James Jacoby
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
How Scott Pruitt went from fighting the EPA to running the agency and rolling back years of policy. An investigation into the conservative political forces and causes, like climate change skepticism, that propelled Pruitt's takeover of the EPA.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The promise of Facebook was to create a more open and connected world. But from the company's failure to protect millions of users' data, to the proliferation of "fake news" and disinformation, mounting crises have raised the question: Is Facebook more harmful than helpful? This documentary investigates a series of warnings to Facebook as the company grew from Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard dorm room to a global empire. With dozens of original interviews...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The role of the Federal Reserve's "easy money" policies in the current economic uncertainty. From the Great Recession to the rise in inflation, the ongoing fragility of the financial system and the widening gap between Wall St. and Main St.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Elon Musk's long and often troubled relationship with Twitter. Musk's journey from one of the platform's most provocative users to its sole proprietor, exploring the acquisition, free speech and the company's uncertain future.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Examine Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' ascent to power and the global impact of the empire he built. Investigate the darker side of the company's rapid growth, and the challenge of trying to rein in the power of the richest man in the world.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
It's been called the starkest choice in years, between two men with sharply different backgrounds, views, and prescriptions for fixing the country's problems. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to tell their own stories, but in The Choice 2012, FRONTLINE goes far beyond the headlines on a journey deep into their worlds, among their friends and family, critics, and closest colleagues, to understand what drives these...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (410 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After Newtown, guns in America: An unprecedented exploration of America's enduring relationship with firearms. Traces the evolution of guns in America, their inextricable link to violence, and the clash of cultures that reflect competing visions of national identity.
Marijuana nation: Hear revealing interviews with law enforcement, growers, scientists and everyday users who offer unique insight into the medical marijuana phenomenon.
A place at the...
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xxix, 399 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In AI for Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health, a team of veteran Microsoft AI researchers delivers an insightful and fascinating discussion of how one of the world's most recognizable software companies is tacking intractable social problems with the power of artificial intelligence (AI). In the book, you'll learn about how climate change, illness and disease, and challenges to fundamental human rights are all being...
Author
Series
Frontline volume 1
Language
English
Description
Early warnings about Facebook's impact on privacy and democracy in the U.S. and around the world. Dozens of original interviews and rare footage show how the company faced claims of misuse while becoming an unprecedented global power
Author
Series
Frontline volume 2
Language
English
Description
Facebook's response to charges of promoting "fake news" and disrupting American politics. Dozens of interviews and rare footage show the company's role sowing division worldwide and the challenges facing the powerful social media platform.