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Our Priorities
The case for making war obsolete

The case for making war obsolete

Jamila Raqib

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Photos that give voice to the animal kingdom

Photos that give voice to the animal kingdom

Frans Lanting

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Two people shouting out barely related sentences

Two people shouting out barely related sentences

Celeste Headlee

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RFK Jr. on the night Martin Luther King Jr. was killed...

RFK Jr. on the night Martin Luther King Jr. was killed...

Robert F.Kennedy Jr

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How to translate apocalyptic fatigue into action

How to translate apocalyptic fatigue into action

Per Espen Stoknes

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We are alive for a reason.

We are alive for a reason.

Claire Dubuois

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The History of Fake News

The History of Fake News

Andie Tucher

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Innovative new media in Paraguay

Innovative new media in Paraguay

Jazmin Acuna

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MacBeth’s final soliloquy

MacBeth’s final soliloquy

Sir Ian McKellen

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Literate tales of passion

Literate tales of passion

Isabel Allende

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Time for extraordinary music  --   music that could be the outcry of angels.

Time for extraordinary music -- music that could be the outcry of angels.

Johannes Brahms

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This is the decisive decade in the history of humankind.

This is the decisive decade in the history of humankind.

Christiana Figueres

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What exactly is democracy?

What exactly is democracy?

Timothy Snyder

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The private sector gets it right

The private sector gets it right

Mariott Corporation

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Yes, I’d give the devil benefit of the law...

Yes, I’d give the devil benefit of the law...

Paul Scofield, as Sir Thomas More

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Working together, beyond silos

Working together, beyond silos

Dr. Jane Goodall

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Canadian 12-year-old at the 1992 Earth Summit

Canadian 12-year-old at the 1992 Earth Summit

Severn Suzuki

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When all we ever need is our voice.

When all we ever need is our voice.

Clint Smith

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Letter From a Birmingham Jail

Letter From a Birmingham Jail

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Do you think this is just another day in your life?

Do you think this is just another day in your life?

David Steindl-Rast

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Dictators hate political cartoons -- so I keep drawing

Dictators hate political cartoons -- so I keep drawing

Rayma Suprani

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To solve humanity's challenges, invest in women and girls.

To solve humanity's challenges, invest in women and girls.

Musimbi Kasaryo

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Which country does the most good for the world?

Which country does the most good for the world?

Simon Arnholt

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Jimmy Stewart

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We all wish Venezuela to become a democracy

We all wish Venezuela to become a democracy

Juan Manuel Santos Calderon

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The AI Dilemma

The AI Dilemma

Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin

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Mandela's speech after his release from prison

Mandela's speech after his release from prison

Nelson Mandela

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You many say I'm a dreamer...

You many say I'm a dreamer...

John Lennon

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"Put the water back in the river!"

Bruce Shillingsworth, aboriginal activist

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We are all time travellers jouneying together

We are all time travellers jouneying together

Stephen Hawking

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"It’s okay now but not like it should be."

Essie Pettway, Mary Lee Bendolph, Rita Mae “Rabbit” Pettway, Lucy “Toot” Mingo, and China Pettway.

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We the people! Not I the dictator.

We the people! Not I the dictator.

Charlie Chaplin

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The fierce urgency of now

The fierce urgency of now

Martin Luther King Jr

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Do not fear what has blown up.

Do not fear what has blown up.

Suheir Hammad

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How great leaders inspire action.

How great leaders inspire action.

Simon Sinek

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Without facts, you can't have truth.

Without facts, you can't have truth.

Maria Rassa

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It's easy to put people in boxes

It's easy to put people in boxes

TV 2, Denmark

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If your dreams do not scare you...

If your dreams do not scare you...

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

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My wish to protect the oceans

My wish to protect the oceans

Sylvia Earle

Talks
PeaceTalks

PeaceTalks

Ten fellow citizens

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We Are The World; 35th anniversary

We Are The World; 35th anniversary

A universal song of peace

Talks
Without accusations, boasts, hedges, obfuscations, or apocalytic metaphors....she did what a leader is supposed to do: explain the gravity of the situation…”

Without accusations, boasts, hedges, obfuscations, or apocalytic metaphors....she did what a leader is supposed to do: explain the gravity of the situation…”

Angela Merkel

Talks
News we can trust

News we can trust

The Center for Humane Technology

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Canoeros: Living Memory

Canoeros: Living Memory

The Kawésqar people

Talks
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