Mar 17 U.S. House Votes to Cut NPR Funding Updated at 6:25 p.m. with NPR statement | The House of Representatives approved a measure Thursday to bar federal funding of National Public Radio. The bill also prohibits public radio stations from using federal grant money to pay dues… Continue reading
Mar 17 Photographer Reflects on 'Epic' Libya Battles, Revolution in the Arab World By Mike Fritz // Photographer John Moore is no stranger to combat. As a member of an Associated Press team in 2005, he shared a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for coverage of the war in Iraq and he's done extended… Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch Stories from SXSW: Music and Interaction Design Discussion on the intersection of music and User Experience Design. Continue watching
Mar 17 House Republicans Make Another Run at Cutting NPR Funding Public broadcasting supporters gather in the Hart Senate Office Building this week to protest cuts to PBS and NPR. Photo by Bill Clark/Roll Call. House Republicans are putting funding for NPR back on the chopping block Thursday. The… Continue reading
Mar 16 Live Chat: Economic Inequality By Elizabeth Shell EDITOR'S NOTE: Join us live right here on Thursday, March 17 at 3p.m. ET for a chat between Paul Solman, Dante Chinni of Patchwork Nation and Derek Thompson of The Atlantic. The discussion will be… Continue reading
Mar 15 Mexico Drug Cartels Moving in on Guatemala Routes The security situation in northern Guatemala is deteriorating as Mexico-based drug cartels extend their reach into the neighboring country. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watching PBS NewsHour Video Online: What's Changed? By News Desk You may have noticed some changes in recent weeks to the way videos are being posted on the PBS NewsHour website.We're in the midst of a transition with as we move to the PBS Video player, which houses online… Continue reading
Mar 14 A Snapshot of Economic Inequality Across our 'Patchwork Nation' By Elizabeth Shell EDITOR'S NOTE: Paul Solman and Dante Chinni of Patchwork Nation recently traveled to Ohio's Crawford and Delaware counties to examine economic inequality. In a preview of the upcoming story, which is slated to air on Tuesday's broadcast, we're… Continue reading
Mar 11 Afghan Civilian Casualties Database Appears in Unexpected Place: Science We close this week with an unusual collaboration in the world of science. In January, 2011, the military released an entire database of civilian casualties to the journal, Science -- a first for a science magazine. The data… Continue reading
Mar 11 Report: U.S. Military Leadership Lacks Diversity at Top For decades, the U.S. military has worked to create a force that mirrors the racial and ethnic diversity of the American population. Now, a congressionally charted commission has reported that while the Pentagon has achieved that goal in the… Continue reading