• Twitter chat: Are children’s rights better protected today than they were 25 years ago?

    Twitter chat: Are children’s rights better protected today than they were 25 years ago?

    Nov 20, 2014 09:32 PM EDT

    ... rights changed in the last 25 years, and what are the most effective ways of protecting children’s rights today? We took the discussion to Twitter. Dr. Jody Heymann (@WPolicyForum), Dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and founding director of the WORLD Policy Analysis Center, shared her ...

  • Twitter chat: What do we owe the wrongfully convicted?

    Twitter chat: What do we owe the wrongfully convicted?

    Nov 13, 2014 11:15 PM EDT

    ... quality of life for the exonerated? What are the most effective ways to prevent wrongful convictions in the first place? We took the discussion to Twitter. Award-winning investigative reporter and journalism professor Bill Moushey (@Bmoushey), who has reported extensively on crime and punishment issues, joined the conversation along with ...

  • Twitter chat: Should teen sexting be a felony?

    Twitter chat: Should teen sexting be a felony?

    Nov 06, 2014 09:02 PM EDT

    ... NewsHour co-anchor Judy Woodruff, the first in an ongoing series of collaborations between The Atlantic and the PBS NewsHour. We took the conversation to Twitter. Should all teen sexting be treated as a crime? If not, under what circumstances does it cross the line? Who is accountable in a ...

  • Twitter chat: What are your midterm election questions?

    Twitter chat: What are your midterm election questions?

    Oct 30, 2014 09:08 PM EDT

    We asked for your midterm election questions, and PBS NewsHour’s politics team answered! Senior politics producer Domenico Montanaro (@DomenicoPBS), politics reporter/editor Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) and politics reporter/producer Rachel Wellford (@rachelwellford) addressed questions on Twitter on subjects ranging from ballot measures to voter ID laws to campaign ads ...

  • Twitter chat: Is censorship ever justified?

    Twitter chat: Is censorship ever justified?

    Oct 23, 2014 09:20 PM EDT

    ... of art ever pose a legitimate threat, either to a person’s ideology or their well-being? We addressed the topic of censorship in a Twitter chat. Guests Deborah Caldwell-Stone (@OIF), deputy director for the American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom, and Justin Peligri (@JustinPeligri), senior columnist for ...

  • Twitter chat: When does bullying become a crime?

    Twitter chat: When does bullying become a crime?

    Oct 16, 2014 09:51 PM EDT

    ... and criminal behavior? We asked you to join the conversation on Twitter. Sandra K. Intrieri (@ski626), principal of Millbrook High School in New York, shared her perspective as an educator. Read a transcript of the conversation below. [View the story "Twitter Chat: When does bullying become a crime?" on Storify]

  • Twitter Chat: Should the government tell us what to eat?

    Twitter Chat: Should the government tell us what to eat?

    Oct 09, 2014 09:50 AM EDT

    ... share your opinion in a Twitter chat. Lindsey Smith (@lindseypsmith), a doctoral student in nutrition epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill joined the conversation. Read a transcript of the discussion below. [View the story "Twitter chat: Should the government tell us what to eat?" on Storify]

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    This morning's total lunar eclipse, as seen from Twitter

    Oct 08, 2014 05:23 PM EDT

    ... twitter.com/NASA/status/519808504539148288 The U.S. Department of the Interior shared photos from the western U.S., where viewing conditions were best. https://twitter.com/Interior/status/519859921081217024 The Sydney Observatory shared this shot of the blood moon as seen from Australia. https://twitter.com/sydneyobs/status/519823098334306304 ...

  • Twitter chat: What are the care options for older American singles?

    Twitter chat: What are the care options for older American singles?

    Oct 03, 2014 03:14 PM EDT

    ... faced by this growing demographic? How does marital status impact access to services such as Medicare and Social Security? We explored these questions in a Twitter chat. Albert Terrillion (@selfmanage_sma) and Ramsey Alwin (@NCOAging) of the National Council on Aging joined the conversation, along with Eric Klinenberg (@ericklinenberg), a ...

  • Jihadists swap gun photos for cuddly kittens on Twitter

    Jihadists swap gun photos for cuddly kittens on Twitter

    Oct 02, 2014 08:27 PM EDT

    Twitter suspended the accounts of hundreds more pro-Islamic State group users this week. And some users have put up a defense -- in the form of a kitten. Some of the account holders have swapped their gun-toting profile photos for cats, the now famous Internet memes. “This is the ...