In a talk that garnered a tearful standing ovation, Matthew Williams demands equality and respect for individuals with intellectual disabilities, told from t...

Originally from Severna Park, Maryland, Bailey is now studying International Relations at Carleton College. In addition to studying, she is also one of six e...

From offering fellatio to an undercover cop to sending their junk to men on Grindr, these polticians who were extremely anti-gay rights ended up being caught...

At the Harbour School in Hong Kong, Cesar Harada teaches citizen science and invention to the next generation of environmentalists. He's moved his classroom ...

BBC Debate: Has Human Rights Law achieved more for Humanity than Religion [The Big Questions] 10th May 2015 Shami Chakrabarti (Liberty) Peter Tatchell (LGBT ...

How do we make sense of today's political divisions? In a wide-ranging conversation full of insight, historian Yuval Harari places our current turmoil in a broader context, against the ongoing disruption of our technology, climate, media -- even our notion of what humanity is for. This is the first of a series of TED Dialogues, seeking a thoughtful response to escalating political divisiveness. Make time (just over an hour) for this fascinating discussion between Harari and TED curator Chris Anderson.

Artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn create community art by painting entire neighborhoods, and involving those who live there — from the favelas of Rio to...

Climate change is unfair. While rich countries can fight against rising oceans and dying farm fields, poor people around the world are already having their l...