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A nonprofit news agency promoting social justice. Seeking answers to the question:
How do we make democracy work for the poor?
Are guns there to stop tyranny? Is tyranny already here? Are there other ways of stopping it than stocking up on munitions?
Political humour group, The Juice Media take a few minutes to explore one of the great debates taking place in the United States of America. It seems that no matter how high the civilian body count, this perennial debate shows no sign of abating, having morphed into a vigorous exegesis of the 2nd Amendment, as Americans seek to make sense of the original intentions of...
It's nearing the end of 2012, and the bastion of world democracy (The United States of America) is displaying its free and open process of elections for the world to observe. As is customary every four years, the rigorous selection process has served up a number of philosopher kings and queens from which to choose. But why have so many choices when with a bit of effort you can whittle it down to two candidates and let the people pick from those? Especially when it makes for such scintillating...
Foreign Policy in Focus -
Jon Stewart, the premier political satirist of his generation, is one of a kind. Or is he?
In this survey of the Global Stewarts, Foreign Policy In Focus goes around the world to find the comics who would be Jon Stewart. It’s an interesting mix: a surgeon, a superhero, a mimic. In some cases, Stewart would welcome the comparison. But at least in one case, that of a French anti-Semite, Stewart would meet the anti-Stewart.
In all cases, however, these global Stewarts are challenging...
"Is an honest Fourth Estate the only Force than can restore peace and balance to the Galaxy?" ask Juice Rap News, as they caricature the Julian Assange extradition case in this Star Wars spoof.
Juice Rap News consults two of journalism's most influential and inflammatory figures: Rebel journalist, enfant terrible, Julian Assange, who could soon be 'Sextradited' to Sweden. And, on the opposite end of the journalistic spectrum, Rupert Murdoch, head of the mighty NewsCorp...
It was only a matter of time before someone produced a spoof of the video Kony 2012, the Internet sensation that went viral despite its misrepresentation of issues in Uganda.
Juice Media have stepped up to the plate to produce a rap news segment that speaks truth to power with flair. From Africom to the International Criminal Court, there are no sacred cows for the penetrating wit of Robert Foster who raps about America's quest for a new dark skinned villain -- Africa with its boundless...
Rap News, Episode 7: It's 2011 and amid a flurry of political leaks and revelations, revolutions have rolled across North Africa and The Middle East.
Join your host Robert Foster for long overdue analysis of these events, asking the question that's on everyone's lips -- where will revolution spark next?
But when a news flash comes in from a special embedded correspondent, the episode takes an unprecedented turn, as that very question is answered in dramatic fashion. How will the...
