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5:57

Bianca Tylek

The multibillion-dollar US prison industry — and how to dismantle it

Posted Jun 2021

12:50

Jessica Kerr

Who judges the judges?

Posted Jun 2021

5:07

Orisanmi Burton

What really happened during the Attica Prison Rebellion

Posted May 2021

9:43

Leslie Herod

What if mental health workers responded to emergency calls?

Posted Mar 2021

19:21

Dexter Dias

Racism thrives on silence — speak up!

Posted Oct 2020

16:12

Neal Katyal

How to win an argument (at the US Supreme Court, or anywhere)

Posted Sep 2020

14:56

Wesley Saint Clair

The case for restorative justice in juvenile courts

Posted Jul 2020

6:35

Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff

The bill has come due for the US's history of racism

Posted Jun 2020

8:46

Anthony D. Romero

The ACLU's call to defund the police

Posted Jun 2020

1h 6m

Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King, Anthony D. Romero

The path to ending systemic racism in the US

Posted Jun 2020

17:38

Robin Steinberg and Manoush Zomorodi

The US is addicted to incarceration. Here's how to break the cycle

Posted May 2020

12:54

Dick M. Carpenter II

The injustice of "policing for profit" — and how to end it

Posted Apr 2020

14:53

Martha Minow

How forgiveness can create a more just legal system

Posted Mar 2020

12:51

César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández

Why immigration prisons aren't the answer

Posted Feb 2020

14:03

Erika Pinheiro

What's really happening at the US-Mexico border — and how we can do better

Posted Nov 2019

12:07

Laura Rovner

What happens to people in solitary confinement

Posted Nov 2019

50:57

The TED Interview

Michael Tubbs on politics as a force for good

Posted Oct 2019

15:06

Marcus Bullock

An app that helps incarcerated people stay connected to their families

Posted Oct 2019

12:54

Raj Jayadev

Community-powered criminal justice reform

Posted Sep 2019

12:13

Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff

How we can make racism a solvable problem — and improve policing

Posted Sep 2019

5:51

Ivonne Roman

How policewomen make communities safer

Posted Jul 2019

12:04

Jarrell Daniels

What prosecutors and incarcerated people can learn from each other

Posted May 2019

14:51

Michael Arntfield

How you can help solve cold cases

Posted May 2019

11:42

Kim Gorgens

The surprising connection between brain injuries and crime

Posted Apr 2019

4:34

Michelle Mehrtens

The historic women's suffrage march on Washington

Posted Mar 2019

16:00

Lindy Lou Isonhood

A juror's reflections on the death penalty

Posted Feb 2019

15:09

Marian Wright Edelman

Reflections from a lifetime fighting to end child poverty

Posted Jan 2019

12:45

Monique W. Morris

Why black girls are targeted for punishment at school — and how to change that

Posted Jan 2019

10:00

Darieth Chisolm

How revenge porn turns lives upside down

Posted Oct 2018

18:30

Hany Farid

The dangers of algorithmic justice

Posted Oct 2018

19:05

Kym Worthy

What happened when we tested thousands of abandoned rape kits in Detroit

Posted Sep 2018

9:57

Tracie Keesee

How police and the public can create safer neighborhoods together

Posted Sep 2018

10:05

Simona Francese

Your fingerprints reveal more than you think

Posted Sep 2018

4:56

Alex Gendler

How does impeachment work?

Posted Sep 2018

16:04

Ben Cort

What commercialization is doing to cannabis

Posted Sep 2018

14:43

Lindsay Malloy

Why teens confess to crimes they didn't commit

Posted Jul 2018