World Mar 05 Protesters, human rights groups demand release of Al-Jazeera journalists on trial in Egypt
Science Mar 05 Fishing for data in the radioactive waters off Fukushima With help from fisherman and citizen scientists, researchers in Japan and the U.S. are tracking the nucleotides in the ocean creatures who swim in the plume of water tainted with radiation from Fukushima. Their research is part of a long-term…
Education Mar 05 College Board announces SAT overhaul to address inequality, boost relevance The College Board announced a partial overhaul of the SAT, slated to take effect in the spring of 2016, which will eliminate the mandatory essay, revert to a top score of 1600 and create new fee waivers for lower-income students,…
Episode Mar 05 Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Tonight on the program, we examine the diplomatic situation concerning Ukraine as talks made little headway Wednesday. Also: College Board changes the SATs, fishing for data in the radioactive waters off Fukushima, protesters demand the release of Al-Jazeera journalists in…
World Mar 05 News Wrap: Diplomats make little headway on Ukraine outcome in Paris meeting In our news wrap Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian and European counterparts to discuss peace in Ukraine. Meanwhile, pro-Russian activists re-claimed a government building in Eastern Ukraine and a UN special envoy abandoned his mission in…
Episode Mar 04 Tuesday March 4, 2014 On our program Tuesday, a war of words amps up on the crisis in the Crimea region of Ukraine between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State John Kerry and others. Also, President Obama’s budget plan takes aim at economic…
World Mar 04 Reviewing U.S. options for responding to Russia's intervention in Ukraine Chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner offers background on possible diplomatic steps for the U.S. on the Crimea crisis, then Judy Woodruff talks to John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Amy Knight, author of "How the Cold War Began,"…
Education Mar 04 'Hidden Genius' helps disadvantaged teens learn code of the tech industry In Oakland, not far from Silicon Valley, a small group of teenagers are glued to their computer screens, learning a new language. The Hidden Genius Project is a small non-profit that’s working to teach computer coding to young African-American men…
Health Mar 04 New study links pre-existing risks to rise in Army suicides Roughly 18 out of every 100,000 Army soldiers commit suicide every year, while many more attempt or consider killing themselves. A new study on the rise in suicides found that 1 in 10 soldiers could be diagnosed for an anger…