May 08 The Latest on Cleveland Kidnapping Case From Ohio’s Ideastream By News Desk A police officer stands watch outside the family home of Amanda Berry, one of three women held captive in a Cleveland home for almost a decade. Photo by Brian Bull/90.3 WCPN ideastream Authorities charged 52-year-old Ariel Castro with four counts… Continue reading
May 08 Watch From Guatemalan Soil, Scientists Unearth Signs of Genocide In Guatemala, investigators using forensic science have compelling evidence that thousands of innocent indigenous Ixil Mayans were the target of extermination in the 1980s. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on how murder, politics and science intersect in the genocide trial… Continue watching
May 08 Watch Treasury Secretary Lew on Long-Term Unemployment, Party Divide on Spending Cuts Treasury Secretary Lew on Long-Term Unemployment, Party Divide on Spending Cuts… Continue watching
May 08 Watch Cleveland Kidnapping Victims Lived in ‘Dungeon-Like’ Environment Cleveland Kidnapping Victims Lived in 'Dungeon-Like' Environment… Continue watching
May 08 Watch Missing Ohio Women Reunite With Their Families as Suspected Captor Is Charged Missing Ohio Women Reunite With Their Families as Suspected Captor Is Charged… Continue watching
May 08 Watch House Hearing Is Latest Chapter in Political Dispute Over Benghazi Attack House Hearing Is Latest Chapter in Political Dispute Over Benghazi Attack… Continue watching
May 08 New Report Shows Staggering Differences in the Cost of Medical Treatments A new report released by the federal government raises questions about how exactly hospitals determine the cost of treatment, after it revealed that facilities across the country are charging wildly different amounts for the same medical procedures. The Center… Continue reading
May 08 Guatemala: Why We Cannot Turn Away By Jenny Marder Tonight, Miles O'Brien reports from Guatemala on forensic science used to document charges of a genocide against thousands of indigenous Mayans in the 80s. From Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin, who co-produced the piece, here's a look at their reporting. Continue reading
May 08 The Stockholm Syndrome and Printing Money By Terry Burnham By Terry Burnham A note from Paul Solman: Former Goldman Sachs trader, biotech entrepreneur, money manager and economics professor at Harvard's Business School and Kennedy School of Government (where he taught me microeconomics), Terry Burnham, now teaching at Chapman College,… Continue reading
May 08 Preventing Drug Shortages With Cell Phones in Malawi Eighty percent of the 13 million Malawians live in rural areas, making delivering health services challenging, especially in remote parts with no roads. Photo courtesy of JSI/cStock. BALAKA, Malawi -- Saidi Masemba's clinic is a small, two-room mud hut… Continue reading