Apr 29 Waiting Until 70 for Social Security: How Long Must You Live to Make it Worth the Wait? By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff If you outlive your life expectancy, economist Larry Kotlikoff says you will want the highest possible Social Security check. If you don't, you won't need one. Image by Tetra Images/Getty Images. *Larry Kotlikoff's [Social Security original 34… Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch Is Processed Food a Pandora’s Box for the American Diet? How did the United States become a nation where food isn't so much cooked as disassembled and reassembled? Author and former New York Times reporter Melanie Warner speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about her new book, "Pandora's Lunchbox: How Processed Food… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch How a Bogus Tweet Can Wreak Financial Havoc When hackers sent out a bogus tweet from the Associated Press' Twitter account, the financial markets took a minutes-long nosedive. For more on how social media affects our world, NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni talks to Daily-Download.com's Lauren Ashburn and… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch At 20 Years, Holocaust Museum Ensures a Record Survives When Direct Memory Fades At 20 Years, Holocaust Museum Ensures a Record Survives When Direct Memory Fades… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch Jason Collins Is NBA’s First Active Player to Say ‘I’m Gay’ Jason Collins, a 34-year-old veteran NBA player, has become the first male pro-athlete currently playing one of the four big sports to come out and say he's gay. Jeffrey Brown talks with LZ Granderson, sports writer and columnist for ESPN… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch Congress Seeks to Eliminate Perk of Online Shopping by Requiring Sales Tax Congress Seeks to Eliminate Perk of Online Shopping by Requiring Sales Tax… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch On Syria, U.S. Must Weigh Risks of Involvement, National Interest, Moral Values On Syria, U.S. Must Weigh Risks of Involvement, National Interest, Moral Values… Continue watching
Apr 29 After Coming Out, Jason Collins Gets Support from Across the NBA Sports Illustrated's May 6 cover features NBA center Jason Collins, who is openly gay. Jason Collins made headlines this morning as the first male athlete from a major U.S. professional league to announce that he is gay. The NBA… Continue reading
Apr 29 Runners Draw Strength from Each Other as They Honor Boston Bombings Victims The shock of the April 15 attacks at the Boston Marathon affected Americans nationwide, but runners couldn't sit still for long. By the next morning, runners in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Charleston and countless other cities all woke up with the… Continue reading
Apr 29 Little Consensus Among Lawmakers on Next Steps With Syria President Obama discusses the crisis Syria with King Abdullah II of Jordan in the Oval Office last week. Official White House photo by Pete Souza. There appeared to be widespread agreement among lawmakers Sunday that the U.S. must… Continue reading