• A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS, but only if it can get to everyone who needs it

    A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS, but only if it can get to everyone who needs it

    Dec 01, 2024 08:51 PM EST

    ... a report issued to mark World AIDS Day on Sunday, UNAIDS said that the number of AIDS death last year — an estimated 630,000 — was at its lowest since peaking in 2004, suggesting the world is now ata historic crossroads” and has a chance to end the epidemic. The ...

  • How Trump’s assassination attempt compares to the attempt on Reagan in 1981

    How Trump’s assassination attempt compares to the attempt on Reagan in 1981

    Jul 14, 2024 09:30 PM EST

    ... about, given yesterday of the current state of political discourse in the country. You've been traveling the country as our viewers know, for the America at Crossroads series, talking to a lot of people. What's your sense of how people feel about the way politics is being dealt ...

  • Why the U.S. is rethinking its approach to poverty

    Why the U.S. is rethinking its approach to poverty

    Mar 19, 2021 10:00 AM EST

    ... While U.S. politics are still intensely polarized, people can still rally behind children, added Davis, who authored the Child Poverty Reduction Act. “We are at a tremendous crossroads right now in the future of our country, and so, this will help to move America forward and not move America ...

  • Chadwick Boseman's death leaves saddening mark on rough 2020

    Chadwick Boseman's death leaves saddening mark on rough 2020

    Aug 30, 2020 08:08 PM EST

    ... Robertson, the co-founder and president of the African American Film Critics Association, said Black people are at a critical crossroads of their survival in America. “We’re getting it from all sides of the fort,” Robertson said. “We’re losing these strong men. These men who operated with a ...

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    Netanyahu: No Return to 'Indefensible Boundaries of 1967'

    May 24, 2011 02:12 PM EST

    ... praised the efforts of "millions of young people out there who are determined to change their future" in the Arab Spring. "The Middle East stands at a fateful crossroads," he said. Netanyahu touted Israel's democracy as a beacon for the region. "We long for the day when Israel will ...

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    NASA Launch Begins Effort to Return Man to the Moon

    Jun 19, 2009 10:35 PM EST

    ... spacecraft will look for potential landing sites, measure radiation, and search for water.And NASA is moving ahead on a new launch vehicle for astronauts, a prototype of which is now being assembled at the Kennedy Space Center. All of this comes as NASA stands at a major crossroads.NASA ...

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    Colo. Shooting to Influence Friday's Campaign Rhetoric

    Jul 20, 2012 01:37 PM EST

    ... events that transcend politics in America, and the Thursday night shooting at a movie theater outside Denver is one such example. The tragic killing of at least a dozen people will likely result in the pause button being hit for at least a day in what has been a brutal ...

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    Barack Obama's Keynote Address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention

    Jul 27, 2004 04:00 AM EST

    ... book is acting white. No, people don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity ...

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    Public Opinion in Europe

    Mar 17, 2004 05:00 AM EST

    More Europeans are starting to believe their countries should have policies independent of the United States and have concerns about the Iraq war, according to a survey by the Pew Global Attitudes Project. Gwen Ifill discusses the state of public opinion abroad with the director of the survey and two regional experts.

  • What makes Greenland a strategic prize for the U.S. at a time of rising global tensions?

    What makes Greenland a strategic prize for the U.S. at a time of rising global tensions?

    Mar 10, 2025 03:36 PM EST

    When U.S. President Donald Trump first suggested buying Greenland in 2019, people thought it was just a joke. No one is laughing now.