Apr 04 Mapping the Brain: Something We Can All Cheer While much of the country's news "diet" this week has been filled with stories about North Korea, the debate in the U.S. over guns, and the college basketball finals, I was fixed on a story about that most mysterious… Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch After 42 Years in Jail, Conviction Overturned in Case of Deadly Fire After 42 Years in Jail, Conviction Overturned in Case of Deadly Fire… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch Atlanta Teachers Surrender for Crimes Related to Doctoring of Test Scores Atlanta Teachers Surrender for Crimes Related to Doctoring of Test Scores… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch Former Sen. Olympia Snowe: It's Time for Voters to 'Reward' Bipartisanship Former Sen. Olympia Snowe: It's Time for Voters to 'Reward' Bipartisanship… Continue watching
Apr 02 Veterans Affairs Backlog Files Stacked So High, They Posed Safety Risk to Staff Stacks of Veterans Affairs claim folders overtake a regional office in Winston-Salem, N.C. These photos were included in a 2012 report from the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General. While researching our story on the Veterans Affairs… Continue reading
Apr 02 What if a Search Engine Could Determine an Election? EmbedVideo(6100, 482, 304); Hari Sreenivasan hosted a Google Hangout with Dr. Robert Epstein, whose study on search engine rankings show that results can be manipulated in a way that may influence voter preference. Where do you get your political… Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch Shields and Brooks Discuss Shifting Values on Gay Marriage, Gun Control Shields and Brooks Discuss Shifting Values on Gay Marriage, Gun Control… Continue watching
Mar 29 ACLU, Congress Await Obama's Next Action on Overseas Drone Strikes A MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft, operated by U.S. Air Force is one of the types of drones used to attack terror suspects. Questions about the authorization of their use by President Obama remain unanswered. Photo by REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Lt… Continue reading
Mar 28 Will 'Sea Change' in Public Opinion Matter in Same-Sex Marriage Ruling? It isn't often that the country stops what it's doing as long as it did this week to pay attention to a Supreme Court argument -- in this case, to two of them, both with the potential to shake up… Continue reading
Mar 28 Gay Marriage Cases Now in Justices' Hands Same-sex marriage supporters rally Wednesday outside the Supreme Court. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. For supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage, the arguments are over, and now the waiting begins. In the meantime, there is much speculation… Continue reading