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American Politics (Video)

This collection of programs from the University of California faculty and guests illuminates the crosscurrents in America that led to the election of Donald Trump and the ensuing impact on healthcare,... Read more

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Water Is Life: Standing with Standing Rock - Protecting the Land and the Water

Water Is Life: Standing with Standing Rock - Protecting the Land and the Water

Events at Standing Rock from April 2016 to February 2017 created new ways to protect the water and land. This panel feat... Read more

22 Sep 2017

55mins

Ranked #2

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Saving Capitalism and Democracy with Robert Reich -- In the Living Room with Henry E. Brady

Saving Capitalism and Democracy with Robert Reich -- In the Living Room with Henry E. Brady

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich explains in colorful detail how the gap in income and wealth has grown so vast in th... Read more

15 Jan 2018

29mins

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Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?

Is ISIS an Existential Threat to the United States?

Experts on international relations, conflict and religion engage in an informed debate about the extent and nature of th... Read more

11 Sep 2017

58mins

Ranked #4

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Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying with Roddey Reid

Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying with Roddey Reid

In "Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying: A Citizen's Handbook for the Trump Era and Beyond," author a... Read more

5 Feb 2018

50mins

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Behind Farm to Table: The Labor of Farming -- Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation

Behind Farm to Table: The Labor of Farming -- Future Thought Leaders Series Presented by the Berry Good Food Foundation

In “Behind ‘Farm to Table’: The Labor of Farming,” a panel of farmers, chefs, and farm advocates address the challenges ... Read more

11 Dec 2017

1hr 16mins

Ranked #6

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Healthcare in Trump's America

Healthcare in Trump's America

The Trump administration has struggled to pass a bill to replace the Affordable Care Act but there are important changes... Read more

1 May 2017

56mins

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American Identity in the Age of Trump with George Packer

American Identity in the Age of Trump with George Packer

The Trump Presidency is a symptom of the fracturing in American society that goes deeper than economics and politics to ... Read more

8 Jan 2018

1hr 20mins

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The Art of Messaging with Anat Shenker-Osorio -- In the Arena with Jonathan Stein

The Art of Messaging with Anat Shenker-Osorio -- In the Arena with Jonathan Stein

Messaging expert Anat Shenker-Osorio, author of “Don’t Buy It: The Trouble with Talking Nonsense About the Economy,” des... Read more

6 Feb 2017

29mins

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A Canary in the Coal Mine: Muslims in Trump’s America

A Canary in the Coal Mine: Muslims in Trump’s America

For 15 years, Edina Lekovic has served as a leading voice on American Muslims and an inter-community builder between div... Read more

8 May 2017

45mins

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Empirical Studies of Conflict: Implications for ISIS and Syria featuring Eli Berman -- Osher UCSD Distinguished Lecture

Empirical Studies of Conflict: Implications for ISIS and Syria featuring Eli Berman -- Osher UCSD Distinguished Lecture

Eli Berman, a former soldier for the Israel Defense Forces and now the research director for security studies for the UC... Read more

13 Feb 2017

52mins

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An Evening with Tim Wise: A White Anti-Racist Advocate

An Evening with Tim Wise: A White Anti-Racist Advocate

Author and anti-racist activist Tim Wise speaks about the importance of being a white ally to communities of color, and ... Read more

17 Apr 2017

1hr 28mins

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NAFTA in Retrospective

NAFTA in Retrospective

In the first of a nine-part series exploring the future of the North American economy, analysts from California, Arizona... Read more

3 Apr 2017

59mins

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Coming Together and Falling Apart: How Technology is Impacting Peace and Conflict with Shamil Idriss -- Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Distinguished Lecture Series

Coming Together and Falling Apart: How Technology is Impacting Peace and Conflict with Shamil Idriss -- Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Distinguished Lecture Series

Shamil Idriss, President and CEO of Search for Common Ground, addresses the impact that rapidly developing technology is... Read more

12 Jun 2017

46mins

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Climate Change and Post-Truth Politics

Climate Change and Post-Truth Politics

2016 was a good and bad year for efforts to tackle climate change. The good news is that 120 parties have ratified the P... Read more

17 Apr 2017

57mins

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The View from Mexico: Senator Armando Rios Piter

The View from Mexico: Senator Armando Rios Piter

Mexican Senator Armando Piter describes the alarm in Mexico about hostile actions toward immigrants in the United States... Read more

4 Apr 2017

29mins

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Integrating Immigrants with Mary C. Waters and John Skrentny

Integrating Immigrants with Mary C. Waters and John Skrentny

Sociologist Mary C. Waters of Harvard University paints a comprehensive and compelling picture of the immigrant experien... Read more

13 Feb 2017

25mins

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New Administration New Policy? How Changes in Washington Could Impact Israelis and Palestinians

New Administration New Policy? How Changes in Washington Could Impact Israelis and Palestinians

The political atmosphere of the Middle East may change with the new administration. David Makovsky Ziegler, Distinguishe... Read more

1 May 2017

59mins

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The Imperfections of NAFTA: Economic Dualities in North American Markets

The Imperfections of NAFTA: Economic Dualities in North American Markets

Harley Shaiken of UC Berkeley joins Jaana Remes of the McKinsey Global Institute, Gerardo Esqivel of COLMEX and Dudley A... Read more

3 Apr 2017

27mins

Ranked #19

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Is There a Post-Place Politics?

Is There a Post-Place Politics?

John Agnew, UCLA distinguished professor of geography, has spent his scholarly career examining the politics of place. I... Read more

1 May 2017

57mins

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