- -: PopTech 2009: Paul Van Zyl
February 19, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Co-founder of the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), Paul Van Zyl has devoted his career to human rights. The South African has been helping his country out of apartheid through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Van Zyl calls on America to hold its own commission to open...
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- -: PopTech 2009: Erica Williams
March 5, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Erica Williams is a Washington, D.C.-based activist and commentator who currently serves as the Deputy Director of Campus Progress, a project of the Center for American Progress. In this riveting Poptech talk, Williams discusses how the Millennial generation—todays 18-30 year olds—are re-imaginin...
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- -: Laura Kurgan: Human Geographies
March 15, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Architect Laura Kurgan is the Co-Director of the Spatial Information Design Lab at Columbia University. Kurgan visualizes complex political and social data to advocate for social reform. One project, Million Dollar Blocks, shows how the government spends more than one million dollars to incarcera...
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- -: Laura Kurgan: Mapping Justice
June 14, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)At the PopTech Chicago 2010 Salon event, Laura Kurgan, director of the Spatial Information Design Lab, presents data illustrating the relationship between incarceration rates, financial expenditures, and neighborhoods-- block by block. This new perspective provides shocking insight into how to re...
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- -: David Mikkelsen's Refugees United
November 14, 2011 (over 12 years ago)After a remarkable effort to help one Afghan boy reconnect with his family, David and Christopher Troensegaard Mikkelsen were driven to create a low cost, anonymous mobile tool and web platform designed to help refugees reconnect with loved ones. These tools streamline the family tracing process ...
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- -: The Supreme Court on Bush vs Gore - Jan Crawford Greenburg
February 19, 2007 (about 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/02/03/Supreme_Conflict Legal analyst Jan Crawford Greenburg discusses the lasting impact on the U.S. Supreme Court of "Bush v. Gore," the historic decision that determined the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. ----- Jan Crawford Greenburg talks a...
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- -: William Neukom - What's So Bad About Lawyers?
September 14, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1486 William Neukom, current President of the American Bar Association, takes issue with the predominantly negative image the American public holds of lawyers and the U.S. legal system. ----- William Neukom discusses "Advancing the Rule o...
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- -: John Roberts on the Most Insignificant Justice Ever
January 9, 2008 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/11/16/Supreme_Court_Justice_John_G__Roberts Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Roberts discusses Gabriel Duval, the man considered by many to be the most historically insignificant Supreme Court Justice of all time. ----- Chief Justice of the Su...
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- -: Jeffrey Toobin - Sandra Day O'Connor vs George W Bush
April 4, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/03/Inside_the_Secret_World_of_the_Supreme_Court Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin discusses Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's influence on the Supreme Court during the Presidency of George W. Bush. ----- Legal analyst and journalist Jeffrey Toobin discusses The...
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- -: Jeffrey Toobin - "Conservatizing" the Supreme Court
April 4, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/03/Inside_the_Secret_World_of_the_Supreme_Court CNN Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin examines ongoing efforts to "conservatize" the Supreme Court, starting with judicial appointments made by the Reagan Administration. ----- Legal analyst and journal...
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