TED Talks
Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index
Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation's success by its productivity -- instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. He introduces the Happy Planet Index, which tracks national well-being against resource use...
TED Talks
Juan Enriquez: Your online life, permanent as a tattoo
What if Andy Warhol had it wrong, and instead of being famous for 15 minutes, we're only anonymous for that long? In this short talk, Juan Enriquez looks at the surprisingly permanent effects of digital sharing on our personal privacy....
Crash Course
Racial/Ethnic Prejudice & Discrimination: Crash Course Sociology
What’s the difference between race and ethnicity? Today we’ll look at how definitions of races and ethnicities have changed over time and across places. We also discuss the terms minority and minority-majority and how races are defined...
Curated Video
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Author of groundbreaking novels like “Esperanza Rising" and "Echo," Pam Muñoz Ryan has made literature more representative by expertly mining her own rich Mexican American heritage.
Jabzy
How did "Latino" become A Race? | History of Latin America, La Raza
How did "Latino" become A Race? | History of Latin America, La Raza
Curated Video
Kids Learn Spanish | South American Food | Habla Jorge Comida de Sudamérica
Kids learn Spanish as they listen to Jorge talk about food from South America. In this Listen Up Challenge Level, he talks about fruits and vegetables originally from Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and other Latin American countries. Jorge...
The Art Assignment
Art Trip: PST: LA/LA | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Latin American and Latinx Art is celebrated across Southern California with the Getty-funded initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. Catch a glimpse of as much of the art, artists, experiences, and tacos as we could pack into three...
NASA
NASA | Muppet Lola and NASA Engineers Promote Science Education in Latin America
Lola, a Muppet from Plaza Sésamo, partnered with NASA engineers Sandra Cauffman (Goddard Space Flight Center) and Diana Trujillo (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) at an event with the Inter-American Development Bank to discuss early...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Andres Velasco: Where do we go from here? 5/5
Andres Velasco, Former Minister of Finance, Chile at the Closing Panel entitled "Overhangs, Uncertainty and Political Order: Where Do We Go From Here?" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's (INET) Paradigm Lost Conference in...
Bridgeman Arts
1930s, Maguey Culture In Mexico
1930s: Exterior of building. Children enter building. Interior of classroom, woman in front of class. Boy standing by chalkboard.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Chile pays tribute to Gabriela Mistral 70 yrs after Nobel Prize
The University of Chile inaugurates an exhibition about the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral the first Latin American to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature 70 years ago and the only Latin American woman to have won one so far
Curated Video
Indian foreign minister holds meeting with Chilean, Venezuelan counterparts
Foreign ministers of India, Chile and Venezuela met in New Delhi on Tuesday for the first ever meeting between India and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to explore cooperation in various sectors.
Chilean...
BBC
Bbc Mundo: Entre Dos Mundos Ninos Y Migracion
Based on a special BBC series that explored the lives of young Latin American immigrants to the United States. Listen to eight short segments that touch on a range of themes: hopes and fears, bilingual education, the effect migration has...
Other
Youtube: Creative Arts Alumni: Carmen Lomas Garza
Carmen Lomas Garza is an artist who creates her pieces to reflect the Mexican American community and encourage and develop literacy. Garza has a school named after her for her contribution to arts and education. [4:54]