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Open Letter to the President - Physics Education
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TED Talks
America's Gun Crisis: Will Change Come After the Latest Tragedy?
The conversation between president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media Ian Bremmer and TED’s Helen Walters delves into the issue of gun violence in America. They emphasize the ease of access to firearms, including military-grade...
TED Talks
Bridging the Divide: Emerging Leaders, Political Polarization, and the Future of U.S. Democracy
President and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media Ian Bremmer discusses the potential for emerging leaders in American politics who can build bridges, citing a few modern figures as examples. While he acknowledges a new generation...
TED Talks
The Future of American Democracy After a Trump Assassination Attempt
Following an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a campaign rally, president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media Ian Bremmer joins TED’s Helen Walters to discuss the broader implications for American politics. They explore...
TED Talks
TED: How to spot authoritarianism — and choose democracy | Ian Bassin
Democracy is about having choices — and authoritarianism is about not having them, says lawyer and writer Ian Bassin. Detailing the seven steps of the authoritarian playbook, he invites us all to put aside our differences and rethink our...
TED Talks
TED: How to fight for democracy in the shadow of autocracy | Fatma Karume
Democracy may be an abstract concept, but it holds the very essence of our autonomy and humanity, says lawyer and human rights advocate Fatma Karume. Sharing her journey navigating a tumultuous political transition in Tanzania that put...
TED Talks
TED: Why are women still taken less seriously than men? | Mary Ann Sieghart
Women are routinely underestimated, overlooked, interrupted, talked over or mistaken for someone more junior at the workplace. Author Mary Ann Sieghart calls this the "authority gap" — all the ways women are (still) taken less seriously...
TED Talks
TED: It's time to rethink the role of First Lady | Irina Karamanos Adrian
Irina Karamanos Adrian didn't plan on becoming Chile's First Lady — but she set out to transform the role all the same. She shares how she's fighting gender stereotypes and protecting democracy by shifting political power back to where...
SciShow
How the White House Killed Two Presidents
Working in the White House in the 1840s may have been more hazardous than we thought.
SciShow
How 18th-Century Medicine Killed George Washington
What killed George Washington? Turns out it was probably related to the bloodletting and other 18th-century medicine his doctors applied.
SciShow
Why Are There Righties & Lefties?
About 10% of the world population is left-handed. But why does handedness exist and what determines which hand is dominant? Scientists have suggested several theories, but the answer may well lie with evolution.
TED Talks
TED: The urgent risks of runaway AI -- and what to do about them | Gary Marcus
Will truth and reason survive the evolution of artificial intelligence? AI researcher Gary Marcus says no, not if untrustworthy technology continues to be integrated into our lives at such dangerously high speeds. He advocates for an...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: History vs. Thomas Jefferson | Frank Cogliano
Thomas Jefferson, founding father of the United States and primary author of the Declaration of Independence, was part of America's fight for freedom and equality. But in his personal life, he held over 600 people in slavery. Are his...
PBS
Aging Maine repays college debts to attract younger workers
Maine, land of lobsters and lighthouses, is also the nation's oldest state. With a median age of 43, roughly a third of its population is in or approaching retirement. To counter its aging workforce, the state is attempting to attract...
PBS
Dream 'Remembered (August 28, 2003)
A panel of historians and activists reflect on the historic 1963 March on Washington and the enduring significance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
PBS
Gerald Ford (Jan. 14, 1991)
An interview with former President Gerald Ford on the prospect of the United States going to war in the Persian Gulf, following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
PBS
Uneasy Peace Takes Hold In Contested Region Of Azerbaijan
Ethnic-Armenian forces last week handed over two regions to Azerbaijani
control as part of Russia-brokered armistice that ended the six-week war
over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Moscow has sent peacekeepers to the
ethnic-Armenian...
PBS
Decades on, millions of unexploded U.S. bombs left in Laos
The United States dropped 270 million bombs on Laos between 1964 and 1973. On Tuesday, President Obama became the first U.S. president to visit the country, promising to provide the Laotian people to remove the unexploded bombs that...
Curated Video
Rights Groups Ask Obama To Pardon Snowden
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden says he is not directly asking President Barack Obama for a presidential pardon, but is appreciative that a group of civil rights organizations are doing so on his behalf. Snowden spoke by...
Curated Video
Snowden: "Comfortable with the decisions I made"
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden says he is not directly asking President Barack Obama for a presidential pardon, but is appreciative that a group of civil rights organisations are doing so on his behalf. Snowden spoke by...
Associated Press
Friend: Scaramucci is Trump "Mini Me
A longtime friend says White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci is becoming a President Trump "mini me." Scaramucci gave an expletive-laced interview that appeared on the website of The New Yorker magazine on Thursday. In...
Curated Video
WRAP Voting begins in Boston, NYork, N Hampshire, Virginia
Dixville Notch, New Hampshire
1. Voters voting in booths
2. Voters voting in booths
3. Voter casting first vote in box
4. Various of voters putting ballots in box
5. Various of election officials counting votes
6. Jim Pearson, Town...
Curated Video
USA: WASHINGTON: RUSSIAN PM VIKTOR CHERNOMYRDIN CONTINUES VISIT
Eng/Russ/Nat
The U-S President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin will hold a two-day summit in Helsinki, Finland in March.
The meeting was announced Friday by Vice President Al Gore and Russian Prime Minister Viktor...
Curated Video
Philippine FM clarifies US military relations
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYHanoi - 29 September 20161. Security on streets of Hanoi2. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte getting out of car and walking into restaurant3. Philippine...