Apr 10 Watch Obama Budget Plan With Medicare Cuts, Tax Hikes Draws Critique From Congress Obama Budget Plan With Medicare Cuts, Tax Hikes Draws Critique From Congress… Continue watching
Apr 10 Portals to the Past: Cloning the Original Cherry Blossoms More than 1 million visitors flock to Washington, D.C. each spring to view the cherry trees. Photo by Rebecca Jacobson. Every spring in Washington, D.C., the tree paparazzi come out. As the 3,700 ornamental cherry trees along the National… Continue reading
Apr 10 Self-Censorship on Chinese TV: An American Comedian’s Experience By jappell By Jesse Appell Fulbright fellow Jesse Appell's "Gangnam Style" parody was subject to censorship when he was asked to perform on Chinese television. A note from Paul Solman: Jesse Appell is a young humorist, fluent in Mandarin, studying stand-up comedy… Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch A Look at Thatcherism, the Polarizing Legacy of Britain’s ‘Iron Lady’ A Look at Thatcherism, the Polarizing Legacy of Britain's 'Iron Lady'… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch Private Investors Put Money on Decreasing Teen Recidivism Rate Private Investors Put Money on Decreasing Teen Recidivism Rate… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch Filmmaker Captures Life for Syrians Whose World Has Been Blown Apart Filmmaker Captures Life for Syrians Whose World Has Been Blown Apart… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch How Well Do Background Checks Work and How Might They Change Under New Laws? How Well Do Background Checks Work and How Might They Change Under New Laws?… Continue watching
Apr 09 Babbling Sounds of Monkeys Share Rhythms with Human Speech A gelada baboon in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Photo by A. Davey via Flickr. Scientists studying the evolution of speech have long puzzled over why there are no good models in primates. While primates share many traits with… Continue reading
Apr 09 Ten Years After Baghdad’s Fall, a Look Back at the Iraq War By Justin Scuiletti // Watch a video synopsis of the Iraq war. Edited by Justin Scuiletti. (Warning: Some video footage is graphic.) On March 17, 2003, President George W. Bush addressed the nation: "All the decades of deceit and cruelty have now reached… Continue reading
Apr 09 Gun Policy Proposals Face Pressure From Senators Family members of Newtown shooting victims step off Air Force One with President Obama upon arrival Monday at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images. Political pressure is no simple thing -- especially when… Continue reading