economy

Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Los Angeles and Early Media Reaction

October 6, 2011
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Occupy Wall Street leverages the networked culture of the internet era in hopes of expanding the conversation beyond right/left talking points and media quick hits.

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WATCH: President Obama’s First Speech to Congress

February 24, 2009

MSNBC allows embedding of their Live Coverage of President Obama. This will undoubtedly be a somber speech — dubbed the non-State of the Union (presidents generally don’t give an SOTU address their first year in office). But only five weeks after taking office, the U.S. economy has continued to spiral into the ground and Obama — whose cabinet is still not complete — will address both houses of Congress.

Facebook is reprising its collaboration with CNN’s live coverage via http://facebook.com/cnn and on Twitter, the hashtag is #nSOTU.

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The Credit Crisis Visualized

February 19, 2009

Please take 11 minutes out of your day to appreciate [part of] Jonathan Jarvis‘s Master’s thesis, “The Crisis of Credit Visualized.” Jarvis is a student at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. May his grad school debt vanish with great haste. The context: The goal of giving form to a complex situation like [...]

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Some Great Videos Already into Live Earth Video

January 14, 2009

I was hoping for some good submissions, but a couple of these just rule — pushing for more over the next 24 hours… the best one’s will be screened at the 2009 Green Inaugural Ball. Entries can be new or old, as long as they’re relevant to the new green economy and the great opportunities [...]

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