via:christianpost Democratic strategists are scrambling to deploy a “Big Bird” strategy against Mitt Romney, but the debate over whether public broadcasting should continue to be subsidized has become serious business. During last Wednesday’s presidential debate, Republican nominee Mitt Romney mentioned Big Bird, a puppet from PBS’ “Sesame Street,” in making an argument about what could […]

via; cnn.com With its wonky arguments about taxes and health care, Wednesday’s presidential debate may not have been the most riveting 90 minutes of the 2012 campaign. But the faceoff between President Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney produced no shortage of humor on Twitter, where observers cracked jokes about everything from Romney’s perceived swipe […]

“Slavery by Another Name” examines the labor practices and laws “that effectively created new forms of slavery” after emancipation, subjecting blacks to brutal forced work, according to the filmmakers.

via:eurweb Tavis Smiley will sit down with four wrongfully-convicted men who, despite their innocence, spent more than a combined 50 years in prison. The conversation airs on the award-winning PBS program Tavis Smiley, exclusively on Chicago’s WYCC-TV this Wednesday, June 29 and nationwide on public television Thursday, June 30 and Friday, July 1, 2011. Read […]

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Sesame Street" is made for kids, but darn it, it's a pretty good show no matter how old you are. The program, which has been on the air for decades, isn't just educational — it's also very funny. Want an example? A buzzy clip of Grover lampooning the hugely popular Old Spice commercials is stirring up the Search box.