The 2008 Wall Street Bailout

This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: "Money, Power and Wall Street" traces the unprecedented decisions made by the U.S. government to intervene in the financial crisis of 2008.

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20-Year Map of Global Rainfall

This visualization from NASA shows global rainfall patterns over a 22-year span. It incorporates data from a combination of remote-sensing and ground-based sources.

70% Female

This Wide Angle video features the women of Rwanda who have emerged as outspoken leaders and the great strides they have made toward rights and equality.

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Abolitionist Leader William Lloyd Garrison

This video adapted from American Experience: “The Abolitionists” profiles William Lloyd Garrison, founder of The Liberator and a leader of the American Anti-Slavery Society, whose position on the slavery question generated strong and often violent resistance to the abolitionist cause.

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Achieving Peace

This video from Women, War & Peace features a sit-in and other nonviolent actions conducted by the women of Liberia in 2003 to get participants at the peace talks in Accra, Ghana to sign a peace agreement in order to bring about the end of civil war in Liberia.

Affirmative Action and the USA

In this video from Wide Angle, two American NAACP lawyers arrive to advise Brazilian civil rights organizations, leading to a discussion of differences between race relations in the U.S. and Brazil.

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Alexander Hamilton: Early Influences

In this video segment from American Experience, learn about how the events of Hamilton's youth in the West Indies influenced the direction of his life.

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All-Female Enterprise

This Wide Angle video looks at the advantages and disadvantages of running a small-scale, female-only business.

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All for One

In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the influence of the communist values of organization, discipline and collectivism on North Korean society.

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Altruism

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, explore the subject of altruism, the idea of people doing good things without expecting anything in return.

American Buddhism

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about two different groups of Buddhist practitioners in the West.

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American Muslim Women

Learn about the perceptions and challenges of being a Muslim woman in the U.S., in this video segment from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.

Anti-Immigrant Sentiment

Botswanans express some of their attitudes toward the influx of Zimbabwean migrants in this Wide Angle video segment.

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Archaeology

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K looks at some of the objects found in King Tutankhamun's tomb. An Egyptologist discusses the significance of the objects and why the tombs exist.

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Arduous March

In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the Arduous March, a dark period of hardship and famine in recent North Korean history.

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Are Teens Addicted to Texting?

In this resource featuring video segments adapted from Wide Angle Youth Media: “Textaholic,” a teenager explores the role of texting in her life and speculates on whether teens are addicted to texting.

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Ataturk

This Wide Angle video segment illustrates Islamic and secular elements of life in Turkey, and introduces Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the first president of Turkey, and his reforms.

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The Atlanta Riot

Learn about the events leading up to the Atlanta Riot of 1906 in this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.

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At the University of Brasilia

Consider the opposing views on the policy implemented at the University of Brasilia in this Wide Angle video.

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A New World Order

This video from Women, War & Peace explains how women and their dependents are most affected by the changed nature of warfare since the end of the Cold War.

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