Apr 02 Tips (and Recipes) for the Cicada Invasion Swarms of cicada nymphs emerge from the ground. Photo by Michael Raupp. On Friday, we wrote about the impending arrival of the 17-year cicadas -- the root sucking, egg laying, battery-sized bugs that will emerge from the… Continue reading
Apr 02 Veterans Affairs Backlog Files Stacked So High, They Posed Safety Risk to Staff Stacks of Veterans Affairs claim folders overtake a regional office in Winston-Salem, N.C. These photos were included in a 2012 report from the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General. While researching our story on the Veterans Affairs… Continue reading
Apr 02 What if a Search Engine Could Determine an Election? EmbedVideo(6100, 482, 304); Hari Sreenivasan hosted a Google Hangout with Dr. Robert Epstein, whose study on search engine rankings show that results can be manipulated in a way that may influence voter preference. Where do you get your political… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch Why Facebook Went Red and Pink Over Same-Sex Marriage While the Supreme Court heard arguments for and against same-sex marriage, scores of Facebook users changed their profile pictures to show their support with a red equal sign. For more on the image and social media's impact on this issue,… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Should Public Money Be Used for Private Schools? The Indiana Supreme Court upheld a law allowing taxpayer money to be used for private schools through vouchers. Hari Sreenivasan examines the implications with Kevin Chavous, executive counsel for American Federation for Children, which promotes vouchers, and Dennis van Roekel,… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch An Awakening in India to Scourge of Violence Against Women Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from India on the country's efforts to tackle the issue of violence against women. This response comes after the gang rape and murder of a female medical student in Delhi last year. Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Texas Rocked by District Attorney Shooting In an update on two shootings, prosecutors pushed for the death penalty for James Holmes, the shooter in the massacre at an Aurora, Colo., theater. In Kaufman County, Texas, District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife were shot dead in… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Discerning Reality From Rhetoric in North Korea’s Threats Is the latest rhetoric from North Korea brinkmanship or does it reflect the communist state's ability to mount an attack? Judy Woodruff talks to two former Korea intelligence analysts -- Robert Carlin of Stanford University and Bruce Klingner of the… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch Korean Peninsula Engages in War of Words Over Military Action Threats Korean Peninsula Engages in War of Words Over Military Action Threats… Continue watching
Apr 01 Mutating Gonorrhea and ‘Superbugs’ Coming Soon to a Town Near You? This World War II advertisement informs the soldiers about a new "wonder drug" that can cure gonorrhea. The disease is one of many diseases -- including the infamous "superbugs" -- now showing resistance to all modern medicines. Photo courtesy… Continue reading