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HBCU Week: Innovation explores how HBCU programs are changing and saving lives. Howard University is making history with the only Division One swim program at an HBCU while also teaching the Black community to swim. Claflin University's SmartHOME technology connects a person's physical state to actions to help mitigate health risks, hoping to combat healthcare disparities in minority communities.

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Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond Volume 2
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26:08
Films focusing on resilience through the lens of family, identities, and immigration.
Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond Volume 1
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26:08
Films focusing on resilience through the lens of family, rebuilding, and mental health.
In Their Element
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26:40
Indigenous leaders protecting our natural resources in the face of the climate crisis.
Extremism in America
27:31
As extremist beliefs and violence were downplayed, a dangerous ideology grew as a threat.
Caretakers
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27:17
The history of Filipinos in care work and the Filipino Americans on the front lines today.
Breach of Trust
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25:18
From the crimes committed to the cover-up, an exposé of the sexual assault scandal at USC.
The Conversation Remix
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28:21
A collage of people’s experiences that frame and illustrate the current racial reckoning.
Decolonizing Mental Health
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28:05
Dismantling the racism that underscores the mental healthcare industry.
A Tale of Three Chinatowns
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1:26:10
Exploring the survival of three Chinatowns in Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Boston.
Heaven: Can You Hear Me?
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26:10
HEAVEN: CAN YOU HEAR ME? explores the impact of gun violence on Black families in Philly.
Legal Lens
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Profiles of people who are either caught up in or helped by the levers of the law.
Metcalfe Park: Black Vote Rising
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23:41
A mother & daughter prepare their Milwaukee community for the 2020 presidential election.
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