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Island turns to green energy for jobs

Samso is an island in Denmark where the primary source of jobs was a slaughterhouse but when it closed the town turned to green energy to generate jobs and produce electricity. ... more Duration: {{video.duration.momentjs}}

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Island turns to green energy for jobs

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Island turns to green energy for jobs

Samso is an island in Denmark where the primary source of jobs was a slaughterhouse but when it closed the town turned to green energy to generate jobs and produce electricity.

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

01/26/16

Duration: 3:19

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A 'moral obligation' to stand against Trump

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A 'moral obligation' to stand against Trump

A young group of doctors in Cleveland, Ohio is determined the turn the pivotal swing state away from Donald Trump. They've formed Stand Together Against Trump to prevent the Republican nominee from re-branding himself in the months leading up to the...

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

08/05/16

Duration: 3:37

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'We had a lot of babies dying'

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'We had a lot of babies dying'

Mississippi has the highest infant mortality rate in the United States, with black babies nearly twice as likely as white babies to die before their first birthday. Cary Christian Center fights the harsh reality behind the numbers by visiting new...

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

08/04/16

Duration: 4:55

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Beyond the Bars: A former inmate returns...

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Beyond the Bars: A former inmate returns...

As the Vice President of the Fortune Society, an organization devoted to re-entry efforts, Stanley Richards knows the struggle many former inmates face to stay out of prison. That's because Richards himself spent time behind bars, and saw the impacts...

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

08/01/16

Duration: 5:57

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Flag burning spurs mass arrest at convention

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Flag burning spurs mass arrest at convention

Members of the Revolutionary Communist Party announced they would burn an American flag at both national conventions. By the time they were done in Cleveland, 17 of them would be in police custody, the largest mass arrest of the RNC.

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

07/28/16

Duration: 4:01

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"Trump doesn't speak for African Americans"

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"Trump doesn't speak for African Americans"

Cleveland is a city deeply segregated and African Americans are disproportionately affected. The city is hosting the Republican Convention at a time when racial tensions in the country are high, and the party is seen by many as divisive.

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

07/18/16

Duration: 5:24

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'It's hard being a black man in this city’

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'It's hard being a black man in this city’

In the days after the shooting of Alton Sterling, Trymaine Lee reports from Baton Rouge on the growing tension in the city and talks to one young resident inspired to activism by the death of a man he passed every day. Video by Brock Stoneham

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

07/12/16

Duration: 3:24

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Women work to feed Central American migrants

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Women work to feed Central American migrants

As thousands of migrants flee gang violence in Central America, many travel on "The Beast," a network of freight trains that carry them across Mexico toward the U.S. border. The lucky ones will pass by Las Patronas, a group of women in Veracruz who've...

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

06/28/16

Duration: 4:24

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Reading, writing, berries! School gardening

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Reading, writing, berries! School gardening

A high school in Reed City, Michigan offers a biodome science course which gives students real life solutions on how to grow vegetables when they are not readily available.

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

06/17/16

Duration: 3:59

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Composer works to overcome hearing loss

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Composer works to overcome hearing loss

Composer Richard Einhorn describes the morning he lost his hearing as "easily the most horrible day" of his life. His therapy was to solve the problem through a combination of technology and imagination.

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

06/17/16

Duration: 4:46

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Transgender singers unite voices in new choir

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Transgender singers unite voices in new choir

As director of the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles, Lindsey Deaton believes her job is to help others discover their voice, to love it, and to use it to change hearts and minds.

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

06/16/16

Duration: 3:57

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Birds of a feather create light show together

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Birds of a feather create light show together

New York artist Duke Riley has enlisted 2,000 pigeons to perform 'Fly By Night,' a light show above Brooklyn's East River. The performance celebrates the city's history of rooftop pigeon coops and commemorates Cob Dock, once the site of the Navy's...

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

06/09/16

Duration: 3:01

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Gay, Black and HIV-positive

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Gay, Black and HIV-positive

Robert Brooks says being gay, black, and HIV-positive means he lived life "at the bottom of the barrel." But through dance and his teaching, he hopes to educate the next generation about the power of accepting others and themselves.

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

06/01/16

Duration: 4:09

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Food brings people together at NYC market

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Food brings people together at NYC market

Long known as a melting pot of cultures, New York City's diversity also brings some tasty treats to its residents. Vendors at this summer's Queens International Night Market share the origins of their dishes and explain why the food they cook is...

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

05/26/16

Duration: 3:41

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Not all brides decry this troubling tradition

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Not all brides decry this troubling tradition

In Kyrgyzstan, the tradition of bride kidnapping is being challenged by generations both young and old as a violation of women’s rights, but not all women find fault with the brutal practice.

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

05/06/16

Duration: 4:55

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3D printer saves lives in Nepal

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3D printer saves lives in Nepal

One year after a devastating series of earthquakes in Nepal, one organization is using a 3D printer to providing assistance to crumbled hospitals in remote areas that have broken medical equipment.

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

05/03/16

Duration: 3:32

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Immigrant families take fight to high court

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Immigrant families take fight to high court

As the Supreme Court heard arguments on the legality of President Obama's executive actions offering deportation relief to young immigrants and their parents, activists traveled from across the country to rally in front of the court and make their...

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

04/22/16

Duration: 2:26

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The greenest building on earth has a brain

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The greenest building on earth has a brain

The Tower at PNC Plaza in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is considered the greenest office building in the world, a structure so complex that one of its designers, Gideon D'Arcangelo of ESI Design, says it's "like a living organism."

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

04/22/16

Duration: 2:14

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Making clean money is a dirty job

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Making clean money is a dirty job

Tens of thousands of "recycling men" have fanned out across Turkey, sorting the garbage that most citizens prefer not to think about. They've become a vital part of Turkey's green economy and learned to make a living from other people's waste.

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

04/20/16

Duration: 3:28

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Have lax gun laws led to more homicides?

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Have lax gun laws led to more homicides?

Funerals for victims of gun violence have become so common in St. Louis that for many they're weekly community gatherings. Some blame the state legislature, which in 2007 eliminated most gun control laws. In the years since, the number of homicides has...

MSNBC Digital Documentaries

04/14/16

Duration: 4:14

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