The experience of childhood poverty against the backdrop of a pandemic and a national reckoning with racism. Set in Ohio, the film follows children and their families navigating issues of poverty, homelessness, race and new challenges due to COVID-19.
Karen Washington discusses the seeds she’s been sowing New Yorkers of all ages and races, a more just and representative model of farming.
Acclaimed journalist Bob Herbert explores the often heroic efforts of black families to pursue the American dream in the face of unrelenting barriers. AGAINST ALL ODDS: The Fight for a Black Middle Class premieres Monday, March 6, 2017 at 10PM…
How can social entrepreneurship be used to ameliorate the lasting effects of slavery in black communities today?
Disappearing jobs, weak education and a lack of adequate health care have forced generations of working class families into a balancing act that many are failing to master.
One of the first women on Wall Street -- among many other professions, Nikki Haskell shares her wild journey and the lessons learned chasing the American Dream.
Author, investigative journalist and political commentator Joel Mowbray talks to the hosts of "GOODTalks" about his time in Washington D.C. as an bestselling author and TV political commentator and how his time in D.C. has shaped his views on ambition,…
Wrongfully convicted for a crime, Aarti Shahani's father lived a traumatizing and painful American experienced due to the mass incarceration system.
Raj Chetty believes he may have found a way to reignite the American Dream. Using "Big Data," Chetty says we can offer equality of opportunity to kids of disadvantaged backgrounds. The renowned Harvard Professor has received plaudits for his work…
Is the new "American Standard" being trapped under student debt? Richard Gant and the hosts of GOODTalks get real about the realities of higher education and whether the promise of opportunity can outweigh the burden of debt.