How do you find hope in a deeply fractured and polarized world? In this timely and powerful conversation, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nicholas Kristof pulls from decades of reporting from global conflict zones and overlooked American communities to bring a deeply human perspective to today’s most urgent moral and civic challenges. In an era marked by d ... Show More
Sep 16
From Sleepy Lagoon to Zoot Suit: The Irreverent Path of Alice McGrath
The Sleepy Lagoon case of 1942 became one of the most racially charged trials in U.S. history. Twenty-two Mexican American youths, mostly teenagers, were tried en masse for the death of José Díaz, though no witness placed them at the scene and the cause of death was never establi ... Show More
30m 55s
Apr 2025
Personhood: The New War over Reproductive Rights and Justice
What’s next for the battle over abortion? In this lecture, Mary Ziegler argues that undoing Roe v. Wade was never the endpoint for the antiabortion movement. Since the 1960s, the goal has been to secure recognition of fetuses and embryos as persons under the 14th Amendment, makin ... Show More
44m 1s
May 2023
May Hara and Annalee G. Good, "Teachers as Policy Advocates: Strategies for Collaboration and Change" (Teachers College Press, 2023)
May Hara and Annalee G. Good's Teachers as Policy Advocates: Strategies for Collaboration and Change (Teachers College Press, 2023) argues that teachers’ active participation in policy advocacy is crucial to creating a K–12 educational system that honors the needs of students, fa ... Show More
36m 48s
Jun 2024
Human Rights When There Are None: with Volker Türk, UN
What's it like to be the world leader of human rights at a time when it looks like they've been abandoned? Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, sits down for an eye-opening talk about "human rights economies" that value human dignity over ... Show More
39m 42s
Mar 2025
Human Rights in the Trump Era: A Conversation with Kenneth Roth
In this episode of International Horizons, Kenneth Roth, former longtime executive director of Human Rights Watch, joins RBI director John Torpey to discuss Roth’s recent book, Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abuse of Governments (Knopf, 2025), which re ... Show More
32m 47s
Nov 2023
Talesha Savage - The Keys to Teacher Retention Success
I am Talesha Savage, speaker, workshop facilitator, and owner of TLS Consulting, an education consulting firm devoted to helping school and district leaders create attractive school cultures where leaders and teachers feel respected, valued, and supported. I have helped four scho ... Show More
41m 8s