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Earthy, energetic, apocalyptic and yet somehow, improbably, still optimistic, Michael Franti speaks clear and present hip-hop.

Why entropy gives rise to the arrow of time, how the initial state of the universe is responsible for the fact that we experience time now, and the ultimate heat death of the universe.

Ava DuVernay’s galvanizing documentary of the13th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery. A potent mixture of archival footage and testimony from activists, politicians, historians, and formerly incarcerated women and men.

Trevor breaks down how New York City's controversial stop-and-frisk program targeted young men of color and exacerbated racial tensions.

Reverend Dr. William Barber, President of the North Carolina state chapter of the NAACP, talks about the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott and the unrest that has followed in Charlotte.

Jordan Klepper gets Donald Trump supporters to share their non-reality-based opinions about Hillary Clinton and President Obama.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren relentlessly demands the meaning of being accountable. Have you resigned? Have you returned one nickel? Have you fired a single senior executive?

When it opened in 1990, Donald Trump hailed it as the eighth wonder of the world.

A chilling, Dr. Strangelovian nightmare plays out at a Titan II missile complex in September, 1980. A deadly accident – a falling socket puncturing the fuel tank of an intercontinental ballistic missile  – leads Air Force personnel, weapon designers, and first responders to work feverishly to prevent a calamitous explosion. 

Senator Bernie Sanders urges his supporters to get over political personalities and take a hard look at issues affecting them before casting a protest vote.