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United States

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

Video playlists about United States

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

J.D. Vance

The struggles of America's forgotten working class

Posted Sep 2016

Michael Murphy

Architecture that's built to heal

Posted Sep 2016

Courtney Martin

The new American Dream

Posted Sep 2016

John Legend

"Redemption Song"

Posted Jul 2016

Mary Bassett

Why your doctor should care about social justice

Posted Feb 2016

Dalia Mogahed

What do you think when you look at me?

Posted Feb 2016

Dambisa Moyo

Economic growth has stalled. Let's fix it

Posted Feb 2016

Yanis Varoufakis

Capitalism will eat democracy — unless we speak up

Posted Jan 2016

David Rothkopf

How fear drives American politics

Posted Sep 2015

Rich Benjamin

My road trip through the whitest towns in America

Posted Aug 2015

Trevor Aaronson

How this FBI strategy is actually creating US-based terrorists

Posted Jun 2015

Kevin Rudd

Are China and the US doomed to conflict?

Posted Apr 2015

Dave Isay

Everyone around you has a story the world needs to hear

Posted Mar 2015

iO Tillett Wright

Fifty shades of gay

Posted Jan 2013

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Jay Walker

The world's English mania

Posted May 2009

Jeff Bezos

The electricity metaphor for the web's future

Posted Apr 2007

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Exclusive articles about United States

The real divide in the US isn’t red vs. blue

The following piece was written as a response to the TED talk by New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas, A letter to those who have lost in our era. Whenever it comes up fo...

A brief history of secret prisons in the United States

Secret prisons reflect a parallel legal system for prisoners who are denied access to communications, deprived of their due process rights, and hidden from public scrutiny. Inve...

Can a black man talk about white culture? An open letter to critics

African American writer Rich Benjamin spent two years living in — and writing about — America’s whitest neighborhoods. The response to his book (and TED Talk) was honest, raw — ...

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