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How America’s public schools keep kids in poverty | Kandice Sumner
Why should a good education be exclusive to rich kids? Schools in low-income neighborhoods across the US, specifically in communities of color, lack resources that are standard at wealthier schools — things like musical instruments, new books, healthy school lunches … Continue reading
The Gravel Institute: Monopoly
A short film about the secret socialist history of Monopoly, the game we all know and hate. Credits: Directed and Animated by: Dan Stankler Sound & Music: Harm Esterhuisen Music Supervision: David Maine Narrator: Jensen Olaya Writer: Jeanette Moreland, David … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – Four Thought, The Meaning of Statues
Jak Beula says statues and memorials matter because they show who a society values. ak Beula says statues and memorials matter because they show who a society values. His organisation is working to erect more to honour people of colour, … Continue reading
Slavoj Žižek: Why There Are No Viable Political Alternatives to Unbridled Capitalism | Big Think
Why There Are No Viable Political Alternatives to Unbridled Capitalism Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- “Behind every rise of fascism is a failed revolution,” said the Frankfurt School … Continue reading
Newen Afrobeat feat. Seun Kuti & Cheick Tidiane Seck – Opposite People (Fela Kuti)
Luego de haber participado en el festival Felabration 2015, que se lleva a cabo en Lagos, Nigeria, y haber compartido con la familia Kuti, Newen Afrobeat se reencuentra con Seun en Chile en febrero del 2016, bajo el marco del … Continue reading
How radical gardeners took back New York City
Seed bombs, the “tree lady of Brooklyn,” and the roots of urban gardening. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔 ) so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO New York City looked a lot different in the 1960s and 1970s. A … Continue reading
Why palm oil is in everything, and why that’s bad
“Planet Palm: How Palm Oil Ended Up in Everything—and Endangered the World,” by Jocelyn C. Zuckerman: https://thenewpress.com/books/planet-… My old video about Crisco (vegetable shortening): https://youtu.be/n4IH8-io6Dw
What Do U.S. Elections Look Like Abroad? | NYT Opinion
urnout this election is projected to be the highest in a century, and voters are doing everything they can to make their voices count. Waiting in line for hours (even if you’re the mayor). Voting in person despite the pandemic … Continue reading
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How America Got Divorced from Reality: Christian Utopias, Anti-Elitism, Media Circus | Kurt Andersen
How America Got Divorced from Reality: Christian Utopias, Anti-Elitism, Media Circus Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Since a boat of religious fanatics with buckles on their hats hit … Continue reading
Black Tulsans Work to Rebuild ‘Black Wall Street’ Decades After Massacre | WSJ
The Tulsa Massacre of 1921 destroyed hundreds of Black-owned businesses and homes in the city’s Greenwood District. A century later, entrepreneurs and activists are working to preserve “Black Wall Street’s” memory while pushing to rebuild and recover what was lost. … Continue reading
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