Paul Watson's Sea shepherd showcase: Animal planet's
"whale wars"
 Don't miss Planet's "Whale Wars", airing Fall '08. The series will chronicle Sea Shepherd's dramatic struggle to protect marine life.
new movie about harvey milk
Emile Hirsch, from Into the Wild, will portray Cleve Jones in Gus Van Sant's new movie Milk about Harvey Milk's life story.
just signed - Tracey Denean Sharpley-Whiting
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting is a cultural critic, professor and feminist writer and researcher. Sharpley-Whiting has provided expert commentary on race, racism, drug laws and racial profiling, hip-hop culture and gender, and sex tourism, globalization and consumer culture, black women’s sexual politics, and American popular culture.
Environmental Heroes
Annie Leonard is being featured in TIME Magazine as one of 2008s Environmental Heroes.
Robert Bullard
Dr. Robert Bullard was recently named, by Newsweek Magazine, one of the Century's Environmental Leaders. For more information click here.
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Tissa hami in pbs documentary
Tissa is one of five comedians featured in the upcoming documentary, Stand Up: Muslim American Comics Come of Age, which will air on PBS Monday, January 28, 2008 at 10pm. Make sure you tune in and check the documentary out. It's sure to be full of laughs and insight.
jessica valenti's new book
In He's a Stud, She's a Slut and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know, Jessica Valenti, author of Full Frontal Feminism, calls out the double standards that affect every woman. With sass, humor, and in-your-face facts, this book informs and equips women with the tools they need to combat sexist comments, topple ridiculous stereotypes (girls aren’t good at math?), and end the promotion of lame double standards.
neil degrasse tyson - new episodes of nova
Neil deGrasse Tyson will be hosting 3 new epsiodes of NOVA Science Now this summer. The episodes cover topics such as dark matter, alien life and mass extinction. The dates of these episodes are June 25, July 23 and August 13.
just signed - Stephen Kiernan
Stephen wrote the book: Last Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System, to raise people's awareness on death and the options open to them. Above all, he shows how patients and families can regain control of the dying process, creating familial intimacy like never before.
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