Feb 22 Live Chat: How Foreign Countries’ Gun Control Laws Compare to U.S. In the aftermath of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., gun control policy has sparked constant debate. As gun control laws and policies continue to shift in America, so too are changes occurring abroad. To offer… Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch Oscar Front-Runners and Wild Cards in a ‘Good Year’ for Grown-Up Movies Oscar Front-Runners and Wild Cards in a 'Good Year' for Grown-Up Movies… Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch Student Voices Chime in on Preventing School Shootings By PBS News Hour In the wake of the Newtown shootings, high school students who participate in NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs from all across the country shared their views on the gun debate in a Google Hangout moderated by Hari Sreenivasan. Continue watching
Feb 21 Live Chat: Mind of a Rampage Killer What combination of circumstances compels a human being to commit the most inhuman of crimes? Can science in any way help to understand these horrific events and provide any clues on how to prevent them in the future?… Continue reading
Feb 21 Test Your 2013 Oscars Knowledge By Tom LeGro Whether thumbs up or thumbs down, fresh tomatoes or rotten tomatoes, film critics will never run out of things to say about the Oscar-nominated movies. We've taken their punchy lines and are challenging you to guess which films they're praising… Continue reading
Feb 21 Best Picture? According to Whom? By Cindy Huang Every year, a number of critics will come out against certain picks and winners. Some will criticize the Academy Awards for misrepresenting of the world of cinema by leaving out worthy independent films, art house films and foreign films. Continue reading
Feb 21 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro Three boys wait to take part in the carnival at the IX Poetry Festival in Granada, Nicaragua, on Wednesday. This year's festival is dedicated to poet Ernesto Cardenal. Continue reading
Feb 20 Sotomayor: ‘Every Day We Live Our Life, We Make a Choice’ By Katelyn Polantz Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells the story of her childhood growing up with a difficult mother, an alcoholic father and a deeply loving grandmother. Her new memoir, "My Beloved World," gives an exceptionally personal portrait of the justice from… Continue reading
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