Media

Series

The Wire - HBO series set in Baltimore. http://www.slate.com/id/2149566/

Simon has said that despite its presentation as a crime drama, the show is "really about the American city, and about how we live together. It's about how institutions have an effect on individuals, and how ... whether you're a cop, a longshoreman, a drug dealer, a politician, a judge [or] lawyer, you are ultimately compromised and must contend with whatever institution you've committed to."

Documentary

Black Gold - Documentary about Fair Trade coffee.

News

http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/barack-obama.htm - Biography and overview of how Obama "organizes between."

http://policywiki.theglobeandmail.com - the G&M's "Public Policy Wiki"

We'd like to try and open that process [government policy] up a little, and this is our attempt to do that. One of the benefits to the Internet is that it lowers the barriers that can prevent people from discussing these kinds of important topics, and allow them to provide their thoughts about the direction the government should take.