Dec 04 Watch New Indications Regime Ally Russia May Change Position on Syrian Conflict Reports indicate that Russia, once allied to the Syrian government, may be shifting toward persuading President Assad to step down. Judy Woodruff talks to Dimitri Simes of the Center for the National Interest and U.S. Institute of Peace's Steven Heydemann… Continue watching
Dec 04 Watch Fearing Syria’s Chemical Weapons, NATO Sends Anti-Missile Systems to Turkey In Brussels, NATO members approved Turkey's request for anti-missile systems to defend against Syrian shelling and rocket fire landing on the Turkish side of the countries' shared border. Meanwhile, NATO repeated U.S. concerns over a rise in the Syrian government's… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch World Faces a Fight from Behind to Keep Up With Rising Rate of CO2 Emissions World Faces a Fight from Behind to Keep Up With Rising Rate of CO2 Emissions… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch In Chicago, Public Schools and Teachers Work Towards a ‘Common Core’ In Chicago, Public Schools and Teachers Work Towards a 'Common Core'… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch How West Bank Construction Hampers Progress for a Two-State Solution How West Bank Construction Hampers Progress for a Two-State Solution… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch Israel’s West Bank Settlement Expansion Prompts Diplomatic Frustration Israel's West Bank Settlement Expansion Prompts Diplomatic Frustration… Continue watching
Dec 03 No Longer Optional, Travel by Saudi Women Triggers Text to Male Guardian By Larisa Epatko An aspect of Saudi Arabia's male guardianship system has become mandatory. Men now receive a text message every time a dependent, including a woman or child, leave the country. Continue reading
Dec 03 Tiny Flying ‘Bengal Tigers’ invade Brooklyn Common green darner dragonfly. Photo By Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG Via Getty Images. Once a week, I arrive home to find the New Yorker magazine on the floor, partly shredded by my dog, who devotes part of her lunch… Continue reading
Dec 03 Weekly Poem: ‘Swimming Pool’ By Tom LeGro James Arthur is the author of "Charms Against Lightning," a debut poetry collection published by Copper Canyon Press in October. He has received the Amy Lowell Travelling Poetry Scholarship, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Poetry, a residency at the Amy… Continue reading
Dec 03 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro Visitors to Naneci Yurdaguel's exhibition "Burquoi" at Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden in Wiesbaden, Germany, must wear a burqa, which are provided by the gallery. "Burqoui" is a play on the words burqa and the French word for "why" -- "pourquoi."… Continue reading