Feb 20 Loaded Words: How Both Sides Are Using Persuasive Rhetoric About Guns By Simone Pathe A protester marches down Constitution Avenue during the Jan. 26 March on Washington for Gun Control. Photo by Flickr user Elvert Barnes. When voters in Illinois's 2nd congressional district head to the polls next week, they'll be choosing between… Continue reading
Feb 20 Live Chat: Who is Adam Lanza? How do you make sense of a seemingly senseless act of violence? How do you help the country begin to process the trauma of 20 small children shot dead in their classroom? In the wake of the mass killings… Continue reading
Feb 20 The Oscar Documentaries, Part 4: ‘The Gatekeepers’ By Tom LeGro "The Gatekeepers" is a film that consists mostly of interviews with six men, but they happen to be six former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency. Jeffrey Brown talks to the director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary. Continue reading
Feb 20 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro Workers install mirror panels designed by British architect Norman Foster above the Old Port in Marseille, France. This installation will be inaugurated March 2. Continue reading
Feb 19 Public Opinion May Support Expanded Gun Sale Background Checks EmbedVideo(5769, 514, 320); As part of a package of proposals aimed at preventing gun violence, President Obama is calling on Congress to pass legislation that strengthens the background check system on guns sales. While the 1993 Brady… Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch Can Violent Video Games Play a Role in Violent Behavior? In our continuing look at the gun debate for PBS's weeklong special "After Newtown," Jeffrey Brown explores whether there is any connection between violent video games and violent behavior. Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch School Shooter: ‘My Grand Plan Was Suicide by Cop’ Miles O'Brien interviews the 2001 Santana High School shooter Andy Williams from prison. Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch News Wrap: Armed Robbers Make Off With Haul of Diamonds in Belgium News Wrap: Armed Robbers Make Off With Haul of Diamonds in Belgium… Continue watching
Feb 19 The Gun: a Trigger for Art By Tom LeGro A look at some of the ways the gun has been depicted in art, from movies to paintings to photographs. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch The Gun as Image Artist George Blakely presents photos, paintings and movies that depict the gun. Continue watching