"When George Yancy penned a New York Times article entitled "Dear White America," he knew that he was courting controversy. Here, Yancy chronicles the ensuing blowback as he seeks to understand what it was that created so much rage among so many white readers. He challenges white Americans to develop a new empathy for the African American experience."--Provided by publisher.

Excluded is a short fiction film that addresses social exclusion, cliques and friendship. The film was made collaboratively with students, inspired by their own experiences. This story is about a girl who gets excluded from her group of friends because she befriends someone not in her clique. After a downward spiral of feeling rejected, confused and hurt, she ends up connecting to a new, more inclusive group of people. Themes include shunning, popularity,...

"As Ferguson, Missouri, erupted in August 2014, and media commentators across the ideological spectrum referred to the angry response of African Americans as 'black rage, ' historian Carol Anderson wrote a remarkable op-ed in the Washington Post showing that this was, instead, 'white rage at work. With so much attention on the flames, ' she writes, 'everyone had ignored the kindling.' Since 1865 and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, every time...

Five-year-old Aidan Na day starts like many other children’s: with a sleepy-eyed bus ride to school. But Aidan is getting his education in Singapore, the country that is ranked the smartest country in the world. Aidan is one of the smartest kids in the smartest country, with a chart-topping IQ score. A world away in Los Angeles, some of the funniest people on the planet gather for an improv show at the famous Groundlings comedy club. They'll be...

Four kids, a former Miss America, and a Hall of Fame baseball player urge us to know better about Type 1 Diabetes in the online world premiere of short documentary film. Kids living with Type 1 Diabetes teach other kids how they’re more alike than different in this short documentary. Wanting to show others that they are Just Like You, these 4 kids are joined in the film by their best friends and tell their real-life stories, explaining what it’s...

A wise-cracking cop from L.A. and a high-flying cop from Hong Kong join forces to track down a kidnapper.