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15:58

Nisha Anand

The radical act of choosing common ground

Posted Nov 2020

16:25

Van Jones

What if a US presidential candidate refuses to concede after an election?

Posted Oct 2020

19:21

Dexter Dias

Racism thrives on silence — speak up!

Posted Oct 2020

16:12

Neal Katyal

How to win an argument (at the US Supreme Court, or anywhere)

Posted Sep 2020

16:37

Joseph Shin

How doctors can help fix the broken US asylum system

Posted Aug 2020

14:56

Wesley Saint Clair

The case for restorative justice in juvenile courts

Posted Jul 2020

23:46

John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson

The fight for civil rights and freedom

Posted Jul 2020

8:46

Anthony D. Romero

The ACLU's call to defund the police

Posted Jun 2020

1h 6m

Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King, Anthony D. Romero

The path to ending systemic racism in the US

Posted Jun 2020

17:38

Robin Steinberg and Manoush Zomorodi

The US is addicted to incarceration. Here's how to break the cycle

Posted May 2020

7:24

Hailey Hardcastle

Why students should have mental health days

Posted May 2020

12:49

Kade Crockford

What you need to know about face surveillance

Posted May 2020

12:54

Dick M. Carpenter II

The injustice of "policing for profit" — and how to end it

Posted Apr 2020

14:53

Martha Minow

How forgiveness can create a more just legal system

Posted Mar 2020

11:46

Noelle Martin

Online predators spread fake porn of me. Here's how I fought back

Posted Feb 2020

10:56

David J. Bier

How guest worker visas could transform the US immigration system

Posted Jan 2020

13:21

Kelsey Leonard

Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans

Posted Dec 2019

14:03

Erika Pinheiro

What's really happening at the US-Mexico border — and how we can do better

Posted Nov 2019

12:07

Laura Rovner

What happens to people in solitary confinement

Posted Nov 2019

12:26

David Carroll

How I sued Cambridge Analytica over my personal data

Posted Nov 2019

13:50

Julie Cordua

How we can eliminate child sexual abuse material from the internet

Posted Oct 2019

4:19

Laura Wright

Why should you read "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy?

Posted Sep 2019

12:54

Raj Jayadev

Community-powered criminal justice reform

Posted Sep 2019

16:50

Baratunde Thurston

How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time

Posted May 2019

7:22

Neha Madhira and Haley Stack

Why student journalists should be protected from censorship

Posted May 2019

12:04

Jarrell Daniels

What prosecutors and incarcerated people can learn from each other

Posted May 2019

14:51

Michael Arntfield

How you can help solve cold cases

Posted May 2019

11:42

Kim Gorgens

The surprising connection between brain injuries and crime

Posted Apr 2019

15:15

Carole Cadwalladr

Facebook's role in Brexit — and the threat to democracy

Posted Apr 2019

16:17

Frans von der Dunk

The importance of space lawyers

Posted Mar 2019

16:00

Lindy Lou Isonhood

A juror's reflections on the death penalty

Posted Feb 2019

15:09

Marian Wright Edelman

Reflections from a lifetime fighting to end child poverty

Posted Jan 2019

4:22

Iseult Gillespie

Why should you read "Fahrenheit 451"?

Posted Jan 2019

16:01

Ai-jen Poo

The work that makes all other work possible

Posted Dec 2018

10:00

Darieth Chisolm

How revenge porn turns lives upside down

Posted Oct 2018

9:57

Tracie Keesee

How police and the public can create safer neighborhoods together

Posted Sep 2018