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New! Black Action Figures 7 min.

This is a short documentary about representation, connection and the power of seeing yourself included in popular culture. It features Duro Wicks sharing some of his personal doll collection and talking about his motivation, process and passion to find and collect Black action figures.

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2022

New! Saussure: Foundations of Semiology 58 min.

This video plus audiobook set explains the major insights of Ferdinand de Saussure who not only inaugurated the synchronic study of linguistics, earning him the title of the “Father of Modern Linguistics,” but who also invented a whole new discipline: semiology.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022

New! The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life 13 min.

This audiobook presents Durkheim’s classic argument explaining the origins of religion. The highly original thesis argues that when we worship God, we are really worshiping society. God and society are one.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022

New! Foundations of Semiology 24 min.

This audiobook explains the major insights of Ferdinand de Saussure who not only inaugurated the synchronic study of linguistics, earning him the title of the “Father of Modern Linguistics,” but who also invented a whole new discipline: semiology.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022

New! Ideology: Althusser and Gramsci 25 min.

This audiobook first looks at the notions of ideology as is found in Marx with the idea of “class-in-itself” and “class-for-itself.” It then shows how both Gramsci's and Althusser’s notions of “hegemony” and “ideological state apparatuses” are subtler and more sophisticated understandings of class rule through consent.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022

New! Pierre Bourdieu 35 min.

The audiobook explains Bourdieu’s major interrelated concepts: habitus, field, and capital. It shows how he extends the last of these – capital – to much broader aspects of social life than merely economics.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022

New! World Systems Theory 20 min.

The audibook explains Wallerstein’s “world systems theory.” Capitalism and a world political economy came into being simultaneously. The world can be broken down into three categories with respect to countries and regions: core, periphery, and semi-periphery. World systems theory accepts the Marxist understanding of surplus value and profit as a key dynamic of capitalism but adds another dimension...

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022

New! Gender-Affirming Care 7 min.

The number of youth who openly identify as transgender has nearly doubled since 2017, according to a study from UCLA's Williams Institute. In 2022, 16 states have proposed legislation that would restrict access to gender-affirming care for patients under the age of 18. Dr. Meredithe McNamara, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, joins Geoff Bennett to discuss.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022

New! Is Affirmative Action Unfair to Asian Americans?: A Debate 52 min.

For more than 50 years, Americans have debated the policy of affirmative action. Defenders argue that it promotes diversity in education and the workplace, provides opportunity for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, and helps account for generations of discrimination against certain historically oppressed or marginalized groups. Critics, however, argue that it promotes "reverse" discrimin...

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2022

New! Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands (American Masters) 113 min.

Explore the life, career, art and legacy of the African American contralto and civil rights pioneer Marian Anderson. Anchored by key performances in her career, Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands shows how her quiet genius and breathtaking voice set the stage for Black performers in classical music, and a louder voice for civil rights.

Formats: Streaming Copyright Date: 2022