TED Talks
TED: 5 values for repairing the harms of colonialism | Jing Corpuz
Indigenous wisdom can help solve the planetary crises that colonialism started, says lawyer Jennifer "Jing" Corpuz. Her ancestors, the Kankanaey-Igorot people of the Philippines, are known for creating the Banaue Rice Terraces:...
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Theater in rural Appalachian Virginia brings regional themes to the stage
Barter Theatre, which opened during the Great Depression and is thriving 90 years later, is known for bringing regional themes to its rural Appalachian stage. Jeffrey Brown visited Abingdon, Virginia, to show the changing face of the...
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Syrian refugees to US bring complex health needs
Refugees arriving in upstate New York in recent years have increasingly come from active conflict zones, including Syria and Iraq -- many fleeing with injuries of war and deep emotional scars. As the refugee populations in places like...
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Gov. Markell: Hiring More People With Disabilities Is Good for the Bottom Line (August 2, 2013)
A new report from the National Governor's Association says states should do more to employ the 54 million Americans living with a disability, among whom only 20 percent are currently employed or looking for a job. Judy Woodruff...
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How Minnesota's Lack Of Teachers Of Color Hurts Students, And What Reform Could Look Like
Many schools across the United States are grappling with ways to close the
achievement gap between white students and students of color. Special
correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on those efforts in Minnesota,
which has some of...
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Syrian refugees find mental and physical rehabiliation in Jordan
Now five years old, the war in Syria has taken an immense emotional and physical toll on those close to the fighting. Nisreen Katbi fled from Syria to Jordan four years ago and now runs a center that helps fellow refugees experiencing...
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Holmstrom on winning economics Nobel
British-born Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom of Finland won the Nobel prize in economics for shedding light on how contracts help people deal with conflicting interests, from CEO pay packages to whether to privatise a public service.In...
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Harnessing Boys' Strengths & Passions to Improve Academic Achievement (May 7, 2014)
Increasingly, boys appear to be falling behind girls academically. Test statistics, grades and college degrees are part of the story, but experts are also concerned about the messages young men get about masculinity. Gwen Ifill talks...
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How This Thai Educational Movement Empowers Rural Students
More and more in Thailand, rural students learn in traditional classrooms, but with an emphasis on hands-on activities. The idea is to empower young villagers to bring economic development to their communities, as well as learn...
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How Texas gun owners feel about background checks, red flag laws
In the aftermath of recent mass shootings, calls for expanding gun safety regulations have increased. Although some of these ideas are popular among Americans overall, how do gun owners specifically feel about them? William Brangham...
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Why Doctors Are Increasingly Prescribing Nature
As rates of chronic disease among children have skyrocketed over the past few decades, pediatricians have increasingly looked for solutions beyond the clinic. Sometimes that means actually prescribing time outside. Special correspondent...
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Why Flint Residents Are Still Dealing With Water Worries, 5 Years After Lead Crisis
Since 2014, Flint, Michigan, has been synonymous with tainted water. Five years on, not all of the city's residents have access to safe water. Some wait for hours in line to obtain bottled water, while others deal with the physical and...
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Children of color with autism face disparities of care and isolation
African-American children are often diagnosed with autism at older ages than white children, missing years of potential intervention and treatment. Special correspondent John Donvan and producer Karen Zucker meet a black family who...
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Migrants Left Adrift At Sea After Boat Pushback From Greek Coast Guard
Pro-refugee groups allege the Greek coast guard is endangering migrants in
the Aegean Sea and breaching international law with a new aggressive
migration policy that involves pushing them back towards Turkish waters.
Critics also accuse...
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Rosa Parks Trained for Life Full of Activism
Gwen Ifill talks with biographer Jeanne Theoharis, whose book "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" offers a complex portrait of the woman best known for refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama bus in 1955.
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College turns its football field into a farm and sees students transform
At Paul Quinn College, where once there was a football field, now there's an organic farm. It's not just a symbol of renewal for this once-struggling historically black college in Dallas; it's where students work to pay tuition. As part...
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Finding the Connection Between Prosperity, Compassion & Happiness
Usually, as a country's GDP goes up, that nation's well-being tends to rise as well. But for the last 35 years, as GDP has grown in the United States, Americans' average happiness hasn't increased. Economics correspondent Paul Solman...
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Inmates get federal grants for higher ed in experimental progam
In a pilot project announced this summer, the Department of Education will partner with dozens of colleges to provide higher education to prisoners who can't afford to pay; eligible inmates will be able to apply for federal grants under...
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Inequities In Care, Misinformation Fuel Covid Deaths Among Poor, Indigenous Brazilians
All across Brazil, slums — known as Favelas — have long been places of
crime and poverty, marked by overcrowding and unsanitary conditions. They
are among the hardest hit by the pandemic, in a country where the death
toll just passed...
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Isabel Allende's Newest Historical Novel Tells Familiar Story Of Refugee Life
"A Long Petal of the Sea," a new historical novel by renowned writer Isabel Allende, draws upon events spanning from the Spanish civil war to the 1973 coup in her native Chile -- and with resonance for the experience of refugees today....
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Clinton Says Trump “Flouted†US Law in Cuba Work
Hillary Clinton says a new report alleging that Donald Trump may have violated the U.S. embargo on communist Cuba is just more evidence that he puts his own interests ahead of the nation's. Newsweek reported Thursday that Trump explored...
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Memphis midwives work to address racial disparities in care
More women in America die from pregnancy-related complications than in any other developed country in the world, and black women are most affected. NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano reports on one clinic in Memphis, Tennessee, where...