The List

The List is a collection of websites, news stories, radio shows, books, magazines and movies that our

members have recommended.

The list will change so keep checking back for new additions!

Books

Granny D: You're Never Too Old to Raise a Little Hell

by Doris Haddock (Author), Dennis Burke (Author), Bill Moyers (Foreword)

Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future

by Bill McKibben (Author)

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

by Ishmael Beah (Author)

The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur

by Brian Steidle (Author), Gretchen Steidle Wallace (Author)

TV

Planet Earth  - http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/planet-earth/planet-earth.html

More than five years in the making, PLANET EARTH redefines blue-chip natural history filmmaking and continues the Discovery Channel mission to provide the highest quality programming in the world. The 11-part series will amaze viewers with never-before-seen animal behaviors, startling views of locations captured by cameras for the first time, and unprecedented high-definition production techniques. Award-winning actress and conservationist Sigourney Weaver is the series' narrator.

Radio

Randi Rhodes – AirAmerica.com

Talk of the Nation – WUNC.com

Movies

Sicko - http://www.sicko-themovie.com/

Acclaimed filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to investigate the American healthcare system. Sticking to his tried-and-true one-man approach, Moore sheds light on the complicated medical affairs of individuals and local communities.

Jesus Camp - http://www.jesuscampthemovie.com/

Is a 2006 documentary directed by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing about a Pentecostal summer camp for children who spend their summers learning and practicing their "prophetic gifts" and being taught that they can "take back America for Christ."  "Jesus Camp" was nominated for the 2007 79th Annual Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Documentary Feature.  It lost out to Davis Guggenheim and Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.

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2. making progress toward better conditions; employing or advocating more enlightened or liberal ideas, new or experimental methods
3. characterized by such progress, or by continuous improvement.

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