Apr 05 Parachute Blows in the Mars Wind The parachute for the Mars Science Laboratory mission to Mars opened before launch. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech. A newly released series of images snapped by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals that the Curiosity rover's parachute has been flapping… Continue reading
Apr 05 Why Saving for a Rainy Day is Pointless — For the Economy By James Livingston By James Livingston By examining history, economic historian James "Against Thrift" Livingston says the sacrifice of saving for a rainy day -- of foregoing present consumption on behalf of future growth -- could be potentially destructive of the general welfare. Continue reading
Apr 05 Bringing the Classroom to Jordan’s Exploding Refugee Population By Larisa Epatko The number of Syrian refugees escaping to neighboring Jordan has surpassed 400,000 with thousands more arriving each day. Many of the refugees are children, who normally would be in school but instead are hunkering down in refugee camps. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch Discouraging Jobs Report Raises Fear That Recovery May Be Slowing Down A disappointing jobs report has sparked fears of a slowing recovery. Although the unemployment rate dipped slightly, that reduction was attributed to people retiring or who had stopped looking for work. Judy Woodruff reports on why the job market in… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch Writer Advocates ‘Clean’ Start for America on Addiction In his new book, "Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy," journalist David Sheff outlines a slew of reasons why addiction treatments largely fail to help 20 million people struggling with the disease. Judy Woodruff talks to Sheff about… Continue watching
Apr 04 Former INS Chief Talks Politics of Immigration Reform The fence that stands on the United States-Mexico border in Naco, Ariz. Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/ The Washington Post via Getty Images. Doris Meissner sometimes gets accused of taking a pro-Democratic view in her current work as senior fellow… Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch For Influential Critic Roger Ebert, Life Spent ‘At the Movies’ Ends at Age 70 For Influential Critic Roger Ebert, Life Spent 'At the Movies' Ends at Age 70… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch Sandra Day O’Connor Explores Supreme Court History, Inner Workings Sandra Day O'Connor Explores Supreme Court History, Inner Workings… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch Muslim-Christian Relations Strained by Violence in Kenya’s Coastal Region Muslim-Christian Relations Strained by Violence in Kenya's Coastal Region… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch Estimating the Soaring Price Tag and Other Costs of Dementia Care Estimating the Soaring Price Tag and Other Costs of Dementia Care… Continue watching