Jul 30 Michelle Obama: ‘Any man who uses his strength to oppress women is a coward’ By Stacy A. Anderson, Associated Press Michelle Obama called on young African leaders to change traditional attitudes and beliefs that harm girls and women, adding that educating and making women financially literate is not enough. Continue reading
Jul 30 U.S. economy grows at 4 percent rate By Andrew Troast The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 4 percent this spring, rebounding strongly from the disappointing numbers in winter. Continue reading
Jul 30 The changing face of California’s water war By Spencer Michels As California suffers through an historic drought, with penalties for wasting water going into effect this week, something unusual is going on: the state and the farmers seem to be agreeing on how to manage groundwater. Or how not to… Continue reading
Jul 30 The most cost effective college in America? Not Harvard… By Simone Pathe The latest rankings of four-year colleges and universities come from Money Magazine, but the top schools in this list may catch some college-ranking connoisseurs by surprise. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Report examines effects of surveillance on reporters’ sources By PBS News Hour A new report by Human Rights Watch and the ACLU says the American government has overstepped its boundaries in clamping down on the work of reporters and their sources. Jeffrey Brown gets debate on the findings from Dana Priest of… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch How will new NCAA head injury guidelines affect college athletes? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 29 $1,000 Sovaldi now hepatitis treatment of choice By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The price is sky-high, but so is demand. A new $1,000-per-pill drug has become the treatment of choice for Americans with hepatitis C, a liver-wasting disease that affects more than 3 million. Continue reading
Jul 29 Those with ‘some college, no degree’ could hold key to U.S. education goals By Kyla Calvert Mason By 2020, President Barack Obama wants the United States to regain its position as the country with the most educated residents. But in the last 20 years, nearly one in every 10 Americans started a college career that they never… Continue reading
Jul 29 Senate confirms Robert McDonald as new Veterans Affairs secretary By Matthew Daly, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Senate has confirmed former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald as the new Veterans Affairs secretary. He has the mission to overhaul an agency beleaguered by long veterans' waits for health care and VA workers falsifying records… Continue reading
Jul 29 Affordable Care Act challenge shot down by appeals court By Associated Press WASHINGTON — In the latest effort to sidetrack Obamacare, a federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a challenge by a conservative group that said Congress imposed new taxes unconstitutionally when it created the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading