May 28 Watch 6:07 For this CEO, mindful management means yoga for employees By PBS News Hour For Mark Bertolini, CEO of health insurer Aetna, a near-death experience led him to make big changes in his personal life and at the company. Living with pain from a skiing accident inspired him to take up yoga and meditation,… Continue watching
May 28 ‘Serial’ podcast to continue with two new cases, starting this fall By Joshua Barajas Producers of the most popular podcast in history announced two new seasons Wednesday, beginning this fall. Continue reading
May 27 Watch 6:04 Illinois high school shrinks its achievement gap for minority students by setting a high bar By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 27 The case for starting sex education in kindergarten By Saskia de Melker In the Netherlands, the approach, known as “comprehensive sex education,” starts as early as age 4. You'll never hear an explicit reference to sex in a kindergarten class. The goal is bigger than that. It’s about having open, honest conversations… Continue reading
May 26 Watch 7:15 What galvanized standardized testing’s opt-out movement By PBS News Hour As the school year draws to a close, many students are taking standardized tests tied to the Common Core. But in some communities there has been a strong backlash, with parents deciding to opt out of having their children participate. Continue watching
May 26 Legendary photographer Mary Ellen Mark dies By Jaywon Choe Photographer Mary Ellen Mark, best known for her striking portraiture and investigative documentary work, died Monday at the age of 75. Continue reading
May 25 Watch 6:39 Can young entrepreneurs transform Pakistan into a high-tech powerhouse? By PBS News Hour After attending college in the U.S., Pakistani-born tech entrepreneur Umair Aziz returned to his home country to start one of Asia’s fastest-growing startups. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Karachi on how some are hoping to tap the… Continue watching
May 25 ‘I won’t eat no more ice cream’ and other propaganda posters of WWI By Larisa Epatko During World War I, posters beckoned civilians to join the armed forces and beseeched State-side warriors to conserve wheat and sugar, all in the name of helping the troops. Continue reading
May 24 Watch 4:27 ‘A genius of a different kind:’ Princeton colleague reflects on John Nash’s legacy By PBS News Hour John Nash, the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician whose life story was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film "A Beautiful Mind" died Saturday in a taxi crash. Nash's colleague and friend Robbert Dijkgraaf, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in… Continue watching
May 24 Watch one of the U.S. military’s most sacred rituals, The Changing of the Guard, in 4K By Justin Scuiletti The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was constructed in 1921, after Congress approved the burial of an unidentified U.S. soldier from World War I, with other Unknowns interred since. The Tomb has been guarded year-round continuously since 1937, when the… Continue reading