Why Gun Violence Can’t Be Our New Normal
A TED Talk featuring Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, argues that it doesn’t matter whether you... Read More
Why I Believe the Mistreatment of Women is the Number One Human Rights Abuse
A 16 minute TED talk, featuring former President Jimmy Carter, that dives into three unexpected reasons why the mistreatment of women and... Read More
Why I Must Speak Out About Climate Change
A TED talk featuring climate scientist James Hansen, who tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over... Read More
Why is 1.5 Degrees Such a Big Deal?
A brief, animated TED Talk, featuring Kristin Bell, that answers one of the key questions about climate change. Watch now.
Why It’s Expensive To Be Poor
A TED Talk, featuring Don Ceder, who shares some of his personal experiences and points out that a lot of money is... Read More
Why Legal Immigration to the U.S. is Almost Impossible
A simple but effective overview of the current legal immigration process in the U.S. Watch now.
Why Open a School? To Close a Prison
A TED Talk featuring Nadia Lopez, the founding principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy in Brownsville, Brooklyn, one of the most underserved... Read More
Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free: And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System
By Judge Jed Rakoff. A senior federal judge and expert on white collar crime, examines some of the paradoxes that define the... Read More