The costs of the climate crisis are as threatening as a war. Communities across this country have faced forest fires that felt like bombings.
A Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
What if we decided not to drive off the climate cliff? What if we chose to radically change course and save both our habitat and ourselves?
Global Climate Change: Science, Impacts, Solutions
Climate change is a difficult, contentious, and important issue. It will perhaps be the defining environmental issue of the 21st century.
The Real Crime Behind “Varsity Blues:” Structural Inequities in Access to Higher Education
It’s hard to imagine a system more driven by privilege than the fraught application process to elite colleges.
Personal Statement Trailer
When three high school seniors in Brooklyn decide they want to attend college, they realize there is no guidance for them in their schools…
Higher Education and Inequality
American higher education has often been characterized as the great equalizer and, thus, as one of the foundational pillars of the American Dream.
Millionaire Finance Minister Puts Liberal Hypocrisy on Full Display
Bill Morneau is the second most important character in the federal government, in a party that has positioned itself as a beacon of progressive values, led by the self-identified feminist Justin Trudeau.
A Single Rose by Mustafa Ahmed
A teenage poet living in Toronto’s Regent Park neighborhood is using words to break down the barriers of poverty and discrimination.
Power and Change in Canada
This course examines power in Canada as the foundation of social problems, and change as general movement toward solving those problems.
Palestinian Fragmentation and Political Expression: An Interview with Dr. Amahl Bishara
Politically, it’s important to think about how settler colonialism divides people and how fragmentation becomes an instrument of suppression.
Encore! in the Palestinian Territories: Resistance through Culture (Part 1)
Discover an art scene full of hope and resistance in the Palestinian cities of Bethlehem and Ramallah.
Anthropology of the Middle East
This course provides an overview of the Middle East and its cultural, historical, and political complexity from an anthropological perspective.
Too black for Brazil | Guardian Docs
Nayara Justino thought her dreams had come true when she was selected as the Globeleza carnival queen on one of Brazil’s biggest TV shows.
Reclaiming Our Schools: Workers’ Action for Change in Los Angeles
After six days of striking, ROSLA won key demands after sustained pressure on the district to truly hear parents, educators, and students.
Social Inequality and Education
This course examines how social inequality begets educational inequality, and how educational inequality reproduces social inequality.
How to Effectively Combat Police Violence State by State: 5 Steps on How Police Homicide Survivors Can Change Legislation
Cephus “Uncle Bobby” Johnson lost his nephew Oscar Grant on January 1, 2009 in Oakland, California, and has been actively combating police terrorism ever since.
‘We Had Community Involvement’ – Cephus Johnson on Oscar Grant and Fighting Against Police Violence
Cephus Johnson came to speak at the United Family and Friends Campaign march, an annual march of remembrance for victims of police violence.
Public Policy and the Criminal Justice System: Perceptions and Realities
In this course we will consider how we know what we think we know about crime in the United States.
Racial Capitalism and the Structural Roots of White Nationalism
White nationalism has structural roots in the emergence and historical development of racial capitalism as a world system.
Charlottesville Syllabus: Readings on the History of Hate in America
The history of racism and ethnic hate in America is long and deep. What are the cultural, economic, and political currents that led us here?
Bolsonaro and the Challenges for Popular Education
Bolsonaro’s government represents Brazilians elites, forged in patriarchy and slavery.
Why this far-right candidate won Brazil’s election
Brazil just held potentially the most important election in its history on October 28th, 2018.
The Rise of Authoritarian-Populism
The rise of authoritarian populist forces in recent years has generated new challenges in many affluent societies and long-established democracies. What explains the rise of these forces?
A Meditation on Self-Recovery
There I was, unable to complete the poem. A friend rose up from the audience. Joined me onstage. She held me gently.
d’bi young anitafrika: We Women Are Warriors
Storyteller d’bi.young anitafrika uses the art of dub poetry to weave a story of childhood sexual abuse and HIV in this beautifully intense performance.
Transdisciplinary Addiction Science
This introductory course will cover the broad field of addiction with a focus on drug dependence.
How Iceland Saved Its Teenagers – BBC News
In 1998, 42% of Iceland’s 15 and 16 year-olds reported that they had got drunk in the past 30 days. By 2016, though, this figure had fallen to just 5%…