The Wall Street Journal
Adrienne Harris on Fintech Regulation in New York State
The superintendant of New York State's Department of Financial Services discusses how financial regulation will evolve with the rise of cryptocurrency and fintech.
TLDR News
Is Trust In The Media Eroding? Should We Trust the News Media About COVID? - TLDR News
With misinformation on the rise and a real need for scientific and medical information than ever, you'd expect people would flock to the media. However, if you trust Twitter people are angrier with journalists than ever before and people...
Curated Video
Calculating and Measuring Chemical Reaction Rates
The video discusses the concept of the rate of a chemical reaction and how it can be calculated and expressed in various ways. The examples used in the video include measuring the amount of product formed or reactant used up over a...
Mr. Beat
The Federal Government Gets More Power | Gibbons v. Ogden
In episode 16 of Supreme Court Briefs, two dudes fight over whether or not one can operate his steamboat in New York. In the end, the federal government just gets more power.
Curated Video
Gov. on NY Blast: No Evidence of Int'l Terrorism
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST:++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASH++AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY New York - 18 September 2016 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Andrew Cuomo, (D) New York: "At this time, there is no evidence...
Hip Hughes History
Ronald Reagan Explained: US History Review
A short overview of the 1980's with an emphasis on the policies of Ronald Reagan. Broad and intended for high school students studying for their end of the year United States history exams, specifically the New York state regents...
Wonderscape
Ellis Island: A Gateway to Dreams and New Beginnings
Discover the story of Ellis Island, where millions of immigrants first stepped into America. Learn about its transformation from a small land to the United States' first immigration station, and how it became a symbol of new beginnings...
Professor Dave Explains
Quantum Mechanics and the Schrodinger Equation
Okay, it's time to dig into quantum mechanics! Don't worry, we won't get into the math, we just want to understand what the math represents, and come away with a new and improved view of the electron as both a circular standing wave and...
Curated Video
What Makes A State A State?
At first there were 13 – now there are 50! But what gives each US state the power to control its own laws and when does federal law take over?
National Parks Service
Ackerson Meadow Public Webinar Recording - August 5, 2020
Park staff and planners hosted an online webinar on August 5, 2020 in order to share information about the Ackerson Meadow Restoration Project and provide an opportunity for the public to ask questions.
The March of Time
MOT: 1916: US President Woodrow Wilson marches in preparedness parade
Woodrow Wilson stands talking with group of men in top hats and overcoats, location unknown / Wilson carrying a US flag marches at the head of a war preparedness parade on 5th Avenue at Madison Square Park in New York City during his...
Curated Video
The First Allies of the Revolution
The United States’ first true allies, the Oneida Tribe helped the Patriots to win the American Revolutionary War – but at what cost?
Crash Course
Economic Depression and Dictators: Crash Course European History
We're still leading up to World War II, but first we gotta talk about the rise of the dictators. Today we talk about the rise of militaristic dictatorships in Germany, the Soviet Union, Japan, and Spain, and the economic depression that...
Crash Course
Russian Revolution and Civil War: Crash Course European History
World War I was very hard on the Russian Empire. So hard, in fact, that it led to the end of the Russian Empire. As the global conflict ground on, Tsar Nicholas II faced increasing unrest at home. Today we'll learn about the Revolutions...
TED Talks
Will Hurd: A wall won't solve America's border problems
"Building a 30-foot-high concrete structure from sea to shining sea is the most expensive and least effective way to do border security," says Congressman Will Hurd, a Republican from Texas whose district encompasses two times zones and...
Be Smart
Einstein Was Right: Gravitational Waves Edition
A theory of physics 100 years in the making.
JJ Medicine
Vitamin D, Immune System & SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | Mechanism of Vit D Immune Regulation & Overview
Vitamin D, Immune System & SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | Mechanism of Vit D Immune Regulation, Overview of Evidence In this lesson, I discuss the vitamin D its immune system regulation, specifically with regards to how vitamin D can help...
Curated Video
Muckrakers... or Investigative Journalists?
An essential part of any functioning democracy - the press helps to make governments accountable for their actions; but when the first investigative reporters started working in the United States, not everyone saw them as a good thing.
Curated Video
My IELTS Band Score! Why Do I Keep Getting a 5.5?
Are you wondering why you keep getting a 5.5 on IELTS? There is an easy answer! You are not preparing correctly. What are you doing wrong in your preparation for IELTS? We'll show you today! You need a teacher or a class where you can...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Don't Drown | POEM
Don't Drown | POEM Poem written and performed by Michael Rosen.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Fixing the Eurozone
I just re-read the introduction for Hans Werner-Sinn. There's a few grammatical errors that I picked up. Maybe you can replace with this version (which fixes the mistakes): As the interview with Hans Werner-Sinn illustrates, there is no...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
What Pop Culture Got Wrong. Catherine the Great
Overview of moviemakers' taking creative license with the facts in films about Catherine the Great.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Lessons Ignored From the 1930s
Walker Todd is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute's new Center for Monetary Financial Alternatives, and an Institute grantee. He is also an economic consultant with 20 years' experience at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and...
Music Matters
How to use Neapolitan Chords in Minor Keys - Music Composition
How do you use Neapolitan chords in? How does a Neapolitan sixth chord resolve? What are the best approach chords to use before a Neapolitan? This music composition lesson explains the best ways to write approach chords to Neapolitan...