Oct 08 Watch High court weighs balance of free speech, corruption risk in campaign donations High Court weighs balance of free speech, corruption in campaign donation case… Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch White House top priority on raids: Go after those who ‘seek to do us harm’ White House top priority on raids: ‘Go after those who would seek to do us harm’… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch Polio vaccine campaign faces extremist opposition, public apathy in Pakistan Polio vaccine campaign faces extremist opposition, public apathy in Pakistan… Continue watching
Oct 07 Home built for healing in competition at Dept. of Energy Solar Decathlon EmbedVideo(7645); For these future architects and engineers, designing a house for this year's Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition came with a mission: to give back and to heal. More than 100 Washington, D.C., college students built… Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch House GOP plan unclear as Obama reiterates no negotiation under shutdown threat House GOP plan unclear as Obama reiterates no negotiation under shutdown threat… Continue watching
Oct 07 Poet Lorna Goodison reads ‘To Make Various Sorts of Black’ By News Desk Painting by Lorna Goodison, from the private collection of Dan Kelly, photographed by Hugh Wright For a long time, poet Lorna Goodison thought her creative talents would lead to a profession in the visual arts. But "one day the painting… Continue reading
Oct 07 What to watch as new Supreme Court term begins The Supreme Court began its new term Monday by turning away hundreds of appeals, including Virginia's bid to revive its anti-sodomy law. The justices took the bench just past 10 o'clock on the first Monday in October, even as much… Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Nobel Prize alternative celebrates the funny and unusual Every year the Ig Nobel prizes are awarded for achievements in science that first make people laugh, then think. Actual Nobel laureates are drafted to present awards to research into research on topics like the effects of opera on mouse… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Is withdrawal from Afghanistan still on schedule? 12 years after the so-called ‘war on terror’ began in 2001, an estimated 55-60,000 American troops remain in Afghanistan. The Obama Administration has said all American combat forces will be pulled from Afghanistan by the end of next year. New… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Enstitute: The entrepreneurial alternative to college As the cost of higher education mounts, debt-laden students, cash-strapped parents and members of the media are asking: is traditional college still the answer? Correspondent Mona Iskander reports on Enstitute, a two-year apprenticeship program that matches 18- to 24-year-olds with… Continue watching