TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Should you be suing your government? | Shannon Odell
Since 2015, an unprecedented movement has been sweeping courts around the world. Groups of young plaintiffs are suing their governments for their inaction on tackling climate change. These suits argue that climate inaction violates their...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What caused the Rwandan Genocide? | Susanne Buckley-Zistel
For one hundred days in 1994, the African country of Rwanda suffered a horrific campaign of mass murder. Neighbor turned against neighbor as violence engulfed the region, resulting in the deaths of over one-tenth of the country's...
Curated Video
Court has no jurisdiction in India nuke case
The United Nations' highest court said it does not have jurisdiction to take on a case brought by the tiny South Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands that seeks to urge India to resume negotiations to eradicate the world's stockpile of...
Curated Video
Court hearing on legality of President's decree on disbanding parliament
1. Wide exterior of the Constitutional Court with supporters of Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych waving blue flags and supporters of President Viktor Yushchenko waving orange flags
2. Mid shot of police escorting one of...
Curated Video
Former president in court
1. Federal Court in Buenos Aires, police walking by
2. Sign in front of building reading "Comodoro Py"
3. Various of anti-riot police in front of court's main entry
4. Media outside court fence
5. Car with former Argentine president...
Curated Video
Opening arguments in Supreme Court over Guantanamo detainee
AP Television
1. Exterior of Supreme Court
2. People walking by Supreme Court
3. Statue outside Supreme Court - pull out to show crowds
++AUDIO OVERLAID WITH COURT SKETCHES - MUST COURTESY: Sketches by Ari Hennessey++
4. SOUNDBITE:...
Curated Video
Protesters swarmed the steps of the St. Louis federal courthouse Tuesday in the second day of protests over a grand jury decision's not to indict a white police officer in the killing of an unarmed black 18-year-old. (Nov. 25)
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Protesters swarmed the steps of the St. Louis federal courthouse Tuesday in the second day of protests over a grand jury decision's not to indict a white police officer in the killing of an...
Curated Video
Former dictator allowed to stand election, presser plus FILE
Guatemala City, Guatemala - July 15 2003
1. Wide of people standing outside Congress building
2. Police entering armoured vehicle
3. Med shot of Congress entrance
4. Question: "are you afraid of those who wabt to distabilize you for...
Curated Video
Latest on crisis as talks start in Costa Rica
July 18, 2009
1. Pro-Zelaya supporters blocking road with rocks
2. Various of wife of Zelaya, Xiomara Castro in crowd of supporters
3. Mid shot of supporters waving Honduran flag (blue and white)
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Xiomara Castro,...
Curated Video
Accountant sentenced, first American charged in UBS probe
1. Prosecutors walk into court
2. Pull out to exterior of federal courthouse in Miami
3. Steven Michael Rubinstein arrives at court for sentencing, accompanied by his lawyer and his wife, Pamela ++video quality as incoming+++
4. Medium...
Curated Video
Tight security after violent protests, street scuffles
1. Wide of body being carried through crowd
2. Wide of people at rally chanting anti-government slogans
3. Man mourning death of his child
4. Various of protesters chanting anti-government slogans
5. Various of funeral prayers
6....
Curated Video
Senior Supreme Court official says UN sanctions are "illegal"
1. Wide of street, bus pulls up at bus stop
2. Passengers disembarking from bus
3. Various of pedestrians on the street
4. Various of propaganda billboards by roadside
5. Various exteriors of North Korean Supreme Court Building
6....
Curated Video
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Tucson shooting rampage suspect can be forced to continue taking anti-psychotic drugs, rejecting a plea by defense attorneys that the decision by prison doctors merited more scrutiny.
HEADLINE: Judge: Prison can forcibly medicate Loughner
CAPTION: A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Tucson shooting rampage suspect can be forced to continue taking anti-psychotic drugs, rejecting a plea by defense attorneys that...
Curated Video
CHILE: AUGUSTO PINOCHET COURT RULING
Spanish/Nat
Chile's Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out the homicide and kidnapping indictment against former dictator Augusto Pinochet, saying his case was not properly handled.
The five-judge panel voted 4-1 in favour of Pinochet,...
Curated Video
RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: AGREEMENT TO END FIGHTING UPDATE
Moscow & Grozny, Chechnya, 31 July 1995
1. Wideshot delegation at table.
2. Wideshot presser.
3. Cutaway cameras.
4. Cutaway press.
5. Wide shot from side of table.
6. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Gen Kulikov.
7. Wideshot exterior...
Crash Course
Legal System Basics: Crash Course Government and Politics
This week Craig Benzine takes a first look at the judicial branch. It's pretty easy to forget that the courts, and the laws that come out of them, affect our lives on a daily basis. But how exactly these decisions are made and where each...
SciShow
The First Water on Earth Might've Come From… Earth? | SciShow News
Astronomers have thought for years that Earth was dry in the beginning, but a new paper suggests that Earth might have actually started out wet! And In other meteorite news, a new study of impact sites might give us new clues about...
TED Talks
Rachel Kleinfeld: A path to security for the world's deadliest countries
You are more likely to die violently if you live in a middle-income democracy with high levels of inequality and political polarization than if you live in a country at war, says democracy advisor Rachel Kleinfeld. This historical shift...
TED Talks
TED: Buildings that blend nature and city | Jeanne Gang
A skyscraper that channels the breeze ... a building that creates community around a hearth ... Jeanne Gang uses architecture to build relationships. In this engaging tour of her work, Gang invites us into buildings large and small, from...
Crash Course
Due Process of Law: Crash Course Government and Politics
This week Craig is going to continue our discussion of due process. Technically, we started last week with the 4th amendment and search and seizure, but this week we’re going to look at the 5th and 6th amendments and how they ensure a...
Crash Course
Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances: Crash Course Government and Politics
In which Craig Benzine teaches you about the US Governments Separation of powers and the system of checks and balances. In theory, the Legislative Branch, the Executive Branch, and the Judicial Brach are designed to keep each other in...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How is power divided in the United States government? - Belinda Stutzman
Articles I-III of the United States Constitution allow for three separate branches of government (legislative, executive, and judicial), along with a system of checks and balances should any branch get too powerful. Belinda Stutzman...
Crash Course
Silicon - The Internet's Favorite Element: Crash Course Chemistry
In this episode, we talk about Silicon Valley's namesake and how network solids are at the heart of it all. Hank also discusses Solid-State Semiconductors, N-Type and P-Type Semiconductors, Diodes, Transistors, Computer Chips, and Binary...