The case for student mental health days | Hailey Hardcastle
School can be rife with stress, anxiety, panic attacks and even burnout — but there's often no formal policy for students who need to prioritize their well-being. Hailey Hardcastle explains why school...
15 Maj 20208min
Restoring human dignity at the US southern border | Norma Pimentel
After seeing the conditions in which children were held at a detention center on the US-Mexico border, Sister Norma Pimentel established a humanitarian respite center in Texas where people can get cle...
14 Maj 202012min
How to manage your stress like an ER doctor | Darria Long
How do doctors in the emergency room stay calm and focused amidst the chaos? Drawing on years of experience, ER doctor Darria Long shares a straightforward framework to help you take back control and ...
13 Maj 202011min
How The Bail Project is reforming criminal justice in the US | Robin Steinberg and Manoush Zomorodi
Nearly half a million people in the US are in jail right now without being convicted of a crime, simply because they can’t come up with the money to pay cash bail. To try and fix this system, public d...
12 Maj 202018min
A virus detection network to stop the next pandemic | Pardis Sabeti and Christian Happi
How can we stop the next pandemic before it starts? Disease researchers Pardis Sabeti and Christian Happi introduce Sentinel, an early warning system that detects and tracks viral threats in real time...
11 Maj 20206min
The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers | Laurel Braitman
Health care workers are under more stress than ever before. How can they protect their mental health while handling new and complex pressures? TED Fellow Laurel Braitman shows how writing and sharing ...
9 Maj 202010min
How American and Chinese values shaped the coronavirus response | Huang Hung
To combat COVID-19, countries have enforced city-wide shutdowns, stay-at-home orders and mask mandates -- but the reaction (and adherence) to these rules has differed markedly in the East and West. In...
8 Maj 202012min
How face surveillance threatens your privacy and freedom | Kade Crockford
Privacy isn't dead, but face surveillance technology might kill it, says civil rights advocate Kade Crockford. In an eye-opening talk, Kade outlines the startling reasons why this invasive technology ...
7 Maj 202012min
