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Every generation inherits the problems created by the ones before them, but no generation will inherit as many problems--as many crises--as the current generation of young people. From the devastations of climate change to the horrors of gun violence, from rampant transphobia to the widening wealth gap, from the lack of health care to the lack of housing, the challenges facing the next generation can feel insurmountable. But change, even revolution,...
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Part two explores one of the towering geniuses of science, Sir Isaac Newton. Active across and astounding range of disciplines, somehow he also found time to be an MP, Master of the Royal Mint, and a magistrate. Yet to what extent was fullest flowering of this driven man's mind only possible in a particular set of circumstances?
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Part three looks at England in the early 18th century, and the transformation of a people and a nation through a religious revival begun by a preacher named John Wesley. Wherever he went, he preached in the open air, telling people that there was a God who loved them and wanted better for their lives.
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Part five looks at the Battle of Waterloo. The battle of Waterloo (the last engagement of Napolean's so-called Hundred Days) was fought on Sunday June 18, 1815, just south of Brussels in modern Belgium. It began late in the morning, as the French Emperor waited for the ground to dry after the soaking rain of previous days, but once battle was joined it raged until evening.
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Part Four looks at John Wilkes, a comparatively little-known figure today, but in mid- to late-18th century he was at the epicentre of events which shook the British Establishment and helped prepare the ground for modern civil liberties. Wilkes was part of a successfuly campaign to compel governments to publish the full text of Parliament debates.
13) Elian
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The world thought it knew Elián González’s story: The 5-year-old boy who washed up on the Florida coast after a deadly crossing from Cuba who became the center of an extraordinary, never-before-experienced media firestorm and international custody battle, pitting family members against each other and testing political policy at a crucial moment in history.. The CNN documentary ELIÁN shows how this incredible story is interwoven into the current...
14) Even When I Fall
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The incredible story of Saraswoti and Sheetal, trafficking survivors who reclaim skills that once came at a high cost: they were slaves in Indian circuses - sold as children. Now freed, together they form Nepal's first circus. An intimate, beautiful film that harnesses the visual power of circus to give a unique perspective into the complex world of human trafficking.
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"Jane Ellison is a "super recognizer" able to identify strangers by the slightest facial details. When she spies human rights activist and heiress Bella Valencia in a crowded Boston airport, Jane's convinced she's found the person responsible for her sister Kit's disappearance. Jane is ready to risk everything for the chance to publicly expose Bella's crimes at her upcoming celebrity wedding, but the more she digs into what happened that night, the...
17) Child Labor
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The U.S. government found child labor violations involving over 3,800 minors in 2022. At the same time, some states say there is too much regulation of child labor. This NewsHour program features a discussion between Katherine Walts, director of the Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University Chicago; Dan Bowling, a distinguished fellow at Duke University School of Law; and Ali Rogin on the state of child labor laws.
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Although distraught, Happi is also unsettled by the way people have idealized the memory of her sister who was killed after attending a social justice rally -- why do people have to be perfect in order to be missed? As a way to honor the memory, however, Happi and her other sister Genny go on a roadtrip using the original "Green Book" -- but the trip reveals secrets neither sister knew about the dead Kezi.
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Each of the six stories in Your Duck is My Duck, Eisenberg's first collection since 2006, has the heft and complexity of a novel. With her own inexorable but utterly unpredictable logic and her almost uncanny ability to conjure the strange states of mind and emotion that constitute our daily consciousness, Eisenberg pulls us as if by gossamer threads through her characters--a tormented woman whose face determines her destiny; a group of film actors...