The idea for the Human Rights Forum was conceived by GlobalFest shortly after the City of Calgary signed on as a co signatory for the UNESCO's (United Nation...

At TEDxMiddlebury 2013 Polly Young-Eisendrath discusses the idea that we can control and manage our lives as counter to our happiness. After considering the ...

The Green Dam (2006): The Green Dam is where South Africa's poorest whites are living, SABC Special Assignment went to find out more about their plight. For ...

The imbalance of power in Arab countries allows regimes to stay in control virtually unchallenged by non-violent opposition groups. Without a break in the st...

Last year, San Francisco's mayor made a statement that the city's homeless must leave the streets by this year's Super Bowl. The city is setting up Super Bow...

A few years ago, those who warned us about the risks of technological unemployment were labelled as luddites, crazy, or techno-pessimists. Now some of the gr...

The Iranian authorities' admission that they mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet has sparked anti-government protests in Tehran, with US President Donald Trump tweeting his support.

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Today it may strange to talk about the promise of human rights afte...

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-are-the-universal-human-rights-benedetta-berti The basic idea of human rights is that each one of us, no mat...