Sep 14 Domestic Abuse Hidden but Pervasive in China By Talea Miller About 64 percent of Chinese adults have experienced violence at home at some point, according to a recent study, but it remains a taboo topic. Continue reading
May 04 Watch New York City Bombing Plot Highlights Domestic Terrorism Concerns Attorney General Eric Holder said the weekend attempt to detonate a car bomb in Times Square was aimed at murdering innocent Americans. Jeffrey Brown talks to a counterterrorism expert about the security implications in the U.S. and abroad. Continue watching
May 29 Watch Digital Threats Mark New Front in Nation’s Security President Obama unveiled plans Friday to shore up the safety of U.S. computer networks, including naming a new "cyber czar." Analysts examine the nature of digital vulnerabilities. Continue watching
May 27 After Bond Deal Fails, Bankruptcy Likely for GM By PBS News Hour An offer by General Motors to its bondholders to trade bond debt for company stock fell through just days before the company must submit a government-ordered restructuring plan. Continue reading
May 21 Watch Other News: FBI, New York City Police Foil Terror Plot In other news, the FBI and New York City police foiled a terrorist plot to attack Jewish synagogues and a military plane, and three U.S. soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing in Baghdad. Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch Homeland Security Chief Calls Plot ‘Comparable to 9/11’ Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff outlines what authorities have learned about the plot to blow up airplanes traveling from Britain to the United States, an attack Chertoff said would have been "comparable to 9/11."… Continue watching