Institute for New Economic Thinking
David Tuckett - The Human Element: Reinserting People into Finance
David Tuckett suggests that economics should drop the physics envy. Economics in the real world is not, and should not be, made up of mechanical situations. Finance has become too remote from human judgments and understanding the...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Global Health and Human Rights
This is episode three in a series on Global Health Ethics. In this episode, Dr Greg Martin looks at the idea of human rights and tried to provide a simple definition. He also identifies rights that have implications for global health.
Curated Video
Human Rights Awareness
Legal scholar Emilie Hafner-Burton (UCSD) discusses the lack of general awareness surrounding much of the international human rights system.
TED Talks
TED: When you inform women, you transform lives | Paige Alexander
Access to information is the key to unlocking human rights for all, says equality champion Paige Alexander. From educating female entrepreneurs on how to launch life-sustaining businesses to murals, billboards and other creative ways of...
Gresham College
The EU Referendum and Human Rights - Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice QC
Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice examines what effect the EU Referendum will have on the EU convention of Human Rights. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/law-lecture-series-2015-16-an-introduction-by-professor-sir-geoffrey-nice-qc Prfessor Nce...
Curated Video
Diffusion: The Movement of Particles in Liquids and Gases
This is a lecture presentation on diffusion, where the process of diffusion of particles in liquids or gases is explained in terms of kinetic particle theory. The presentation incorporates a mixture of two liquids and a demonstration...
Language Tree
Intro Spanish Lesson: Conjugating the verb "tomar" (to drink)
Learn how to conjugate the Spanish verb"tomar" (to drink or to take) in the present tense.
Kids Learning Videos
Rhinos! Rhinoceros Facts for Kids
Rhinos! Rhinoceros Facts for Children Learn about Rhinoceroses with this educational animal video for kids. Rhinos are great animals. They are large herbivores. The white rhino is the 2nd largest land mammal, second only to the elephant....
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Why We Need Solidarity Economics
Economists have gone to great lengths to write humans out of economics, pushing self-interest and generally providing two choices—faith in markets or the state. INET grantee and University of Southern California Sociologist Manuel Pastor...
TED Talks
Fight injustice with raw video - Peter Gabriel
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Musician and activist Peter Gabriel shares his very personal motivation for standing up for human rights with the...
Curated Video
Trafficked NKorean women want children back
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYGunpo - 4 September 20161. Kim Jungah, North Korean defector and head of the Tongil Mum Association, pointing at family photos2. Photo of Kim's child, who she...
PBS
The Ancient Human Species With A Missing Body
Only a handful of Denisovan fossils have been identified. In the absence of actual body fossils, it’s impossible for us to reconstruct their morphology, right?
TED Talks
TED: What happens when we deny people abortions? | Diana Greene Foster
How does getting an abortion — or not — influence a woman's life? Demographer Diana Greene Foster puts forward the results of The Turnaway Study, her landmark work following nearly 1,000 women through abortion or childbirth, presenting...
TED Talks
TED: Pussy Riot's powerful message to Vladimir Putin | Nadya Tolokonnikova
Nadya Tolokonnikova, founding member of the anti-Putin resistance group Pussy Riot, was named a top enemy of Russia for speaking out against Vladimir Putin's dictatorship throughout the last decade. In this inspiring talk, she tells the...
TED Talks
TED: Refugees have the right to be protected | António Guterres
António Guterres thinks that we can solve the global refugee crisis -- and he offers compelling, surprising reasons why we must try. In conversation with TED's Bruno Giussani, Guterres discusses the historical causes of the current...
Biography
Malcolm X - Civil Rights Activist | Mini Bio | BIO
Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 to February 21, 1965) was a minister, human rights activist and prominent black nationalist leader who served as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and 1960s. Due largely to his efforts, the...
TED Talks
Pourquoi éduquer la jeunesse aux STEM ?
Pourquoi éduquer la jeunesse aux STEM ? L'accès à l'électricité devrait être un droit humain universel. Sandrine Ngalula Mubega, ingénieur électricien congolais, prône de l'équité technologique à travers le monde et propose que davantage...
Curated Video
Uzbek Cotton Campaigner Arrested
A campaigner against forced labour in Uzbekistan's cotton fields was arrested ahead of an international meeting where she was scheduled to give evidence on human rights violations, a human rights group said on Friday. In a video...
Curated Video
Frontline Insight: Philippines President Duterte's War on Drugs
In the past seven months, over 7,600 people have been killed during Philippines President Duterte’s national crackdown on drugs. More than 2,500 of these deaths were in raids or stings that police said ended in shootouts. Human rights...
Curated Video
Attack prompts review of US aid to Saudi Arabia
The White House said on Tuesday that it will review its assistance to the Saudi-led coalition campaign in Yemen after an airstrike on a funeral hall packed with mourners in Sanaa killed nearly 140 people and wounded 600 others.Saturday's...
Curated Video
Attack Prompts Review of US Aid to Saudi Arabia
More than 1,000 mourners were packed into the funeral hall, including some of the most powerful figures in Yemen's rebel movement. Ali al-Akwa, who was just about to start reciting the Quran, heard warplanes overhead — but that...
The March of Time
1940: IMMIGRATION: Group of immigrant people w/ right hands raised, standing before judge, SOT Administering Oath of Citizenship: 'against all enemies...faith & allegiance...so help you God.' Group 'I do.'
MOT 1940: IMMIGRATION: Group of immigrant people w/ right hands raised, standing before judge, SOT Administering Oath of Citizenship: 'against all enemies...faith & allegiance...so help you God.' Group 'I do.'
The Guardian
The Sun's Page 3: protesters demonstrate against objectification of women
The Sun's Page 3: protesters demonstrate against objectification of women Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD On the 42nd anniversary of a topless woman first appearing on page 3 of the Sun, human rights group Object...
The Guardian
Palestinian boy, five, 'held by Israeli troops'
Palestinian boy, five, 'held by Israeli troops' Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD Footage released by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem appears to show the Israeli army detaining a five-year-old Palestinian boy....