Feb 21 Test Your 2013 Oscars Knowledge By Tom LeGro Whether thumbs up or thumbs down, fresh tomatoes or rotten tomatoes, film critics will never run out of things to say about the Oscar-nominated movies. We've taken their punchy lines and are challenging you to guess which films they're praising… Continue reading
Feb 21 Best Picture? According to Whom? By Cindy Huang Every year, a number of critics will come out against certain picks and winners. Some will criticize the Academy Awards for misrepresenting of the world of cinema by leaving out worthy independent films, art house films and foreign films. Continue reading
Feb 20 Sotomayor: ‘Every Day We Live Our Life, We Make a Choice’ By Katelyn Polantz Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells the story of her childhood growing up with a difficult mother, an alcoholic father and a deeply loving grandmother. Her new memoir, "My Beloved World," gives an exceptionally personal portrait of the justice from… Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch Scottish Island Discovery Digs Up New Information About Neolithic Religion Scottish Island Discovery Digs Up New Information About Neolithic Religion… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch Justice Sotomayor Talks Life Before and on the Bench in ‘My Beloved World’ Justice Sotomayor Takes on Life Before and on the Bench in 'My Beloved World'… Continue watching
Feb 20 Loaded Words: How Both Sides Are Using Persuasive Rhetoric About Guns By Simone Pathe A protester marches down Constitution Avenue during the Jan. 26 March on Washington for Gun Control. Photo by Flickr user Elvert Barnes. When voters in Illinois's 2nd congressional district head to the polls next week, they'll be choosing between… Continue reading
Feb 20 Live Chat: Who is Adam Lanza? How do you make sense of a seemingly senseless act of violence? How do you help the country begin to process the trauma of 20 small children shot dead in their classroom? In the wake of the mass killings… Continue reading
Feb 20 Health Care Without the Doctors Coming to a Walmart Near You By Julie Appleby STERLING, Va. - Perched by a computer monitor wedged between shelves of cough drops and the pharmacy in a bustling Walmart, Mohamed Khader taps out answers to questions such as how often he eats vegetables, whether anyone in his… Continue reading
Feb 20 The Oscar Documentaries, Part 4: ‘The Gatekeepers’ By Tom LeGro "The Gatekeepers" is a film that consists mostly of interviews with six men, but they happen to be six former heads of Shin Bet, the Israeli security agency. Jeffrey Brown talks to the director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary. Continue reading
Feb 20 John Kerry: U.S. Must Get Its Finances in Order By Larisa Epatko Secretary of State John Kerry emphasized the need for the United States to get its finances in order, else it will look weak abroad, in a speech he delivered at the University of Virginia on Wednesday -- his first major… Continue reading