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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Baha'i

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about the Baha'i faith and its mission to promote peace and equality around the world.

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Ballot boxing: The problem with electronic voting machines

In this video adapted from Need to Know, correspondent Rick Carr investigates why new voting machines with the latest in technology may not be a panacea for what troubles the American voting system.

Baptism

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, explore the rite of baptism and the diversity of practices among different Christian denominations.

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Barbara Johns of Farmville, Virginia

In this video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, learn about 16-year old Barbara Johns, a high school student who, in 1951, organized a student walk-out to protest inferior educational conditions at Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia.

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Barshefsky Interview

In this video from Wide Angle, Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, former U.S. Trade Representative in the Clinton Administration, discusses her views on economic change in China.

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The Bayonet Constitution

This video from American Experience describes the events that forced Hawaiian King Kalakaua in 1887 to accept a new constitution for Hawai‘i that limited his power and gave increased influence to white landowners.

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The Beginning of the Cold War

American Experience: This Cold War video examines the steps that Harry Truman took to provide American support for governments threatened by the spread of Communism, a policy that came to be known as the Truman Doctrine.

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Beijing Riviera

This video from Wide Angle takes viewers to the Beijing Riviera, an exclusive gated community for elites who have access to luxury goods and services on an unprecedented scale.

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Bhopal, 25 Years Later

This audio segment from PRI's The World Science Podcast revisits a pesticide factory in Bhopal, India, where a 1984 gas leak caused as many as 8,000 deaths.

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Bhopal’s Unlikely Legacy

This audio segment from PRI's The World Science Podcast explores how the 1984 gas leak in a pesticide factory in Bhopal, India has increased public awareness about toxic threats, and has been a catalyst for new legislation here in the United States.

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The Birth of a Nation

This video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow highlights the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, directed by D. W. Griffith, which presents a distorted image of African Americans in the South and created a heightened atmosphere of violence upon its release.

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Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois: The Conflict

This video segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow highlights W.E.B. Du Bois’ criticism of Booker T. Washington for focusing on the economic advancement of blacks and accepting the injustices of Jim Crow.

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Botanicas: Markets of the Divine

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about botanicas, shops in Latino communities that cater to all kinds of physical, spiritual and religious needs.

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Botswana Today

Learn about the achievements and national problems of the African nation of Botswana in this video segment from Wide Angle.

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Breaking New Ground

This video from Wide Angle provides a look at some of the women who are leading Rwanda in government, business and promoting peace.

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Buddhist Ash Interment

In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about the beliefs and practices surrounding Buddhist ash interment.

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Building The Case

In this video from Women, War & Peace, students learn about the precedent set by Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal prosecutors in establishing rape as a specific war crime, and the bravery of the witnesses they called to testify.

Building the Erie Canal

In this video segment adapted from American Experience, learn about the construction of the Erie Canal, the biggest public works project of its time.

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Bush on Lincoln

In this video from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. interviews former president George W. Bush about Abraham Lincoln and the controversial choices they both faced as wartime leaders.

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A Case for the Separation of Powers

This video segment adapted from American Experience introduces how John Adams called for the separation of powers in the Massachusetts Constitution into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.

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Cauca's Most Valuable Resources

This video segment from Women, War & Peace introduces Cauca, a resource-rich region in Colombia whose residents are threatened with internal displacement due to the interests of potential investors.

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The Causes of the 2008 Financial Crisis

This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: "Money, Power and Wall Street" explores the changes in the U. S. financial market that ultimately led to the 2008 financial crisis.

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Censorship

In this Wide Angle video, the people behind Kalam Nawaem, or “Sweet Talk,” a popular Arab television, discuss how they must carefully choose their topics and tone to not only increase audience interest, but to keep their program on the air.

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Changes in Turkey

In this Wide Angle video, learn how the owner of a clothing manufacturer that creates conservative fashions for Turkish women has balanced his devout faith and commerce.

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Charles Hamilton Houston: Laying the Groundwork for Integration

In this video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, observe how Charles Hamilton Houston laid the groundwork for the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education as he documented separate and unequal conditions for black and white students in the south.

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Charles Hamilton Houston and His Legal Challenge Against Jim Crow

This video fromThe Rise and Fall of Jim Crow profiles Charles Hamilton Houston, the chief council for the NAACP, and his legal challenge against Jim Crow.

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Charlotte Hawkins Brown

Learn about Charlotte Hawkins Brown, founder of an educational institution for young African Americans, in this video segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.

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China’s Innovative Past

This audio segment from PRI's The World Science Podcast explores the roots of China's creative past and examines why China, a country that over 1500 years came up with some of the most important inventions the world had ever seen, might have lost its innovative edge to the West.

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Creativity in Chinese Education

In this audio segment from PRI's The World Science Podcast we look at the Chinese education system which has long favored a culture of rote memorization over creativity and independent thinking. China needs a new generation of critical thinkers, but is the Communist Party truly ready for that?

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Chinese New Year

Find out about the history and customs of the Chinese New Year in this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.

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Choosing words: The controversy over Texas textbooks

This video adapted from Need to Know examines controversial decisions made by the Texas State Board of Education regarding the social studies curriculum standards for Texas public schools.