Angela Davis first came to national attention in 1969 when she was removed from her teaching position at UCLA because of her membership in the Communist Party.

As philanthropy becomes an increasingly global phenomenon, there are a number of issues raised for local donors and nonprofit groups.

Dr. Leonard Peikoff, intellectual heir to Ayn Rand, explores the unlikely tension between a democratic nation and its people.

'Another World Is Possible', is the culminating forum of the Student Research Conference, similar to the World Social Forum organized in Brazil.

The WGBH Forum Network is an audio and video streaming Website dedicated to curating and serving live and on-demand lectures given by some of the world's foremost scholars, authors, artists, scientists, policy makers and community leaders.

While presidents and other politicians must often deal with serious issues, a sense of humor can be a valuable asset in the nation's capital.

Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch discusses the final years of Martin Luther King Jr's life when King and America stood 'at Canaan's edge.'

Barbara Ehrenreich discusses her new book Bait and Switch: End of the White Collar American Dream? raising questions about whether education still assures access to the American Dream...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks about education, equality, immigration and housing in front of a full audience at the National Council of La Raza convention.

Umberto Eco, author of The Name of the Rose, speaks about his latest book, Baudolino.

Between three and twelve percent of school-age children may suffer from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder…

Nationally renowned expert on U.S. petroleum policy, Michael T. Klare discusses his latest book Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum.

The former Democratic vice presidential candidate and US Senator from North Carolina visits to discuss Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives…

Mother Jones reported in a recent cover story that more and more U.S. soldiers are speaking out on the war in Iraq, and some are refusing to fight.

For 30 years, Maureen Dowd has written about Washington, and America, in a voice that is passionate, outraged and incisive.

Born into slavery in 1861, Callie House started the Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Association, which sought African-American pensions based on those offered Union soldiers...

Noting that the United Nations has never adopted a legally binding covenant guaranteeing freedom of religion, Drinan explores the challenges of balancing religious freedom with the rule of law.

Jon Kabat-Zinn gives an overview of the effects of our 24/7 society and how it affects our mind, body and spirit.

Seymour Hersh discusses his recent book Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib as well as the Bush Administration's 'war on terror,' its intelligence failures, and what he describes as the lies and obsession that led America into Iraq.

As an activist, writer, politician and professor, Julian Bond has been committed to social justice since the 1950s, at the forefront of sit-ins, demonstrations and other direct action in the pursuit of social justice.

Award-winning writer, director, and producer David Lynch answers questions on his films, his 32-year practice of Transcendental Meditation, and the role of consciousness in the creative process.

This talk analyzes how human impacts on the world's oceans have devastated populations, species and ecosystems at a rapid scale, and how methodologies to assess marine ecosystem health are grossly lacking.

US Senator Barack Obama, D-IL discusses his new book, The Audacity of Hope, and his views on American politics with New York Times columnist Bob Herbert.

National Public Radio Senior Correspondent, Juan Williams, moderates a conversation with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Senator John Edwards, presidential candidate in 2004, discusses his positions on a range of domestic and foreign policy issues facing the nation.