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Robert Chang
The dark history of the Chinese Exclusion Act
5:07
Susan M. Reverby
Ugly History: The US syphilis experiment
5:07
Orisanmi Burton
What really happened during the Attica Prison Rebellion
5:11
Ilan Stavans
Who decides what's in the dictionary?
4:28
Karen L. Cox
Debunking the myth of the Lost Cause: A lie embedded in American history
5:48
Amanda Gorman
"The Hill We Climb"
4:47
Yen Pham
Why should you read Toni Morrison's "Beloved"?
16:49
Katherine M. Gehl
US politics isn't broken. It's fixed
9:43
Leslie Herod
What if mental health workers responded to emergency calls?
10:28
María Teresa Kumar
How the new generation of Latinx voters could change US elections
10:11
Tim Nevius
The exploitation of US college athletes
4:06
Elizabeth Cox
Can you outsmart the fallacy that started a witch hunt?
16:25
Van Jones
What if a US presidential candidate refuses to concede after an election?
11:57
Kedra Newsom Reeves
How to reduce the wealth gap between Black and white Americans
4:53
Elyse Cox
Who owns the "wilderness"?
6:10
Camilo Ramirez
The problem with the U.S. bail system
10:19
Amber McReynolds
An election system that puts voters (not politicians) first
16:12
Neal Katyal
How to win an argument (at the US Supreme Court, or anywhere)
4:54
Rod Phillips
What happened when the United States tried to ban alcohol
8:48
Jose Antonio Vargas
3 questions to ask yourself about US citizenship
36:20
William "Sandy" Darity
A blueprint for reparations in the US
10:35
Nora Flanagan
What COVID-19 revealed about US schools -- and 4 ways to rethink education
6:03
Dustin Tahmahkera
The last chief of the Comanches and the fall of an empire
1:06:31
Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King, Anthony D. Romero
The path to ending systemic racism in the US
51:14
Ibram X. Kendi
The difference between being "not racist" and antiracist
5:10
Brian A. Pavlac
What really happened during the Salem Witch Trials
4:17
Daina Ramey Berry
The electrifying speeches of Sojourner Truth
11:44
Huang Hung
How American and Chinese values shaped the coronavirus response
4:39
Riché D. Richardson
The hidden life of Rosa Parks
4:52
Alex Gendler
Epic Engineering: Building the Brooklyn Bridge
3:33
Sheila Marie Orfano
Why should you read "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan?
17:38
Robin Steinberg and Manoush Zomorodi
The US is addicted to incarceration. Here's how to break the cycle
14:53
Martha Minow
How forgiveness can create a more just legal system
14:21
Heather C. McGhee
Racism has a cost for everyone
12:34
Priti Krishtel
Why are drug prices so high? Investigating the outdated US patent system
5:01
Chris A. Kniesly
How corn conquered the world
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