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Black Lives Matter (Coursera)

Mar 18th 2024
Black Lives Matter (Coursera)
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The #BlackLivesMatter movement is the most significant political movement in African American life in the United States in the last fifty years. BLM leaders denounced anti-black racism, white supremacy, and police brutality and reshaped how we think about gender, sexuality, social justice, economic injustice, and crime. [...]

Benjamin Franklin and His World (Coursera)

Mar 11th 2024
Benjamin Franklin and His World (Coursera)
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Welcome to Benjamin Franklin and His World! In this course, we explore the life of one of the United States’ most important historical figures. We examine Franklin’s early life growing up in the American colonies, his professional career as a printer and scientist, and his role in the American [...]

Community Awareness: Police Brutality in the U.S. (Coursera)

Mar 11th 2024
Community Awareness: Police Brutality in the U.S. (Coursera)
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The tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery have sparked a wave of renewed protests against police brutality across the United States. These nationwide uprisings have transformed into an intense interest from the public around understanding systemic racism and abuse of power. Millions of Americans and [...]

America Through Foreign Eyes (Coursera)

The United States has always been a source of fascination — both attraction and repulsion — for the people of France, Mexico, China, and African countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, and Sudan. "America Through Foreign Eyes" is a rich, interdisciplinary, international course that features Rice University faculty from [...]

United States Health Policy (edX)

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United States Health Policy (edX)
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Learn the essentials of U.S. health care policy from some of the nation's top experts. Many Americans complain that they do not understand the U.S. health reform law called the Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare). They are right, and the main reason is because most Americans do not understand [...]

Evaluating Upward Mobility: The Fading American Dream (edX)

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Evaluating Upward Mobility: The Fading American Dream (edX)
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Join Harvard Professor Raj Chetty in this course to understand the history of socioeconomic mobility and how geography plays a role in access to opportunity.

Introduction to Contemporary Geopolitics (Coursera)

This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) will offer the participants an introduction into contemporary geopolitics, starting from the origins of classical geopolitics and continuing the discussion with the deep analysis of the examined country-cases, including the US, Russia, and China.

US-China Relations: Past, Present and Future (edX)

This course will provide an overview of the economic, military, political and cultural dimensions of the rising United States-China geopolitical contest. It will examine the strategic perspectives and mistakes of both countries, and suggest what can be done to prevent further escalation of the [...]

US-China Relations – What Is at Stake (edX)

In this course you will learn why US-China relations have deteriorated, how the failure of America’s policy of engagement with Beijing has given way to ever-sharper competition in the economic, technology and military spheres, and how this geopolitical contest is likely to play out.

Police Brutality in America Teach-Out (Coursera)

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Police Brutality in America Teach-Out (Coursera)
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The tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery have sparked a wave of renewed protests against police brutality across the United States. These nationwide uprisings have transformed into an intense interest from the public around understanding systemic racism and abuse of power. In this Teach-Out, you [...]