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Lucy Worsley on The Death of Jane Austen: An overview of Jane Austen
What is the importance of this house? Why was the house preserved or rescued later? Lucy Worsley on The Death of Jane Austen, Part 1
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Lucy Worsley on The Death of Jane Austen: Jane Austen's character
What was Jane Austen like? How old was she when she died and what happened to Cassandra? Lucy Worsley on The Death of Jane Austen, Part 6
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Lucy Worsley on The Death of Jane Austen: The trailblazer
Why was Jane Austen faced with obstacles at every step of her life? Why was she an important human being? Lucy Worsley on The Death of Jane Austen, Part 5
The Guardian
Radical brownies
Berets, badges, Black Lives Matter and social justice: the youth group for activist girls of colour
Curated Video
Emma Tenayuca: Latina Labor Activist
Latina labor leader, Emma Tenayuca, led a major food-industry strike in her early 20s and was eventually ostracized for her political beliefs.
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Lucy Worsley on The Death of Jane Austen: Jane Austen's bedroom
What was her relationship with her sister Cassandra like? Was Cassandra a great writer or did Jane have natural talent? Did her mother and sister disapprove of her writing? Lucy Worsley on The Death of Jane Austen, Part 3
Curated Video
The Shelleys and the Right to Fair Housing
JD and Ethel Shelley fought against restrictive covenants for the basic right to choose their own home. These agreements prevent homes being sold to people of certain races.
Curated Video
America's Untold Immigration Story
When you think of America's immigration story, you think of Ellis Island New York... right? Think again, because over 2,500 miles away is Angel Island, where immigrants coming into the West Coast were processed for entry to the US, but...
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Aisha Yesufu: an Agent for Change in Nigeria
Aisha Yesufu was born in Kano state, Nigeria. She is a socio-political activist, and co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, an advocacy group that brought attention to the abduction of over 200 girls, from a secondary school...
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Breaking Barriers: Constance Baker Motley
Breaking through the limits placed on women and people of color was all in a day’s work for Constance Baker Motley. She was a civil rights activist, lawyer, judge and state senator.
Makematic
Let's Write With Intention
When authors and artists make art, they intentionally make decision – and the Intentional Writing Framework can help you create art too!
Global Health with Greg Martin
Exploitation and Global Health
In the 4th Episode of Global Health Ethics, Dr Greg Martin talks about the idea of exploitation and public health. If you're interested in ethics or human rights, this video will help you understand some important issues related to...
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Pope Leo XIV reminds Catholics of duty to welcome and assist migrants
New ReviewSpeaking on Saturday, the first day of the Jubilees of Migrants and the Missionary World, he invited Catholic faithful to choose between God and money, as well as justice and injustice.
Press Association
Campaigner backs Hillsborough Law ‘legacy’ after meeting with Keir Starmer
New ReviewThe so-called Hillsborough Law will leave a legacy for future generations, one of the campaigners at the heart of the battle for justice said after meeting the Prime Minister in Downing Street. The new Public Office (Accountability) Bill...
Press Association
Campaigner backs Hillsborough Law ‘legacy’ after meeting with Starmer
New ReviewPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer greets Charlotte Hennessy, Sue Roberts, Margaret Aspinall and Steve Kelly ahead of a meeting with family members of the victims of the Hillsborough disaster, outside 10 Downing Street, London. The meeting...
Press Association
Public’s ‘gut instinct’ should count in reviewing cases like Lucy Connolly – Tice
Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice speaking to the media outside HMP Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, following his visit with Lucy Connolly, the wife of a Conservative councillor who was jailed for posting an online rant about migrants...
Curated Video
Trudeau apologizes to Tsilhqot'in community
Prime minister 'determined to set right' past government's injustice in execution of six chiefs from the First Nations in B.C. Interior.
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Malaysian and Kenyan artists win prestigious cartooning prize
Kenyan and Malaysian cartoonists Gado and Zunar have been awarded the 2016 Cartooning for Peace Prize. The accolade, which rewards cartoonists for their talent and commitment to freedom of expression, was presented at a ceremony in...
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Lantern ceremony in Montclair honors Asian community who faced violence and injustice
The event is meant to honor and remember those in the community who were killed or harmed by violence and injustice, including anti-Asian hate.
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How can you criminalise abandoning wife in one faith when it is not an offence in other faiths: Shashi Tharoor
As far as triple talaq is concerned, it's already illegal in the Supreme Court ruling. You have to look at the logic. We are not saying triple talaq is good. It is bad. We are saying, how can you criminalise the abandonment of a wife by...
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Prince Harry fires back at tabloid lawyers in phone-hacking case
Prince Harry appeared in a London courtroom for the second day in a row to testify in his case against a British tabloid group. He says the Mirror newspaper chain has been targeting him and running illegally obtained stories since he was...
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Prince Harry gives no hard evidence of phone hacking in cross-examination
Prince Harry appeared in a London courtroom for the second day in a row to testify in his case against a British tabloid group. He says the Mirror newspaper chain has been targeting him and running illegally obtained stories since he was...
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Turkey elections: Former civil servant challenges President Erdog
Turkish voters will head to the polls on Sunday.
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Drought-stricken farmers in southern Pakistan cry for help
A drought is pushing millions to the brink of starvation in southern Pakistan.