Sasha Chanoff, Co-Founder and Executive Director of RefugePoint, discusses the refugee crisis facing the world in 2016.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power explains how she works to make difficult problems seem easier to solve.

Learn about the attempts to purge the US military and federal government of gay and lesbian employees during the Cold War and decades later.

Sasha Chanoff, Co-Founder and Executive Director of RefugePoint, explains the definition of the term “refugee” and illustrates how the international community has sought to address refugee issues since the end of World War II.

Part three of Latino Americans, this episode covers World War II and the following years, as Latino Americans serve their new country by the hundreds of thousands but still face discrimination and a fight for civil rights back in the United States.

Scholar Margareta Matache explains significant moments in the history of the Roma people.

Scholars Timothy McCarthy and George Lipsitz discuss the connection between our responsibilities in the world today and two historical periods: the civil rights movement and the Reconstruction era.

Read excerpts from a plan created by Indigenous youth activists to address the legacy of colonialism and residential schools in their communities.    

Lisez des extraits d’un plan créé par de jeunes militants autochtones pour aborder le triste héritage du colonialisme et des pensionnats autochtones dans leurs communautés.

Read an excerpt from journalist Eleanor Halls article which describes the problems faced by working-class artists and the barriers preventing them from engaging with the arts.  

Read an excerpt from journalist Eleanor Halls article which describes the barriers preventing working-class people from engaging with the arts.  

Read about the rescue efforts of a group of Westerners who created a safe place for Chinese refugees during the Nanjing atrocities.