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Daily Video September 26 2014

Obama calls for international response to Ebola

President Obama told world leaders at the United National General Assembly that the international community is “not moving fast enough” to contain the Ebola epidemic.

Daily Video September 25 2014

India succeeds in sending spacecraft to Mars

India succeeded this week in sending a spacecraft to Mars, a move that some Indians are celebrating as a step forward for science while others are critical of its price tag.

Daily Video August 12 2014

Why we still need Freedom Schools, 50 years later

Half a century ago, students and local organizers banded together to fight to end segregation and discrimination against African-Americans in the United States.

Daily Video August 12 2014

Anger and unrest in Missouri after police kill unarmed teenager

Witnesses say that Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old from a suburb of St. Louis, did not resist officers and put his hands over his head even as he was shot repeatedly.

Daily Video August 11 2014

U.S. sends weapons to stem violence in Iraq

Officials stated this morning that the U.S. has begun arming Kurdish forces in Iraq to stop the advancement of a militant Islamic group that threatens to take over the region.

Daily Video August 06 2014

Israel withdraws troops from Gaza on second day of ceasefire in 2014 turmoil

A 72-hour cease-fire between Israel and Hamas has lasted for much of a second day as leaders from both sides arrive in Cairo, Egypt to discuss a lasting cease-fire.

Daily Video August 05 2014

Ebola outbreak in Africa claims nearly 900 lives

About 1,600 people have contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria and Guinea since the outbreak began in February.

Student Voices May 30 2014

Detroit teens produce video about where poetry lives

Joe Pokorney and Gage Daldine of Fraser High School didn't expect the experience of making a film about young spoken word artists to change their view of poetry or the city of Detroit, but it ended up doing both.

Lesson Plan April 22 2014

Letters to Poets – Lesson Plan

by Madeleine Fuchs Holzer, Ed.D Grade 7th-10th Time One 45 minute class …

Daily Video March 13 2014

Israeli and Palestinian teen deaths in 2014 conflict escalate tensions in the Middle East

DOWNLOAD VIDEOTension has escalated between Israelis and Palestinians after the kidnapping and murd…

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