Fundamental disagreement is an expected occurrence in Congress, but lately crises have come in increasing frequency. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Eric Liu of Citizen University, Steven Hayward of the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Beverly Gage of Yale University for…

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Janet Yellen nominated to succeed Bernanke as Federal Reserve chair…

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Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner dug their heels in further Tuesday, trading verbal barbs at dueling press conferences as the federal government remained closed and the threat of a…

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Investigating how head injuries have delivered a blow to pro-football…

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Forty-five New York City public high school students are taking big strides toward achieving their dreams by learning how to work together on creating fully functional, original cellphone apps with business plans. John Tulenko of Learning Matters reports on how…

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