Curated Video
Never Again Action: Young Jews Against ICE
In June 2019, reports of immigrant children detained in cages on the US-Mexico border stunned America. Meet the extraordinary, Jewish people working in peaceful protest to demand change from the ICE.
The Wall Street Journal
Why the Activists Call
Tips on what makes a company vulnerable to corporate activism, and what to do when it comes your way.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Martín Espada Teachers Make a Difference - Howard Zinn
Martín Espada has published more than twenty books as a poet, editor, essayist and translator. His new book of poems from Norton is called Floaters. Other books of poems include Vivas to Those Who Have Failed (2016), The Trouble Ball...
Curated Video
Marsha P. Johnson: Transgender Activist
The story of transgender activist, Marsha P. Johnson, who dedicated her life to LGBTQ+ rights.
The Business Professor
Activist Shareholders and Institutional Investors - Explained
The role and effect of Activist Shareholders and Institutional Investors - Explained
Curated Video
Nelly Bly: Breaking Barriers from Asylums to the Skies
We've all got our favourite YouTubers, right? But everyone with a channel has this Pennsylvian lady, Nellie Bly, to thank. You could say she was the world’s first blogger.
Curated Video
Antonia Pantoja: Grassroots Organizer and Activist
The story of Latina activist Antonia Pantoja, who fought for bilingual education programs.
Curated Video
Fashionable Rebellion: Tignons: From Oppressive Attire to Creative Accoutrement
How free Black women in Spanish Louisiana turned an oppressive headscarf law into a celebration of individuality and culture.
Curated Video
Museum of Artifacts That Made America: Helen Keller's Watch
Deafblind pioneer Helen Keller campaigned for a better America – with the help of a remarkable watch that she didn’t have to see to read.
Curated Video
Fighting for LGBTQ Rights: Is the United States Really United?
The 10th Amendment to the Constitution allows each state to set its own laws. That's meant that in Colorado, LGBTQIA+ rights have often been repressed. Meet the students at William J. Palmer High School who took their school district to...
Curated Video
Could Veganism Save The World?
Veganism is sweeping the global. So why are more and more people deciding to cut all animal products from their diets – and why could doing so help to save the Earth?
Curated Video
Is Now The Time to Talk About Guns?
Gun control in the United States has been a loaded term for decades. So who is favour of the Second Amendment – and who is fighting back against it?
Curated Video
Jovita Idar: Voice of the People
Imagine throwing shade at a politician online and police showed up to arrest you! It would be un-American, right? In this video, we'll explain the story of Jovita Idar, a Mexican-American journalist who refused to be silenced!
Wonderscape
Social Studies Kids: Student Activism
This video explores the concept of activism and highlights the stories of young activists who are making a difference in various social and environmental issues. It emphasizes the importance of finding a cause you care about, educating...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Who was? Shirley Chisholm
Learn how Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, earned the nickname “Fighting Shirley” and made history.
Curated Video
Mary Church Terrell: Championing Suffrage and Civil Rights
Mary Church Terrell was a lifelong activist who advocated for suffrage and equal rights.
Curated Video
Stonewall Uprising: The Fight Against Oppression
The LGBTQ+ community took a stand in 1960s America. Discriminated against because of their sexuality and gender identity, they campaigned for a fairer, freer society in a time of social and political upheaval in America.
Curated Video
Civil Rights Movement: The Fight for Equality
The fight for Civil Rights in America has been fought by many groups of diverse peoples, all striving for equality.
Curated Video
A message of hope for transgender people
Transgender singer and former prison inmate Shea Diamond faced discrimination and hardship for challenging society's expectations of how she should be. She offers advice to her younger self.
Wonderscape
History Kids: Coretta Scott King's Life of Activism and Advocacy
This video explores the life of Coretta Scott King, the wife of Martin Luther King Jr., and her own influential role as a civil and human rights activist. From her humble beginnings in Alabama to her international advocacy for peace and...
Press Association
Ocean Rebellion campaigners protest outside IMO in London
An Ocean Rebellion campaigner, dressed as an oceanic goddess with her head trapped inside a fishbowl-like helmet, takes part in a performance protest highlighting the crisis they say is gripping the shipping industry, outside the...
Press Association
Greenpeace protester mounts Tory bus demanding ‘clean power not Paddy Power’
A Greenpeace activist has climbed on to the Tory election battle bus to protest against the party’s environmental record.
Amy Rugg-Easey got on to the coach using a ladder as it was parked outside a kit car manufacturer in...
Curated Video
Scripps News speaks with domestic abuse survivor Kate Ranta on Supreme Court gun ruling
Scripps News speaks with Kate Ranta, a survivor of domestic abuse whose experience was one of the dozens filed with the court as briefs in support of continued gun restrictions. (Scripps News)
Press Association
Climate justice protesters challenge 'false solutions' at Cop28 and call for an end to new oil and gas exploration
Climate justice protesters condemn "false solutions" at Cop28. Interview with Eric Damien Njuguna Wainaina, a Kenyan youth activist.