Apr 19 Watch Shields and Brooks on Resilience During National Trauma, Failure of the Gun Bill Shields and Brooks on Resilience During National Trauma, Failure of the Gun Bill… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Crowdsourced Sleuthing Offers Extra Eyes and Ears, Some Wrong Turns Crowdsourced Sleuthing Offers Extra Eyes and Ears, Some Wrong Turns… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Were Boston Suspects ‘Lone Wolves’ or Part of a Larger, Radical Confederacy? Were Boston Suspects 'Lone Wolves' or Part of a Larger, Radical Confederacy?… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Suspect’s Reputation as Normal Kid Is Striking Contrast to Deadly Crime Spree Suspect's Reputation as Normal Kid Is Striking Contrast to Deadly Crime Spree… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Manhunt for Boston Bombing Suspect Ends After Daylong City Shutdown Manhunt for Boston Bombing Suspect Ends After Daylong City Shutdown… Continue watching
Apr 19 Boston Bombing Suspects’ Uncle: ‘Turn Yourself In’ EmbedVideo(6256, 482, 304); Ruslan Tsarni, uncle of the two Boston Marathon bombings suspects, attributes their alleged actions to "being losers." He pleaded with the younger suspect, who is still at large, to turn himself in and ask for forgiveness. Continue reading
Apr 19 Why Paul Krugman, Others Think Reinhart and Rogoff Are Wrong About Debt By Paul Solman By Paul Solman Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Instead of answering any questions Friday, I should probably address the hot topic in the world of economics this week and the subject of Paul Krugman's column in The… Continue reading
Apr 19 Slow-moving Sequestration Still Figures in Budget Negotiations According to a new Wall Street Journal-NBC poll, fewer than 20 percent of Americans report feeling any impact of sequestration -- the $85 billion dollars in across-the-board federal spending cuts that got underway March 1. But Democrats maintain the forced… Continue reading
Apr 19 Pakistan Elections Could Mark Historic Transfer of Power By Cat Wise Election sign for Imran Khan who heads the party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. The former cricket champion-turned-politician casts himself as an anti-corruption crusader. Photo by Daniel Sagalyn. If everything goes according to plan, Pakistan's election on May 11 will be the first… Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch World Bank Announces Goal to End Extreme Poverty by 2030 The World Bank wants to end extreme global poverty by the year 2030. World Bank president Jim Yong Kim announced the push as the bank began its annual spring meeting along with the International Monetary Fund. Jeffrey Brown interviews Kim… Continue watching