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United States

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of United States.

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Talks to help you understand racism in America

9 talks • 1h 57m

For black Americans, the far-reaching effects of racism are felt daily. From passionate pleas for reform to poetic turns of phrase, these speakers take an honest look at everyday realities and illuminate the way forward.

Talks about United States

Theo E.J. Wilson

A black man goes undercover in the alt-right

Posted Sep 2017

Duarte Geraldino

What we're missing in the debate about immigration

Posted Sep 2017

Jennifer Granick

How the US government spies on people who protest — including you

Posted Aug 2017

Ronald Sullivan

How I help free innocent people from prison

Posted Aug 2017

Noah Feldman

Hamilton vs. Madison and the birth of American partisanship

Posted Jul 2017

Anthony D. Romero

This is what democracy looks like

Posted May 2017

Gretchen Carlson, David Brooks

Political common ground in a polarized United States

Posted Apr 2017

Brittney Cooper

The racial politics of time

Posted Feb 2017

Nagin Cox

What time is it on Mars?

Posted Feb 2017

Sue Klebold

My son was a Columbine shooter. This is my story

Posted Feb 2017

Jonathan Haidt

Can a divided America heal?

Posted Nov 2016

Kandice Sumner

How America's public schools keep kids in poverty

Posted Nov 2016

Sayu Bhojwani

Immigrant voices make democracy stronger

Posted Oct 2016

J.D. Vance

America's forgotten working class

Posted Sep 2016

Michael Murphy

Architecture that's built to heal

Posted Sep 2016

Courtney E. Martin

The new American Dream

Posted Sep 2016

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Exclusive articles about United States

Why barbed wire — yes, barbed wire — was as transformative as the telephone

In the settling of the western US, it fenced off farm acreage and kept out grazing cattle — and made the concept of land ownership in America a physical reality. Late in 1876, s...

Quiz: Can you match the president to the word chart?

Artist R. Luke DuBois explains the vision behind his presidential project — and then lets you test your Oval Office know-how. Although he only delivered three of them, President...

Opinion: This is the conversation about race that we need to have now

The great evil of American slavery wasn’t involuntary servitude, says public-interest lawyer Bryan Stevenson. It was the ideology of white supremacy used to justify it — and it’...

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