Feb 24 Watch Filmmakers try to shake ‘fairy tale story of change’ in documenting Egypt’s revolution By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 23 Watch Giving a microphone to the world’s most remote people By PBS News Hour How can the modern study of global change benefit from ancient knowledge? Special correspondent John Larson reports on the new ways indigenous communities around the world are connecting with one another to share observations and sustain their native cultures. Continue watching
Feb 22 Long-term unemployed describe lack of mobility, depression in personal stories By Elisabeth Ponsot As part of PBS NewsHour's coverage of the long-term jobless, we gathered personal stories from Americans who have lost their emergency unemployment benefits since the turn of the new year. NewsHour received hundreds of submissions from people age 23 to… Continue reading
Feb 18 Picturing hunger in America By Mary Jo Brooks "Hunger Through My Lens" gives digital cameras to food stamp recipients and asks them to chronicle what it's like to be hungry in America. So far, 15 women --who come from all walks of life-- have participated. Over the months,… Continue reading
Feb 18 For NAFTA, half a happy birthday By Michael D. Mosettig Last fall, while teaching at Hong Kong Baptist University, I had a small encounter that spoke to a larger story of changes brewing in global economics and politics. Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch North Carolina coal ash spill raises questions about enforcement of environmental regulations By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch From ballet shoes to human tissue, printing ideas into 3-D reality By PBS News Hour With the push of a button – plus a lot of design work and hours of waiting – the emerging technology of 3-D printing can produce food, plastic phone accessories, even human tissue. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien explores how businesses… Continue watching
Feb 12 The highest tech Cheez Whiz you’ve ever seen By Miles O'Brien 3-D printers will never serve up a rare juicy steak, a baked potato or the salad the “Food-a-Rac-a-Cycle” can, but before too long, they might be able to produce “Earl Grey tea – hot,” as the Replicator does for Captain… Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch N.C. elementary schools promise arts education but access is far from equal By PBS News Hour North Carolina mandates that all elementary school students have equal access to art instruction, but enforcement of the law appears inconsistent across the state. Special correspondent for education John Merrow reports on two elementary schools' different approaches to arts education… Continue watching