vote and that the civil rights problems challenge the entire country, not one region or group. The President asks Congress to help him pass legislation t...
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- -: Lyndon B. Johnson-Remarks on the Signing of the Voting Rights Act (August 6, 1965)
July 27, 2010 (over 13 years ago)President Johnson explains the significance of the long overdue passing of the Voting Rights Act, allowing all people, regardless of color, to vote.
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- -: Lyndon B. Johnson-Remarks at the Howard University Commencement (June 4, 1965)
August 17, 2010 (over 13 years ago)The President praises the progress made in civil rights, while asking citizens to address other serious problems in America. Johnson particularly discusses the economic gulf between blacks and whites, the persistent injustices in America, and the breakdown of the family as serious challenges to t...
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- -: A Message from Donna Brazile on the Voting Rights Act
June 22, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Donna Brazile, the DNC's Vice Chair of Voter Registration & Participation, recorded a video message on the Voting Rights Act and the fight to protect voting rights
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- -: TEDxSF - David Binetti
November 8, 2011 (over 12 years ago)This TEDxSF Salon video features David Binetti talking about the changes in representative democracy since the founding of the US, and how to reclaim the original intent and get the money out and the people in.
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- -: Will Military Voters Support Democrats?
March 21, 2007 (about 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=780 Jeremy Rosner, polling research expert and former special advisor to President Clinton, discusses poll data from the 2006 midterm elections that suggests traditionally Republican U.S. military voters may be switching to the Democratic p...
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