In the ongoing debate over refugees, we hear from everyone — from politicians who pledge border controls to citizens who fear they’ll...
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On any given night, more than 450,000 people in the United States are locked up in jail simply because they don’t have enough money to pay bail...
In the early days of digital culture, Jaron Lanier helped craft a vision for the internet as public commons where humanity could share its knowledge...
Malika Whitley is the founder of ChopArt, an organization for homeless teens focused on mentorship, dignity and opportunity through the arts. In this...
There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world — and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape...
After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, chef José Andrés traveled to the devastated island with a simple idea: to feed the hungry. Millions of...
Still invisible and often an afterthought, indigenous peoples are uniting to protect the world’s water, lands and history — while trying...
In this talk-performance hybrid, drummer, percussionist and TED Fellow Kasiva Mutua shares how she’s breaking the taboo against female drummers...
In this perspective-shifting talk, Danny Hillis prompts us to approach global issues like climate change with creative scientific solutions. Taking a...
There’s no such thing as throwing something away, says Andrew Dent — when you toss a used food container, broken toy or old pair of socks...