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The Business Professor
Understanding the Justification for Intellectual Property Rights
This video explores the reasons and justifications for having intellectual property rights. Discover how these rights allow individuals to efficiently use and protect their intangible creations, providing incentives for further innovation.
Independent Producers
Integrating Central High: Little Rock Nine and the Civil Rights Movement
Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas was only one of many schools being desegregated in accordance with the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education that racial segregation in public schools was...
Intelligence Squared
Lionel Shriver on Why Identity Politics is Tearing Society Apart
"If anyone aims to put Lionel Shriver straight, white female on my tombstone, I'm definitely getting cremated".
After Skool
Your Rights Are An ILLUSION - George Carlin
George Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, and social critic. He was known for his black comedy and reflections on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and various...
Seven Dimensions
Understanding Collective Bargaining and Unionization in the Workplace
This video discusses the concept of unions and collective bargaining agreements in the workplace. It explores different perspectives on strikes, the role of unions in protecting workers' rights, and the potential abuses of union power....
Financial Times
Tiananmen Square: China 30 years on
The FT's global China editor James Kynge was a reporter in Beijing when the government sent in troops and tanks to quash student-led pro-democracy demonstrations in 1989. Talking to dissidents and political activists, he looks back at...
Ancient Lights Media
US Constitution: The 'Consent of the Governed'
Understanding the U.S. Constitution: 2. This clip explains how the U.S. government only exists because its citizens consent to be governed by it.
Curated Video
The Fire that Sparked a Workplace Revolution
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Tragedy took the lives of 146 workers – and exposed a shocking lack of workplace health and safety laws in New York State.
Hip Hughes History
The First Amendment Explained
Continuing the Constitution for Dummies Series with the Bill of Rights and Amendment One. Explained simply so you can understand the Constitution of the United States.
Curated Video
The Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was short-lived, but the role that it played in helping America to become an independent democracy can never be forgotten.
Curated Video
Are identity politics dangerous?
Some fear that politics based on protecting race, religion or other minority groups can threaten the rights of others. How did identity politics emerge and have they gone too far?
Schooling Online Kids
History for Kids: Stage 3 - Votes for All!
Did you know that when Australia first became a nation, some people were not allowed to vote? Travel through the twentieth century to discover the exciting story of how women and Aboriginal people fought for the right to vote. Along the...
The Business Professor
Defamation and the 1st Amendment
This Video Explains Defamation and the 1st Amendment
Curated Video
Claudette Colvin: The Original Rosa Parks
You know the story of David and Goliath, right? Well, America has its own version. Only our hero is 15-year-old African-American, school girl Claudette Colvin and in 1955, she took on the State of Alabama for real. The original Rosa Parks!
Curated Video
Hedy Lamarr: Mother of WiFi
Did you know? The amazing technology behind Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS was the brainchild of Hollywood actor turned visionary inventor Hedy Lamarr - the Mother of Wi-Fi.
Red Rock Films
Who was Maya Angelou?
How a once-silent little girl came to be a powerful voice involved in some of the most significant events in modern history.
The Business Professor
Understanding Adverse Possession: A Method of Acquiring Ownership
In this video, we delve into the concept of adverse possession, a method through which individuals can claim ownership of another person's property by openly and exclusively using it for a statutory period of time. Join us as we explore...
Curated Video
Cult of Domesticity
The Cult of Domesticity was a school of thought that middle and upper class women should be confined to the home and aspire to be model wives and mothers. But it wasn’t just men who thought that way, many women did too!
The Business Professor
Unilateral Benefit and Mutual Benefit Bailment
This Video Explains Unilateral Benefit and Mutual Benefit Bailment
The Business Professor
Understanding Fixtures in Real Estate Law
The video discusses the concept of fixtures, which pertains to personal property being affixed as a part of real estate. The speaker provides examples such as machines being installed in a factory, which becomes a part of the real estate...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Is democracy incoherent?
We believe democracy leads to a fairer world. Yet almost all governments claim to be democratic including China, Russia and Syria. And 50 years after the abolition of hanging, UK polls still show a majority in favour. Is democracy...