Jeneen Robinson is an African American single mother, as well as a newly ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. She balances the responsibilities of parenting, schoolwork, and creating an original preaching...

Rob Pene was born in American Samoa and came to the United States on a baseball scholarship. Unsuccessful in his major-league tryouts, he pursues his passion through an urban ministry. He also writes and performs Christian rap. The...

Bilal Ansari is an African American father of three and a student in the Islamic Chaplaincy Program at Hartford Seminary. He works tirelessly in the Connecticut prison system, where inmates often convert to Islam, but where he is also...

This film tells the story of Steven Gamez who is studying to become a Catholic Priest. Steven is a Tejano (Texan-Mexican), born and raised on San Antonio's rough West Side. He dreams of returning to his neighborhood and serving the poor....

Shmuly Yanklowitz is an intellectual rabbinical student at New York City's Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School and a passionate activist. A Modern Orthodox Jew, he feels compelled to break boundaries, to resist becoming an...

In this episode, we'll explain what affirmative action is, who it is for, and why it still exists. We'll get into the court's rationalization for it in the 1970s, as well as its fall from favor in more recent years. [7:13]

Teachers Heather Cardinale and Sabrina Charles-Cintron help students learn that all families are diverse and include people who care for and support one another, in this video from Let's Learn. A drawing activity is included at the end...

Penny and the KidVision Kids learn about West African dance and music. They listen to a storyteller, make and wear traditional dance attire, play dundun drums and dance the Lamba, and watch a professional performance by Delou Africa!...

Everyone is different, and that is an amazing thing! This dance sequence has students create a welcoming space around them and invite people in, encouraging them to think about and celebrate how they and their friends are different from...

Families come in different shapes and sizes. This video explores different types of families and how no matter what your family looks like it's special. Included are links to background information, additional resources, and an activity....

Although they can't speak, most animals have their own way of communicating. This video segment presents examples of animal communication.

A worldwide effort is underway to perform a census of the world's oceans, pulling into one location information about species from around the world. We'll check in on the progress of the project.

Today on the podcast, we discuss the argument over the effects of increasing diversity. This episode originally aired in December 2011.

On today's episode, we discuss how the United States achieves unity despite diversity. This episode originally aired in December 2011.

The diversity of America's population today makes it increasingly difficult for politicians to represent the needs of all their constituents and to reach mutually agreeable decisions on issues.

Today on the podcast, we discuss the argument over the effects of increasing diversity.

This lesson discusses how and why plants and animals adapt to their surroundings over time. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Speciation and Natural Selection."

Collecting data on the much-prized Red Drum fish using standard data collection techniques. [10:12]

The emotionally-charged issues of race, affirmative action, school diversity, and segregation are explored in response to a Supreme Court case involving K-12 schools. Listen to arguments for and against "racial quotas" in public schools.

An enlightening report on efforts to conserve insect and other invertebrate species. Be sure to check out the multimedia picture tour and other resources on this site. You will need the newer version of Windows Media Player.

This episode looks at measures of spread, or dispersion, which we use to understand how well medians and means represent the data, and how reliable our conclusions are. They can help understand test scores, income inequality, spot stock...

Podcast discusses how the United States achieves unity despite diversity.

A dining hall at Dartmouth College accommodates the religious dietary requirements of Muslims, Jews and Hindus as explained in this video from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly. [2:22]

As our planet has coughed up new oceanic islands and ripped its land masses apart, organisms have found themselves stranded in new environments. And every time, evolution has helped them adapt. [1:50] Play the Evolution Lab:...