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	Green Party 2008 National Convention: Presidential Acceptance Speech Green Party Presidential Candidate, Cynthia McKinney, and Vice Presidential Candidate, Rosa Clemente, accept their nomination at the Green Party National Convention and share their vision for the country. Click here to watch video.

	Attention-Deficit Society: Consciousness Fragmented, Commodified, and Controlled Buddhist scholar and Zen teacher David Loy speaks on how modernity has affected human awareness. The event was hosted by the Chicago Chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Click here to watch video.

	2008 Puerto Rican People's Day Parade The 30th Annual Puerto Rican People's Day Parade held along Division Street in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago; commemorates 30 years of struggle, persistence, and progress in Chicago's Puerto Rican community. Click here to watch video.

	A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair & Just America Senator Jim Webb discusses his new book “A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America” at the Union League Club of Chicago. Click here to watch video.

Raw Voices 08: Teens in the Media Arts Festival is an annual conference celebrating the work and opportunities available to teens in the media arts. The conference was sponsored by Columbia College Chicago, Youth Communication and CAN TV. Click here to see the winning videos from this festival.

	Creative Living in the City: The Chicago “L” Chicago native, Greg Borzo, shares images depicting the evolution of the “L” and discusses his new book about the history of the “L” and the need for its preservation. Click here to watch video.

	City Club of Chicago presents Donna L. Dunnings Chief Financial Officer of Cook County, Donna Dunnings, examines the challenges, goals and proposed solutions for the Cook County budget. Click here to watch video.

	City Club of Chicago presents Ron Huberman Chicago Transit Authority President, Ron Huberman, addresses the City Club of Chicago and shares his vision for the future of the CTA. Click here to watch video

	Special Olympics Senior Basketball Championship Game The Loyola Scorpion Kings and Eckhart Road Runners compete in the 2008 Special Olympics Chicago Senior Basketball Competition held on January 19, 2008. The winners of this game will advance to the State Tournament in Bloomington, IL. Special Olympics Chicago is a partnership between Special Olympics Illinois, the Chicago Park District, Chicago Public Schools and Special Children's Charities. Click here to watch video.

	Cook County State's Attorney's Developing Justice Candidate Forum The Developing Justice Coalition features the State's Attorney candidates responding to a panel of community & policy experts and a live audience on criminal justice issues. Click here to watch video.

	SB 678 - What it Means for Illinois CAN TV's Barbara Popovic and Senior Assistant Attorney General, Susan Satter discuss Illinois' new statewide franchising bill. Click here to watch the program.

	Media in the 21st Century: Hanging Up on Reform As the telephone industry pushes for changes to telecommunications legislation, the program explores the dangers of these changes to the public interest, including threats to public, educational and governmental (PEG) access centers. Click here to watch the program.

	Metropolitan Planning Council Revival of the Fittest: Is Your Neighborhood Ready? Neighborhoods throughout Chicago are struggling with how to make the most of new developments to include affordable, well-designed homes near transit. A panel of local experts discuss this challenge. Click here to watch the program.

	Working for Justice Chicago day laborers describe how day labor agencies exploit workers and how workers are coming together to fight abuses. Click here to watch the program.

	Illinois Labor Works: Andy Stern As the leader of the largest and fastest-growing union in the U.S., Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Andy Stern explains his views on organizing, universal health care, politics and the role of labor in the global economy. Click here to watch the program.

	Nuclear Power and Global Warming Dr. Arjun Makhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, details the failings of nuclear power and stresses the need for a radically different energy strategy. Click here to watch the program.

	Dissent is not a crime Puerto Rican activists Carlos Alberto Torres and Oscar Lopez Rivera discuss the political nature of their incarceration and explain why their release is long overdue. The video was produced in collaboration with the National Boricua Human Rights Network. Click here to watch the program.

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