When Russia invaded Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky was thrown into the global spotlight and became the face of resistance and the perseverance of democracy. Not even Zelensky himself imagined that in 2019, without any prior political experience, he would be elected president of Ukraine. A leader who, though we do not know the fate that awaits him, will serve as a model for leadership and bravery in the face of great adversity for us all.

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We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, Douglass gave one of his most famous speeches, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” He was addressing the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society. James Earl Jones reads the historic address during a performance of Voices of a People’s History of the United States, which was co-edited by Howard Zinn. The late great historian introduces the address.

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As the earliest Category 5 storm ever observed in the Atlantic carves a
path of destruction through the Caribbean, we get an update on damage
from Hurricane Beryl from the prime minister of St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, where the storm hit Tuesday. He describes
the disaster scenes he witnessed and discusses the rising challenge of
extreme weather fueled by the climate crisis. “The developed countries,
the major emitters, are not taking this matter seriously,” says
Gonsalves. He says the world must dramatically reduce emissions and ... continua

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A documentary that shows the different fauna that populates natural habitats of France, and the people that aims to protect and preserve them.

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Three generations of Amish make a rare decision to tell their stories after months of reflection and debate with their pastors. How can they live between an ancestral ideology and a civilization of consumption pushed to the extreme? This documentary raises questions about the notion of individual freedom, belonging to a minority, economic and social norms, as well as the place of women.