Dangers of Social Networking Video Clip Collection
No one doubts the power of social media to create positive connections among people who might otherwise never meet. But that same power has an ominous side. It can draw together individuals who should, in fact, not meet�..
David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang has experienced stereotyping firsthand. Today, he dedicates his work as a successful dramatist to dispelling those hackneyed portrayals of Asian-Americans that he encountered in his youth. In this progr..
Death of a Salesman
Attention must be paid to this abbreviated but superb 1966 television adaptation by Arthur Miller of his Pulitzer Prize–winning modern tragedy—starring the incomparable Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock, re-creating th..
Democracy Left Behind: NCLB and Civic Education
Do American schools adequately prepare students to take part in society? Can a complacent, ill-informed public trace its problems back to the nation’s classrooms? This program examines the impact of the No Child Left B..
Depression: Not a Normal Part of Aging
Though aging has its challenges, depression and its frequent companion, substance abuse, need not be among them. This program dispels the myth that there is something inherently depressing about aging. It explores the co..
Developments in the Food Industry: Science, Technology, and the Environment
Although genetic modification of plants and animals has been going on since the dawn of agriculture, technological changes of unprecedented scope have taken place in the food industry within the past few decades. This pr..
Diagnosing Depression
Although the stigma of depression is fading, less than half of those who need help with depression will seek it out. Using several patient histories, this program addresses mild, moderate, and severe depression as well a..
Diet: A Look at Processed Food, Nutrition, and Obesity in the 20th Century
Attitudes about the industrialization of food have changed greatly over the past several decades. What used to be considered a scientific miracle now seems like a horrific joke: piglets being reared in incubators that lo..
Dignity Harbor
Dignity Harbor chronicles a group of homeless people living in an encampment along the Mississippi River in downtown St. Louis. In the shadow of the Arch, several makeshift communities – Hopeville, Sparta, and Dignity ..