Curated Video
South Sudan: We Are Not A Failed Country
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYNew York - 23 September 20161. Wide, Taban Deng, First Vice President of South Sudan, speaking in New York City2. SOUNDBITE (English) Taban Deng, First Vice...
Curated Video
Protesters Gather at Trump's Newest DC Hotel
Protesters let their objections be heard on Monday outside Donald Trump's latest luxury hotel. This comes on the same day the hotel opens to guests. There wasn't any fanfare around the opening, which is known as a "soft opening."...
Curated Video
Protesters at Trump's newest DC hotel
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:++AUDIO AS INCOMING+++AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington DC - 12 September 20161. Pan of new Trump Hotel set to open to guests Monday2. Various of protestors holding up signs outside...
Curated Video
National Border Patrol Council Endorses Trump
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus064619Donald Trump is saying that border patrol agents have been told to allow immigrants into the United States illegally "so they can vote in the election."Trump spoke Friday as he received the...
Curated Video
National Border Patrol Council Endorses Trump
US Presidential candidate, Donald Trump on Friday received the endorsement of the 16,500-person National Border Patrol Council at Trump Tower in New York.Shortly after the endorsement, Trump met with nearly two dozen members of his...
PBS
Civil Rights Pioneer Ruby Bridges On Activism In The Modern Era
In the 1960s, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American student to
integrate into an entirely white public school system in New Orleans. She
joins Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who followed in Bridges' footsteps 60 years
ago and...
PBS
Texas on the front lines of NAFTA negotiations
President Donald Trump announced this week his plan to renegotiate NAFTA, a free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, citing a loss of jobs in the U.S. But many business owners and politicians in Texas, which shares a border with...
PBS
Childhood Trauma Impacts Millions Of Americans, And It's Having Devastating Consequences
Childhood trauma impacts millions of Americans, and its consequences can be
devastating. Those experiencing high levels of trauma can see dramatically
lower life expectancies, and the CDC estimates it accounts for billions of
dollars...
Crash Course
Progressive Presidents Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about the Progressive Presidents, who are not a super-group of former presidents who create complicated, symphonic, rock soundscapes that transport you into a fantasy fugue state. Although that would be...
TED Talks
TED: The exploitation of US college athletes | Tim Nevius
Colleges and universities in the US make billions of dollars each year from sports, compromising the health and education of athletes -- who are disproportionately Black -- in the name of money, power and pride. Sports lawyer and former...
TED Talks
Social media and the end of gender - Johanna Blakley
Media and advertising companies still use the same old demographics to understand audiences, but they're becoming increasingly harder to track online, says media researcher Johanna Blakley. As social media outgrows traditional media, and...
TED Talks
TED: A climate solution where all sides can win | Ted Halstead
Why are we so deadlocked on climate, and what would it take to overcome the seemingly insurmountable barriers to progress? Policy entrepreneur TED Halstead proposes a transformative solution based on the conservative principles of free...
TED Talks
TED: A more accurate way to calculate emissions | Charlotte Degot
Greenhouse gases are colorless, scentless and invisible, making them exceptionally hard to measure. Fortunately, some tools and techniques can help -- one of the most powerful being artificial intelligence, says green technologist...
TED Talks
TED: A vision for sustainable energy in Africa | Chibeze Ezekiel
Africa needs new energy sources to fuel its development, but the continent should invest in renewable energy instead of cheap, polluting alternatives like coal, says climate inclusion activist Chibeze Ezekiel. He tells the story of how...
Crash Course
How Does Public Health Tackle Outbreaks? Crash Course Outbreak Science
Public health activities are all the ways society coordinates to deliver better health to people. That may sound super broad, and it is, so in this episode of Crash Course Outbreak Science, we'll take a look at public health works to...
Crash Course
World Cinema - Part 1: Crash Course Film History
The world is a big place and cinema isn't limited to just the U.S. and Europe. There are a lot of vibrant and influential film movements and cultures from all over the world. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig talks to...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The true cost of gold | Lyla Latif
In 2020, Mali produced over 71 tons of gold— an amount worth billions of dollars. But Mali saw only $850 million dollars from that gold. And this situation isn't unique: a number of other gold-rich countries in Africa aren't seeing the...
TED Talks
TED: Filming democracy in Ghana | Jarreth Merz
Jarreth Merz, a Swiss-Ghanaian filmmaker, came to Ghana in 2008 to film the national elections. What he saw there taught him new lessons about democracy -- and about himself.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Sajan Saini: How do self-driving cars "see"?
It's late, pitch dark and a self-driving car winds down a narrow country road. Suddenly, three hazards appear at the same time. With no human at the wheel, the car uses smart eyes, sensors that'll resolve these details all in a...
SciShow
This Is What Climate Change Feels Like
Hank brings you the SciShow news of the week. Recent record high temperatures and other extreme weather events around the world are climate change in action; a new fossil of an ancient human ancestor; some disturbing discoveries about...
TED Talks
TED: The need for family reunification -- to make families whole again | Elizabeth Zion
I want all families to be made whole, to be reunified, to be together -- as is our right, says writer, poet and student Elizabeth Zion. In this profoundly moving talk, Zion shares the impacts of family separation, including her personal...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: History vs. Henry VIII - Mark Robinson and Alex Gendler
He was a powerful king whose break with the church of Rome would forever change the course of English history. But was he a charismatic reformer who freed his subjects from a corrupt establishment or a bullying tyrant who used Parliament...
TED Talks
Chuck Plunkett: When local news dies, so does democracy
Nearly 1,800 newsrooms have shuttered across the US since 2004, leaving many communities unseen, unheard and in the dark. In this passionate talk and rallying cry, journalist Chuck Plunkett explains why he rebelled against his employer...
TED Talks
TED: How the Panama Papers journalists broke the biggest leak in history | Gerard Ryle
Gerard Ryle led the international team that divulged the Panama Papers, the 11.5 million leaked documents from 40 years of activity of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca that have offered an unprecedented glimpse into the scope and...