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"Red Army" Film Explores Hockey, The Cold War, & Sports as Propaganda

"Red Army" Film Explores Hockey, The Cold War, & Sports as Propaganda ReasonTV "The movie is about the Soviet Union and the greatest sports dynasty arguably in history, the Red Army hockey team, and the interrelationship between sports, politics, [and] society," says director Gabe Polsky, the filmmaker behind the critically acclaimed documentary "Red Army," which has just been released after a wildly successful festival run. The film is a gripping look at the rise and fall of the dominant Soviet hockey team through the eyes of one of the team's brightest stars, Slava Fetisov.

Elon Musk on 'Simpsons' Jab: Electric Space Rockets are no Good

Elon Musk on 'Simpsons' Jab: Electric Space Rockets are no Good WochitBusiness SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was a guest in Sunday's episode of The Simpsons , and a jab from Lisa, who says that for a man who likes electric cars he sure burns a lot of rocket fuel, seems to have hit the right note, compelling real-life Musk to give the world a quick rocketry lesson on Twitter. Yes, it's coming from a cartoon character, but it's an interesting remark — Elon Musk is also CEO of electric car company Tesla, trying his hardest to prove that gas-guzzling cars are the stuff of the past. Yet, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket's nine engines burn tens of thousands of gallons of kerosene per launch. There's a good reason why SpaceX is not trying to build an electric rocket, however — according to Musk, it simply cannot be used to reach Earth's orbit. Musk twitted: "Follow Reason is Newton's Third Law. In vacuum, there is nothing to "push" against. You must react against ejected mass."

2014 NFL Season in 160 Seconds

	2014 NFL Season in 160 Seconds ESPN To get you ready for Super Bowl XLIX, here are some of the best moments from the 2014 NFL season.

Anti-Austerity Syriza Party Sweeps to Power in Greece

Anti-Austerity Syriza Party Sweeps to Power in Greece democracynow http://democracynow.org - The leftist, anti-austerity Syriza Party has swept to victory in Greece. Syriza won 149 seats in the 300-seat parliament, two short of an absolute majority. This marks the first time since the economic crisis in 2009 that a member of the 19-nation euro zone will be led by a party rejecting German-backed austerity. The head of Syriza, Alexis Tsipras, will become Greek's new Prime Minister. Alexis Tsipras: "Greece is turning a page, Greece is leaving behind catastrophic austerity, it is leaving behind the fear and the autocracy, it is leaving behind five years of humiliation and pain … Today there are no winners and losers, today Greece's elite and Greece's oligarchs were defeated … Our victory is also a victory for all the people of Europe who are fighting against austerity that is destroying our common European future."

Don't Bother Flying Through New York Today or Tomorrow

Don't Bother Flying Through New York Today or Tomorrow WochitBusiness More than 2,400 flights were canceled Monday, and 1,945 flights were already canceled for Tuesday in preparation for the storm hitting the Northeast — and those numbers are continuing to rise. According to FlightAware, the airports most affected are John F. Kennedy International, LaGuardia, and Newark in the New York region--where about half of the scheduled flights at those airports were canceled Monday. Airports in Boston and Philadelphia were also impacted, with about a fifth of flights canceled as of Monday morning.

This Blizzard Will Test Uber's Emergency Capping Promise in New York

This Blizzard Will Test Uber's Emergency Capping Promise in New York WochitBusiness For Uber, bad press often follows bad weather. In New York, many still remember how the company launched surge pricing during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, forcing hurricane-stricken consumers to dig deep in their wallets during a disaster. A blizzard is on track to plaster areas from New Jersey to Maine with one to three feet or more of snow beginning Monday and reaching a peak on Tuesday, particularly slamming Boston and New York. Last year, Uber agreed to cap surge pricing in New York City during emergencies. The agreement with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in July included a non-specific limit to Uber pricing during “abnormal disruptions of the market" like natural disasters.

Black Lives Matter: New Film on Jordan Davis Captures Family's Struggle to Convict White Vigilante

Black Lives Matter: New Film on Jordan Davis Captures Family's Stru... democracynow http://democracynow.org - We are broadcasting from the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, where a new film takes on the subject of the growing nationwide protests over the killing of unarmed African Americans by examining one of the cases to make national headlines in recent years: the killing of 17-year-old Jordan Davis. The film, "3 1/2 Minutes," tells the story of what happened on Nov. 23, 2012, when four teenagers pulled into a Florida gas station to buy gum and cigarettes. They were soon confronted by Michael Dunn, a middle-aged white man who pulled in next to them in the parking lot. Dunn demanded the boys turn down the music they were playing, and became angry when they refused. He pulled his gun from his glove box and shot at their car 10 times, even as they tried to drive away from the danger. The shots rang out three-and-a-half minutes after Dunn had arrived. In the hail of bullets, Jordan Davis was killed.

Why Government Money Can't Fix Poverty

Why Government Money Can't Fix Poverty ReasonTV The recent history of Camden, New Jersey, which is the poorest small city in America, provides a case study of the tragic ineffectiveness of government programs at ameliorating poverty. State and federal taxpayers have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on various redevelopment programs in Camden over the years, but the money never ended up where it was supposed to and the promised revival of this fallen manufacturing town never happened. By far, the largest initiative to combat poverty with government largess has been directed at Camden's public schools. New Jersey spends about 60% more on education per pupil than the national average according to 2012 census figures, or about $19,000 in 2013. In Camden, per pupil spending was more than $25,000 in 2013, making it one of the highest spending districts in the nation.

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