What happens when a Vietnamese American political rookie goes up against the realities of Southern racial politics and ultra-partisan struggles in Washington, DC? Directed by S. Leo Chiang, MR. CAO GOES TO WASHINGTON follows the unexpected journey of Representative Joseph Cao, a Vietnamese American Republican who scored a surprise victory when he was elected in a predominantly African American Democratic district in New Orleans. The first Vietnamese American ever elected to the U.S. Congress and the only non-white House Republican of the 111th Congress, Cao quickly made headlines as the only Republican to vote for President Obama’s Affordable Health Care Act. But will two years in Washington allow Cao to keep his integrity and idealism intact?
Margo Anderson, a professor of History and Urban Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, talks about how the United States was the first country to use a census to apportion power in the government.
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William Fliss, an archivist at Marquette University, tells how census data shows us how the United States has transformed from a new republic to the nation it is today.
It was known as the Noble Experiment. In this video, http://www.WatchMojo.com explores the period of history known as Prohibition in the United States.
The US Congress is debating how to overhaul the nation’s immigration system in an effort to get foreign nationals who earn advanced degrees at American universities to stay and work in the country to help the U.S. stay globally competitive.
As the debate over cutting government spending rages on, billions of dollars of taxpayer money are wasted each year on junk food. Between 1995 and 2010, over 250 billion dollars was spent on subsidizing foods that are making Americans fat. The health effects are devastating. 75 percent of Americans are now considered overweight. One in five kids in the U.S. are obese. RT’s Liz Wahl takes a look at why some politicians feed into the Obesity Industrial Complex.
National History Day documentary on Bull Connor, Birmingham’s Commissioner of Public Safety, whose use of police dogs and fire hoses on civil rights demonstrators dramatically backfired and called national attention to the Civil Rights Movement.
Part of the negative economic impact of a government shutdown.
It is a busy time of year here in the U.S. capital, a time when visitors from around the world come to Washington to see the sights, visit the city’s many national museums and attend the National Cherry Blossom Festival. But something ominous is hanging over Washington and the tourist trade. VOA’s Jeff Swicord tells us about it.
