PBS
Teenage Girls Experiencing Record High Levels Of Sadness, Violence And Trauma, CDC Says
In 2021, the CDC saw an increase in mental health challenges across the board, but it’s girls in the U.S. that are engulfed in a wave of sadness, violence, and trauma. Nearly three in five reported feeling persistent sadness and...
TED Talks
TED: How to transform your climate concern into action | Jane Fonda
Actor and activist Jane Fonda discusses her frontline work fighting for climate action, including recent efforts to support climate-minded candidates running for office in the US and to break the fossil fuel industry's stranglehold on...
Curated Video
Dutch PM on yet to be released film that criticises Quran
1. Tilt down exterior of Elysee Palace to guards outside
2. Mid of French President Nicolas Sarkozy saying goodbye and shaking hands with Dutch Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende
3. Balkenende walking toward microphone in courtyard of...
Curated Video
USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON'S REACTION TO RUSSIA/IMF DEAL
English/Nat
U-S President Bill Clinton is welcoming the deal struck between Moscow and the International Monetary Fund.
In a speech in Washington on Tuesday, Clinton insisted that a stable, democratic Russia was critical to U-S...
Curated Video
Senate leaders reached tentative agreement Friday night on legislation to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for 2 months while requiring President Barack Obama to accept Republican demands for a swift decision on the fate of an oil pipeline that promises thousands of jobs.
HEADLINE: Senate leaders reach last-minute accord
CAPTION: Senate leaders have reached a tentative deal on legislation to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for 2 months while requiring Pres. Obama to accept...
Curated Video
Opposition leaders react to clashes between protesters and riot police
Thousands of anti-government demonstrators clashed for hours with riot police in Ukraine's capital Sunday, attacking officers
with sticks, stones and flares after new laws were passed to stifle protests.
Dozens of people were...
Curated Video
WRAP Kosovo Serbs and Albanians react to proposed delay for UN plan
Pristina
1. Exterior of Kosovo government building
2. Wide of roundtable meeting
3. Mid shot of Kosovo's President Fatmir Sejdiu
4. Various of meeting
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Thierry Reinard, top French diplomat:
"All EU countries were...
Curated Video
President Bush said Tuesday that Congress is blocking his proposals to deal with high gas prices and dragging its feet on legislation to make more student loans available and ease the mortgage crunch.
HEADLINE: Bush exhorts Congress to act on slumping economy
CAPTION: President Bush said Tuesday that Congress is blocking his proposals to deal with high gas prices and dragging its feet on legislation to make more student loans...
Curated Video
Fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana convicted of tax evasion
Milan, Italy - September 22, 2011
1. Various of Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce walking down the catwalk
Milan, Italy - September 28, 2006
2. Gabbana and Dolce with singer Kylie Minogue
Milan, Italy - September 23, 2010
3. Mid of...
Curated Video
Parliament votes in support of tough immigration reform
1. Wide exterior of French National Assembly
2. Wide interior of National Assembly Chamber
3. Wide of French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy speaking
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Nicolas Sarkozy, French Interior Minister:
"Chosen...
Curated Video
Parlmt considers bill to lift ban on female students wearing headscarves
1. Various exteriors of Istanbul University
2. Women with headscarves walking
3. Woman with head uncovered entering university
4. SOUNDBITE: (Turkish) Arzu Kihtir, Assistant Professor at Istanbul University:
''I don't think the wearing...
Curated Video
WRAP Adds opening of debate in parliament
Paris - February 3 2004
1. Exterior of French National Assembly
2. Pan from parliament debate on TV screen to journalists in parliament hall
3. Set up shot Elizabeth Guigou, former Justice Minister and Socialist MP (Member of...
Curated Video
Authorities unable to remove pre-war gravestone with swastika
The marble tombstone looks like others dotting the main cemetery of Graz, Austria's second city - but only at first glance.
Carved into it are a swastika and the inscription: "He died in the struggle for a Great Germany."
Footsteps away,...
Curated Video
Bush says he will veto Iraq withdrawal bill, Pelosi reaction
1. Wide interior of US Senate floor
2. US President George W. Bush walks to podium at National Cattlemen's Beef Association
3. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"What is clear is that the consequences of imposing such a...
Crash Course
IP Problems, YouTube, and the Future: Crash Course Intellectual Property
In which Stan Muller talks about some of the problems in Intellectual Property law as it exists today. He'll also teach you a little about how IP law applies to everyone's favorite media platform, YouTube. Lastly, he'll do a little...
TED Talks
Esta Soler: How we turned the tide on domestic violence (Hint: the Polaroid helped)
When Esta Soler lobbied for a bill outlawing domestic violence in 1984, one politician called it the "Take the Fun Out of Marriage Act." "If only I had Twitter then," she mused. In this sweeping, optimistic talk, Soler charts 30 years of...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How do executive orders work? - Christina Greer
On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln legally changed the status of over 3 million people from "slave" to "free." But his emancipation proclamation wasn't a law - it was an executive order. The framers of the American Constitution made...
TED Talks
Cecile Richards: The political progress women have made -- and what's next
Women have made enormous progress over the last century -- challenging the status quo, busting old taboos and changing business from the inside out. But when it comes to political representation, there's still a long way to go, says...
TED Talks
TED: Texting that saves lives - Nancy Lublin
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. When Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was...
Bozeman Science
Air Pollution
In this video Paul Andersen explains how air pollution is any chemicals in the atmosphere that negatively affect human health. Primary pollutants (like CO, VOCs, NOx, SO2, PM, and Lead) as well as secondary pollutants (like Ozone, nitric...
Bozeman Science
Mining
In this video Paul Andersen explains how mining is used to extract valuable minerals from the Earth's crust. Surface and subsurface mining are used to extract ore which is then processed. A discussion of ecosystem impacts and legislation...
Crash Course
Congressional Committees: Crash Course Government and Politics
This week Craig Benzine clears up the role of committees in Congress. We’ll talk about standing committees, joint committees, conference committees, and caucuses (and not the candidate-choosing kinds) as well as the staff agencies that...
TED Talks
TED: Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best. | Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly
On January 8, 2011, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in the head while meeting constituents in her home town of Tucson, Arizona. Her husband, the astronaut Mark Kelly, immediately flew to be by her side. In this emotional...
Professor Dave Explains
Political Philosophy Part 2: Wollstonecraft, Bentham, Mill, and Marx
We just got an introduction to modern political philosophy, so let's continue by looking at some additional important figures approaching the contemporary era. These are Mary Wollstonecraft, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and Karl...