The Business Professor
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) gives any person the right to request access to records of the Executive Branch of the United States Government. The records requested must be disclosed unless they are protected by one or more of...
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American Culture
Miss Palomine explains that America is different from other countries because America is made up of millions of people who came from other countries to live here. She also discusses American culture that is popular in most of the world.
PBS
Why Are There 12 People on a Jury?
When picturing a jury, you probably imagine 12 people - no more, no less. But did you know there is no hard and fast rule about how many members are required on a jury? Today, Danielle looks at the differences between petit and grand...
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Two Types of Liberty
We often think of freedom as being able to act without restraints. But as one’s freedom can affect the freedom of another, acting without restraint usually creates problems. To prevent that, we create rules. Philosopher Isaiah Berlin...
The Guardian
Freedom or death': a slave rebellion returns to life
Performance artist Dread Scott recreates the largely untold story of the 1811 slave rebellion in southern Louisiana. Winding through old plantation country, petrochemical plants and the city of New Orleans, the Guardian followed...
Curated Video
What is Existential Anxiety?
Do you sometimes feel like life is meaningless? That everything you do doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things? If so, you might be experiencing existential anxiety. In this video, I'll explain what existential anxiety is,...
Amor Sciendi
Why Are There So Many Soldiers in Dutch Genre Painting? | Amor Sciendi
This video is an attempt to better understand Vermeer's Officer and Laughing Girl, but it takes the long way. In the video I explain the historical context of Dutch Genre Painting and some of the iconography associated with this style of...
One Minute History
174 - The Bill of Rights - One Minute History
The Bill of Rights is a crucial component of the United States Constitution, consisting of the first ten amendments ratified in 1791. These amendments were added to ensure individual liberties and reduce the powers of the federal...
Curated Video
The Living Guide for Freedom 2
"The Living Guide for Freedom" examines the U.S. Constitution as a living document by analyzing its evolution through the fifteenth, nineteenth, twenty-fourth, and twenty-sixth amendments.
Mr. Beat
When Can Speech Be Banned? | Schenck v. United States
In episode 68 of Supreme Court Briefs, a Socialist Party leader distributes thousands of pamphlets encouraging young men to resist getting drafted to fight in World War One, but apparently that's illegal for real.
Mr. Beat
Why Most People Lose Defamation Lawsuits | New York Times v. Sullivan
In episode 70 of Supreme Court Briefs, a police commissioner sues the New York Times for defamation after it runs an ad that talks trash about his department.
Mr. Beat
How Interracial Marriage Bans Ended | Loving v. Virginia
In episode 23 of Supreme Court Briefs, a woman with darker skin and a man with lighter skin get married and get arrested and kicked out of the state of Virginia. For several years, they fight for their marriage all the way to the Supreme...
Mr. Beat
The Supreme Court Case That Led to The Civil War | Dred Scott v. Sandford
In episode 11 of Supreme Court Briefs, a slave fights for his family's freedom after they live in free states for a while.
Learn German with Herr Antrim
Intermediate German #22: American Symbols of Freedom
Learn German while learning about some American symbols of freedom including the Pledge of Allegiance, bald eagles, the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell, Abraham Lincoln, and the Lincoln Memorial.
Curated Video
Justice Denied
David Goldberg, Former Senior Rabbi Emeritus of London’s Liberal Jewish Synagogue, argues that Israeli policies towards the Palestinians are undermining
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Jewish Values
Rabbi Emeritus David J. Goldberg describes two core values that he believes to have been associated with the Jewish people over the past three and a half thousand years: freedom and justice.
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The Merits of Dissent
Stanford University classicist and political scientist Josiah Ober describes the vital role public dissent plays in a democracy, forcing us to continually reassess how well we are promoting our values, or even if those values are the...
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Silent Operations of Power
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL), describes how government agents reading our email is actually a diminishment of our civic liberty.
Curated Video
Giving the Law to Yourself
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL) describes how, in the neo-Roman understanding of freedom, being free from arbitrary power necessitated participatory citizenship.
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Arbitrary Power and Deuinionization
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL), describes an example of his concern of the growing arbitrary power of the state.
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Against Libertarianism
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL), demonstrates how the classical libertarian argument against the state impinging on our personal freedom is incorrect.
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Rights Have Limits
"Rights Have Limits" explains that rights are not absolute by identifying specific examples and the reasons for those limitations.
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Freedom and Social Justice
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL) describes how egalitarian principles in Scandinavian societies might be said to provide greater freedom to their people .
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Dignity and Democracy
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) highlights the importance of dignity for a well-functioning democracy.