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By several measures, men are in trouble. As women’s participation in the U.S. labor force climbs, men are dropping out in record numbers. Women are also enrolling in college and graduating in higher numbers. Meanwhile, men face higher levels of substance abuse, more overdoses, greater incarceration rates, lower life expectancies, and suicide levels that are nearly four times above those of women. Men could use a hand, supporters argue, lest these...
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Millennials, the cohort of people born between 1981 and 1996, have now surpassed Baby Boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, as the largest generation group in the United States. How are the Millennials doing? Ranging in age from their late 20s to early 40s, many Millennials fear they lack the financial and emotional standing their Boomer parents had to live full and successful lives. Millennials are America’s most educated generation, but with...
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Racism has long shaped U.S. history and continues to affect how Americans treat people of different skin colors and ethnicities. Some argue that “color blindness,” or treating people without any regard to race or ethnicity, is the best way to overcome racism and promote equal opportunity. Opponents argue that such an approach downplays deep-seated biases, silently maintains discrimination, and ignores systemic problems in American society. Does...
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"I have a dream," Martin Luther King Jr. told a crowd of some 250,000 people at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963, "that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." For centuries, slavery and racial segregation pervaded much of America. As a result of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, however, which King helped lead,...
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There is no such thing as being "not racist," says author and historian Ibram X. Kendi. In this vital conversation, he defines the transformative concept of antiracism to help us more clearly recognize, take responsibility for and reject prejudices in our public policies, workplaces and personal beliefs. Learn how you can actively use this awareness to uproot injustice and inequality in the world -- and replace it with love. (This virtual interview,...
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When Social Security began delivering payments to older Americans in 1940, the retirement age for eligibility was 65. At the time, the average life expectancy was 63. Today, average life expectancy is about 76, and most Americans can expect to live another 20 years after they retire. The United States also has a far higher proportion of elderly people—about 17 percent of the population—than it did when the program began. As a result of these factors,...
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It's been more than a year since most American schoolchildren returned to the classroom full-time. Now, school districts are working to recover learning lost while kids were at home during the pandemic. Researchers say students in high-poverty areas lost the most. Geoff Bennett reports on a school in Baltimore where mental health and small group learning are at the center of its approach.
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Despite business interests, scholars, and politicians on both sides of the aisle lining up to support the early childhood education cause, millions of American children are still not getting the care they need to succeed — or even to keep up. And while it’s the poorest children who are most vulnerable, middle class families are increasingly feeling the squeeze, as the cost of quality child care soars. So why, when the importance of quality early...
13) Angela Davis
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Despite being on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list, Angela Davis went on to become an international symbol of resistance against social injustice.
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Tahi is one woman’s journey around the world on a quest to find answers about connection, but what she discovers is a valuable teaching for all of humanity. Focusing on 4 of the 21 countries explored, the film investigates whether our commonalities are the key to unlocking an emerging world where people, animals and the environment can co-exist in balance.
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Set in the cutthroat, male-dominated world of high school debate, Girl Talk tells the compelling story of five girls on the diverse, top-ranked Massachusetts team at Newton South. Often talked over, underrepresented and judged differently than their male counterparts, each girl learns to navigate gender biases, reminding us that equal rights and freedom of expression are worth fighting for.
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In the 1990s, the United States and many other countries adopted "free trade" policies to eliminate commercial barriers among nations and create a more integrated global economy. Supporters of globalization argue that it has spurred trade, reduced poverty and income inequality, and brought the world closer together. Opponents of globalization, however, argue that it has lowered wages, gutted the middle class, weakened environmental protections, and...
19) Inherent Good
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INHERENT GOOD is a 60-minute documentary that introduces an increasingly popular grassroots idea, Universal Basic Income (UBI), as a vehicle to transform the American economy into one that is thriving, sustainable, and centered around the well-being and deservedness of all people. The film features comedian and “Liberal Redneck” Trae Crowder as well as former presidential candidate and entrepreneur Andrew Yang.
20) Defining US
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This Documentary takes us inside the nations largest schools and to the front lines of a divisive war over race, education and national identity.