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Video

• For Undocumented Workers, It's Not-so-Sweet Home Alabama
  • PBS NewsHour.
• Great Lakes Week 2013: Lake Levels
  • Video by Greatlakesnow.org about the current status of the Great Lakes. For use with in-class exercise.
• “Spring Break Danger: Binge Drinking.” ABC News
  • For use with the discussion of binge drinking.
• Truth behind lower unemployment rate Fox News Video
  • Video presenting several views of the U.S. unemployment rate. Use to discuss how to measure unemployment.
• Texting Teen Driver Convicted of Homicide
  • ABC News story about a homicide due to texting while driving.
• 2013 grads: Student loans affect job hunting and more
  • News feature about 2013 college student graduates featuring many clips of students talking.
• US Highway Trust Fund Running Out, CCTV News
  • U.S. policy to pay for highway upkeep and construction. Discusses various policy options. Good illustration of policy tools in use.
• “How Will the Health Care Law Work? Americans Ask, We Answer.” PBS NewsHour.
  • Discusses provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Good illustration of policy tools in use.
• “Poverty rates surge in American suburbs.” PBS NewsHour.
  • Discusses modern issues of poverty in the US. Discussion of poverty in the US and how to measure it.