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[thecrashcourse]

Being good at your job involves taking care of yourself and avoiding burnout. For the final episode of Crash Course Business Soft Skills, Evelyn shares some steps you can take to do this!

[omgiheartpbs]

Meet Jingmai O'Connor, the Punk Rock Paleontologist

Paleontologist Jingmai O’Connor talks about the importance of Liaoning, a region in China, and the fossils found there in the new doc "When Whales Walked."

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Lavender Scare: The Historic LGBTQ Witch Hunt You Might Not Know About

Thousands of people were fired or kept from jobs because of their sexual orientation during the 1950s — a crackdown that's now called “The Lavender Scare.”

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Should the President Be Allowed to Launch Nuclear Weapons?

There are safeguards making sure the person giving the order to launch nuclear weapons is the President, but not guaranteeing the order itself is necessary.

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How Our Ozone Hole Win Can Help Us With Climate Change

The scientific and social phenomenon of this chapter in world history is captured in a new PBS documentary, "Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet."

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Reconstruction and the Case for 'Revisionist History'

As long as historians challenge historical narratives with open minds and a genuine spirit of inquiry, the result is almost always beneficial.

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When Women Build Peace, It Lasts. So Why Aren’t They More Involved?

"Women, War & Peace II," the second part of the 2011 documentary, seeks to remind people how essential women are, and have been, to global peace efforts.

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Did Your Neighborhood Contribute to Institutional Racism?

Regardless of where you're from, your city was probably participating in institutional racism limiting where people of color could and could not live.

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Finding Your Roots Takes More Than a Simple Search

We spoke with "Finding Your Roots" genealogist Johni Cerny about what goes into filling out the branches of a family and the joy of helping people connect.

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'Minding the Gap' Director Bing Liu on Breaking the Abuse Cycle

Minding the Gap tells a story of feeling stuck in the Rust Belt, of confronting your past, of feeling like an outsider, and of surviving domestic violence.

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'Sound Field' Will Take Your Music Obsession to the Next Level

In "Sound Field," musicians Nahre Sol and L.A. Buckner will help us listen to music with more intentionality by deconstructing the tunes that move us.

Sound Field • PBS is our new PBS Digital Studios web series breaking down your favorite songs and artists from all genres, from Bach to Beyonce. CHECK IT OUT!

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Has the United States Ever Had a Dictator?

The United States has never had a true dictator. But for most of its history, our country's limited suffrage meant it was not a true democracy, either.

Dictatorships carry a serious negative connotation, but how did the United States fare under its most powerful presidents?

[thecrashcourse]

Introducing Crash Course Navigating Digital Information! Hosted by John Green and created in partnership with MediaWise, #GoogleforGood, and the Stanford History Education Group, this series will tackle how to be smart consumers of information online. 

[novapbs]

When applied to a global population, the vegan diet wastes available land that could otherwise feed more people.

[scishow]

Antisocial personality disorder is a real thing, and it doesn’t have anything to do with being introverted.

[thecrashcourse]

Ethics is an important concept you might not even realize is part of engineering.

[newshour]

After months of #Midterms2018 campaigning, it’s time for the voters to decide. Join us Tuesday, Nov. 6 for special #ElectionNight coverage — online at pbs.org/newshour and on your local PBS station. Check your local listings. #election #midterms #2018 #vote #campaign https://www.instagram.com/p/BpmjKungTUv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=92irlw4r03ro