Saving the Cheetahs
Cheetahs are the fastest of all land animals – they can reach speeds of up to 70 mph in short bursts. Despite their speed and hunting …
The Confidence Game: Why No One is Immune (2016)
Films like The Sting, Oceans’ 11, and American Hustle show con artists as charismatic heroes out to help the little guy get his due. …
W.E.B. Du Bois: The Scholar Denied (2016)
One man – an African-American scholar and author – changed all that with his groundbreaking research and writing about Black people, …
Teens and Dystopian Literature
A great many books and films these days deal with a dark, forbidding world where young people are warring with the villainous adults to …
Sex and Labor Trafficking
Often it’s young people and immigrants who are forced to work in the sex industry or in sweatshops, restaurants and hotels with little …
Keeping Those Resolutions: The Key is Low and Slow
About this time of year, New Year’s resolutions begin to wane -- and most die. How do you keep them going? And how can you make better …
Biohackers: Searching for the Sixth Sense
Do humans have more than five senses? Can we detect more in our environment than what we normally perceive through sight, sound, smell, …
Wage Inequality: Why We Have It and How to Narrow It
It’s campaign season, and we’re hearing from politicians about the wage gap between the top 1% of earners in this country and the rest …