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Katherine M. Gehl
US politics isn't broken. It's fixed
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Apr 2021
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Tim Nevius
The exploitation of US college athletes
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Amber McReynolds
An election system that puts voters (not politicians) first
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Mar 2021
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Leslie Herod
What if mental health workers responded to emergency calls?
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Mar 2021
4:28
Karen L. Cox
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Feb 2021
10:35
Nora Flanagan
What COVID-19 revealed about US schools — and 4 ways to rethink education
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Jan 2021
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Amanda Gorman
"The Hill We Climb"
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Jan 2021
4:47
Yen Pham
Why should you read Toni Morrison's "Beloved"?
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10:28
María Teresa Kumar
How the new generation of Latinx voters could change US elections
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Nov 2020
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Elizabeth Cox
Can you outsmart the fallacy that started a witch hunt?
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Van Jones
What if a US presidential candidate refuses to concede after an election?
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Oct 2020
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How to reduce the wealth gap between Black and white Americans
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Oct 2020
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Who owns the "wilderness"?
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Oct 2020
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Camilo Ramirez
The problem with the U.S. bail system
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Neal Katyal
How to win an argument (at the US Supreme Court, or anywhere)
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Joseph Shin
How doctors can help fix the broken US asylum system
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Aug 2020
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Jose Antonio Vargas
3 questions to ask yourself about US citizenship
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Aug 2020
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William "Sandy" Darity
A blueprint for reparations in the US
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Thomas Abt
Why violence clusters in cities — and how to reduce it
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Rod Phillips
What happened when the United States tried to ban alcohol
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Jul 2020
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The last chief of the Comanches and the fall of an empire
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Jul 2020
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Ibram X. Kendi
The difference between being "not racist" and antiracist
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Jun 2020
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Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff
The bill has come due for the US's history of racism
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8:29
Rashad Robinson
How to channel your presence and energy into ending injustice
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7:27
Dr. Bernice King
The US needs a radical revolution of values
Posted
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Anthony D. Romero
The ACLU's call to defund the police
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Jun 2020
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Huang Hung
How American and Chinese values shaped the coronavirus response
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5:10
Brian A. Pavlac
What really happened during the Salem Witch Trials
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Daina Ramey Berry
The electrifying speeches of Sojourner Truth
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Heather C. McGhee
Racism has a cost for everyone
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Apr 2020
4:39
Riché D. Richardson
The hidden life of Rosa Parks
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Martha Minow
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Feb 2020
12:34
Priti Krishtel
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Jan 2020
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