It was the first hospital in the United States built for formerly enslaved people. Its story? Both hope and inequality. Founded in 1862 during the Civil War, Freedmen’s Hospital was created in Washington, D.C. to treat newly emancipated Black patients who were turned away from white hospitals. Thousands sought care there, suffering from smallpox, tuberculosis, […]
In a country that treats every month like White History Month, the contributions of Black Americans tend to get swept under the rug. Here are our best pieces about barrier-shattering Black Americans of the past and the modern-day revolutionaries picking up their mantles. Featuring Sasheer Zamata, Naomi Ekperigin, and the Lucas Brothers. Watch Full Frontal […]
(BPRW) BodiMetrics Takes on Health Inequality in Wearable Health Tech Industry Makers of the Prevention circul+ wellness ring announce new initiatives to combat racial health disparities in the wearable health technology market, including additional studies and teaming up with Kelvin Boston, a financial wellness TV show host, to raise awareness about blood monitoring device’s inaccuracies […]
Luvvie Ajayi Jones isn’t afraid to speak her mind or to be the one dissenting voice in a crowd, and neither should you. “Your silence serves no one,” says the writer, activist and self-proclaimed professional troublemaker. In this bright, uplifting talk, Ajayi Jones shares three questions to ask yourself if you’re teetering on the edge […]
Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. “Globalization is on its deathbed,” says economist Mike O’Sullivan. The question now is: What’s next? Tracing the historical successes and failures of globalization, O’Sullivan forecasts a new world order where countries come together over shared values rather than […]
In partnership with Vox Media Studios and Vox, this enlightening explainer series will take viewers deep inside a wide range of culturally relevant topics, questions, and ideas. Each episode will explore current events and social trends pulled from the zeitgeist, touching topics across politics, science, history and pop culture — featuring interviews with some of […]
Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, subtitles, translations, personalized Talk recommendations and more. Rising inequality and growing political instability are the direct result of decades of bad economic theory, says entrepreneur Nick Hanauer. In a visionary talk, he dismantles the mantra that “greed is good” — an idea he describes as […]
Sixty years ago today, nine black students entered an all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. The new documentary “Teach Us All” honors the Little Rock Nine. It explores how educational inequality still plagues the U.S. six decades later. Bianna Golodryga spoke to director Sonia Lowman and backer Ava DuVernay about the film. Subscribe to […]
#Adversity #Inequality #Discrimination #WNTTV This video is about how there may have been a conscious and subconscious effort to influence with the use of Television. I’ve used Blackface to give details on my thoughts and how I believe changes sparked in large by the black lives matter movement may not help the case but hurt […]
Why should a good education be exclusive to rich kids? Schools in low-income neighborhoods across the US, specifically in communities of color, lack resources that are standard at wealthier schools — things like musical instruments, new books, healthy school lunches and soccer fields — and this has a real impact on the potential of students. […]