Dr. Jill Biden on Good News for Higher Education

Dr. Jill Biden, lifelong educator and wife of Vice President Joe Biden, gives parents some good news about how the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act makes college more affordable. Learn more at http://www.whitehouse.gov/StudentAid.

Martin Luther King "I Have A Dream" (Full Speech)

The full version of Martin Luther King's famous "I have a dream" speech.

Melissa Harris-Lacewell

Princeton professor and author Melissa Harris-Lacewell urges women to reject shame and isolation and instead work together for equal rights as she speaks to the theme Embracing Your Promise: A New Era of Opportunity in this dinner address to the guests of Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties. [6/2009] [Show ID: 16602]

Barbara Jordan Statue Unveiling Event

Watch distinguished speakers and performers celebrate and honor Barbara Jordan's life and legacy through the historical unveiling of the first woman statue on The University of Texas at Austin campus.

Authors@Google: David Wessel - "In Fed We Trust"

David Wessel visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to present his book "In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic". This event took place on September 23, 2009, as part of the Authors@Google series.

For more than twenty years David Wessel has been The Wall Street Journals insider at the Federal Reserve, the ultimate protector of the financial system on which the entire economy relies. With continual access to its chairmen, governors, policy makers, and staffers, Wessel has an insiders view of the biggest ongoing story of our time. IN FED WE TRUST: Ben Bernankes War on the Great Panic is Wessels authoritative and penetrating account of what Fed chairman Bernanke and his team knew (and when), what took them by surprise, what they were thinking at critical moments as they labored to prevent economic calamity, and more.

Race and the Subprime Crisis: The Future of Minority Neighborhoods

Some critics blame the Community Reinvestment Act for the mortgage meltdown that prompted the current deep recession. Others point to the abuses of subprime lending and Wall Street manipulation. Yet questions about the impact of the economic collapse on African American communities—and about the future of neighborhood stability, consumer access to credit, and the role of race in public policy—remain unanswered. As the federal government acts to reverse the economy's decline, what have we learned, and what does the future hold?

These are some of the issues that will be covered in the Milano and the Center for New York City Affairs 2009 Nathan W. Levin Lecture.

Featuring a keynote by Hon. Maxine Waters, U.S. Representative (D-Calif.)

And a discussion with: James Carr, COO, National Community Reinvestment Coalition.
Sarah Ludwig, Executive Director, NEDAP.
Louis Prezeau, President & CEO, City National Bank.

Moderated by: Darrick Hamilton, Assistant Professor, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy.

Established in 1989 in honor of the late Nathan Levin, a trustee and acting president of The New School, the Levin Lecture explores the issues of race, poverty, and public policy.

This event is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco.

Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age - Day 1 - Keynote - Geoff Canada

Geoff Canada
Description: Geoff Canada, of the Harlem Children's Zone talks about the danger of allowing technology to widen the gap between rich kids and poor kids and our responsiblity to ensure that this does not happen.

Chris Gardner at the Berkeley 2009 Commencement Convocation

Chris Gardner, the self-made entrepreneur and philanthropist whose homelessness-to-riches story inspired the 2006 autobiography and feature film, "The Pursuit of Happyness," delivers the keynote address at this spring's Commencement Convocation, an annual event honoring all graduating seniors.