Tom Nicholas
Marxist Literary Theory - WTF? An Introduction to Marxism and Culture
In this latest episode of What The Theory?, I hope to provide an introduction to Marxism, culture and Marxist Literary Criticism and Theory. We're going to begin with the economic theories of Marx and Engels, particularly their base and...
Vlogbrothers
You Cannot Trust Yourself (Hank's End of the Year Worries)
This video had a whole section in it where I complained about how annoyed I get when I see other people who don't consider their impact get really surprised when people get mad at them and how nice it must be to just be blissfully...
The Art Assignment
Declare your cause. | Allison Smith | The Art Assignment
Today we visit artist Allison Smith in her Oakland, California studio. Her work focuses on historical reenactment and how the past influences the present -- and now she wants to know what YOU are fighting for. Sarah discusses how there...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Roger Guesnerie - The Next Economic Frontier and the Wild World of Non-Rational Expectations
One of the fundamental ideas of modern economics -- that people have rational expectations, an unbiased, statistically correct view of the future -- is, in reality, a simple hypothesis. And despite its prominence in recent economic...
The Wall Street Journal
Income for All
Andrew Yang, entrepreneur and a Democratic presidential candidate, has made universal basic income a central issue of his campaign. Hear his perspective on guaranteed income for every American, and what legislative challenges that policy...
The Business Professor
Defenses to a Claim of Copyright Infringement
Defenses to a Claim of Copyright Infringement
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The centrality of theoretical understanding
The centrality of theoretical understanding
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Randall Horton {#289-128} PROPERTY ... .Or. This Malus Thing Never to Be Confused with Justice
Randall Horton is the recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, the Bea Gonzalez Poetry Award, a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Literature, and, most recently, the GLCA New Writers Award for Creative Nonfiction. He is...
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: Hamlet - Theme of Gender
Watch this lesson today to discover how Shakespeare explores the social expectations on men and women as presented in Hamlet. See the way that various characters challenge or conform to social conventions. Along the way, learn how to...
The Art Assignment
How to Critique | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Today we discuss the conventions of art critique and explore the possibility of the internet as an arena for constructive critique. Can we do it?! Recommended reading: Matthew Goulish, 39 Microlectures: In Proximity of Performance (2000)...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Radical decentralised politics or centralised government?
Few take anarchism and the abandonment of organised government as a viable political goal.æYet in economics, capitalism is just such a leaderless anarchic system. Might a radically decentralised political system be more credible than we...
Curated Video
Communicating Feedback in English
This English language learning video explains how to give and receive feedback and talk about what has happened using the present perfect tense.
Curated Video
Netanyahu to Congress: 'America and Israel must stand together'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was back on Capitol Hill Wednesday to address a joint session of Congress over his country's ongoing war against Iran-backed militants in the Middle East. (Scripps News)
Bloomberg
Amy Coney Barrett Says 'Not Hostile' Toward Affordable Care Act
Oct.13 -- U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett says she is "not hostile to the ACA, I'm not hostile to any statutes you have," rejecting suggestions that she has pre-set views on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act....
Curated Video
Former 'Idols' reveal their favorite judge
FORMER 'AMERICAN IDOL' WINNERS REVEAL THEIR FAVORITE JUDGEAt the finale of "American Idol," previous winners revealed who were their favorite judges on the TV talent show.Season 10 winner, Scotty McCreery, didn't hesitate when naming...
Bloomberg
Mnuchin Set to Defend OneWest Record at Hearing
Jan.18 -- Bloomberg Politics’ Kevin Cirilli previews the confirmation hearing for Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary. He speaks on “What’d You Miss.â€
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Ecuador's president strips VP of all functions
Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno on Thursday stripped his vice president Jorge Glas of all his functions after his deputy delivered a stinging critique of the new leftist leader
Press Association
Tory leadership race: Contenders officially launch bids
A look at the official launches of the 10 contenders vying to become the next leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party.
Curated Video
ISRAEL: MACHISMO AND MILITARISM ON DISPLAY AT ISRAEL MUSEUM
English/Nat
An unusual exhibition has opened at Jerusalem's Israel Museum.
The show attacks male macho attitudes and militarism in Israeli society.
The exhibits include a number of edible chocolate soldiers and a set of three oil ...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Bouteflika succession open Algeria expert
CLEAN : Bouteflika succession open Algeria expert
Curated Video
Italy/Naples - Boorda Speaks Of Serbian Jets
The U.S. fighter pilots who shot down four Bosnian Serb aircraft
Monday morning saw the planes make bombing maneuvers despite being
warned to leave the area, the commander of NATO's southern
European forces said.
ws U.S. Adm. Jeremy M....
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Notorious Greek fugitive to be remanded in custody
CLEAN : Notorious Greek fugitive to be remanded in custody
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Counter powers a documentary about journalism in Algeria
Twenty years after a wave of Islamist violence targeted journalists, the Algerian press has allowed filmmaker Malek Bensmail into one of its most famous newsrooms for his latest film counter powers
Curated Video
President urges new law to legalize terminal sedation
France's president wants to allow doctors to keep terminally ill patients sedated until death comes, amid a national debate about whether to legalise euthanasia.
Francois Hollande stopped short of recommending lethal injections, avoiding...