Aug 29 7 Moments You Might Have Missed From Obama’s Interview By Vanessa Dennis, Colleen Shalby President Obama sat down with PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill for an exclusive interview in the Blue Room of the White House. Photo courtesy of White House. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama gave an exclusive… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch World Waits for ‘Slam Dunk’ Evidence That Assad Regime Used Chemical Weapons World Waits for 'Slam Dunk' Evidence That Assad Regime Used Chemical Weapons… Continue watching
Aug 29 President Argues Case for Action in Syria By Christina Bellantoni President Barack Obama sat down with Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff Wednesday at the White House. On the subject of Syria, the president stressed he has "no interest" in "any kind of open-ended conflict" there, but he said that countries… Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch President Obama: ‘I Have Not Made a Decision’ on Syria President Obama said he had not yet made his decision regarding a U.S. strike on Syria. Continue watching
Aug 28 New Technology Demystifies Panda Pregnancies EmbedVideo(7249, 482, 304); Mei Xiang delivers a panda cub on August 23. Video by Smithsonian's National Zoo. On Friday afternoon, a live panda cam captured giant panda Mei Xiang at the moment her water broke, and two hours… Continue reading
Aug 28 The Alternative American Dream: Inclusive Capitalism By Christopher Mackin By Chris Mackin // In this 1987 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour report, Paul Solman reported on workers' attempt to buyout the General Dynamics shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, and spoke with Chris Mackin, a leader in the worker ownership movement. Paul Solman: Worker… Continue reading
Aug 28 Top 10 U.S. Cities for Successful Aging Madison, Wis., is one of the best large cities in the U.S. to age successfully, according to the Milken Institute. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Madison Guy. Great hospitals! Good public transportation! Booming economy! The best small city for… Continue reading
Aug 28 Twitter Chat: Is Washington Capable of Solving the Challenges the Country Faces Today? By Bridget Shirvell Complaining about Washington gridlock is as much an American pastime as baseball. Poll after poll regularly shows Americans are unhappy with Congress. Continue reading
Aug 25 Graphene: The World’s New Wonder Material Marc Abrahams, editor of Annals of Improbable Research and Guardian columnist, joins Hari Sreenivasan to talk about graphene, the world's new wonder material. The substance, as thin as an atom, is 200 times stronger than steel. Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch Shields and Lowry on Stakes for U.S. on Syria, Debating GOP Identity Shields and Lowry on Stakes for U.S. on Syria, Debating GOP Identity… Continue watching