Freedom, Health, Literacy, Poverty, Science, Society, Website
This is the introduction to Our World in Data – the web publication that shows how global living conditions are changing. A recent survey asked “All things considered, do you think the world is getting better or worse, or neither getting better nor worse?”. In Sweden...
Clothing & Textiles, Documentary, International Trade, Poverty, Short < 10m
How does a simple T-shirt get made? To find out, we decided to make one — and track every step of production. At the heart of the process are people like Jasmine, a garment worker in Bangladesh who worked on our shirts. Get the full story at...
Business, Democracy, Economics, Freedom, Global Citizenship, Human Rights, Medium < 30m, Political, Poverty, TED, Video
French economist Thomas Piketty caused a sensation in early 2014 with his book on a simple, brutal formula explaining economic inequality: r > g (meaning that return on capital is generally higher than economic growth). Here, he talks through the massive data set...
Documentary, Homelessness, Human Rights, Poverty, Short < 10m, Video
Life in tent encampments, vehicles, motels, and storage units – REAL CHANGE focuses on four men who sell Real Change News, a street newspaper in Seattle. Follow ROBERT, GEORGE, DANIEL, and BUDDY as they navigate the less visible side of homelessness in America....
Animation, Homelessness, Poverty, Short < 10m, Video
Told through the power of spoken word rap and illustrated with hand-drawn animations and a muted warm color palette, a teen in a homeless family describes his challenges and celebrates the triumph of his creative self. This film was created as part of the Seattle...
