Sep 20 Progress, But Less Promise for Development Goals By Talea Miller Leaders from around the globe are gathering in New York Monday for the start of a three-day summit on the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. Here's a crash course on what those goals are, and where they stand. Continue reading
Feb 26 Lima Women Find Opportunity in Knitting Circle By Talea Miller LIMA, PERU -- Each afternoon, in the Santa Rosa slum built into the steep hillside surrounding Lima, a group of 15 women meet to knit. Surrounded by spools of alpaca yarn, they take up their needles and piece together scarves… Continue reading
Nov 12 White House Nominates New Leader to Revive USAID By Talea Miller The White House has named its USAID head nominee, after 10 months of a leadership vacuum that prompted public statements of frustration from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Continue reading
Oct 08 Will the New G-20 Eclipse the United Nations? Question: Your exuberance the other day in discussing the addition of several countries to the G-8 — now G-20 — led me to speculate whether the new G-20 could, in a real sense, eclipse the United Nations. Can the… Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch IMF, World Bank Members Mull Third World Aid International Monetary Fund and World Bank officials are meeting in Washington to discuss international efforts to combat poverty and aid development in the face of the global financial crisis. Members talk about their concerns and ideas. Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch Brazil’s Economic Boom Marred by Social Inequalities Brazil is on track to become an economic powerhouse in the 21st century, but gaping social inequalities still plague this country of 187 million. Simon Marks offers the first in a series of reports from Brazil on the country's economic… Continue watching
May 28 Watch Modernizing China Confronts Environmental Woes Since undertaking market reforms in late 1970s, China has enjoyed an economic boom -- but the economic progress has also produced serious environmental damage and pollution problems. Margaret Warner reports on China's environmental woes and their impact on the run-up… Continue watching
May 26 Watch Earthquake Recovery Tempers China’s Olympics Elation In preparing for the Olympic Games, the Chinese government has faced unexpected challenges, including a devastating earthquake and protests over its rule of Tibet. Margaret Warner reports from China about the quake's impacts on the Beijing Olympic plans. Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch Israel Resumes Bombing in Lebanon as Fighting Escalates Correspondents in Lebanon and Israel report on the ongoing Israeli-Hezbollah violence, which entered its 23rd day. Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Los Angeles: City of Contrasts Anne Taylor Fleming shares an essay about changing downtown Los Angeles. Continue watching