Jul 06 Watch 5:58 Surfside investigator on uncovering the collapse’s ‘trigger’ and what earlier reports mean By William Brangham There are still many questions about what happened at the Champlain Towers in Surfside, Florida. Earlier warnings regarding needed repair work are prompting questions about the original design and construction, and whether cost concerns eclipsed risk concerns. William Brangham discusses… Continue watching
Jul 03 Watch After Factory Disaster, Bangladesh NGO Offers Support to Improve Work Conditions After Factory Disaster, Bangladesh NGO Offers Support to Improve Work Conditions… Continue watching
May 27 Watch Bangladeshi Factory Disaster Inspires Unrest, Demands for Better Conditions Some garment workers in Bangladesh are demanding better conditions, spurred by the collapse of a factory in April that killed more than a thousand people. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News has an update on the factory workers' fight and… Continue watching
May 10 Watch Bangladeshi Seamstress Rescued From Factory Rubble After 17 Days Seventeen days after a Bangladeshi garment factory collapsed and only hours before the remains were to be demolished, rescuers pulled a woman out of the rubble alive. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports on the miraculous discovery and the… Continue watching
May 01 Watch Anger Over Garment Factory Disaster Fuels Annual Labor Rallies in Southeast Asia Anger Over Garment Factory Disaster Fuels Annual Labor Rallies in Southeast Asia… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Toxic Fallout: Air Quality in Lower Manhattan (4/16/2002) Toxic Fallout: Air Quality in Lower Manhattan (4/16/2002)… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch How Should U.S. Postal Service’s Financial Problems Be Fixed? The head of the U.S. Postal Service told lawmakers Tuesday that radical changes are needed to avert a financial collapse. Gwen Ifill leads a debate over what can be done to stave off a shutdown with Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe… Continue watching
Mar 30 Are American Workers Overpaid? By Elizabeth Shell Name: Alex Question: Maybe it's my background as a college instructor (and union member), but Paul Solman's tone in his inquiry into GM workers' wages raised my hackles. It may be that the intent was didactic -- to instruct viewers… Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch Death Tolls Rise in Tunisian Clashes, Brazil’s Floods Sudden flooding and mudslides killed at least 400 people in Brazil, and many more are still missing. In Tunisia, President Ben Ali offered concessions to try to quell growing protests that have left at least 23 people dead. Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch Lebanon’s Governing Coalition Collapses Cabinet ministers from Hezbollah resigned from Lebanon's governing coalition and Haiti marked one year since a powerful earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince. Continue watching