Apr 10 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight By News Desk On Wednesday's NewsHour: President Obama's 2014 budget proposal, which calls for changes to Social Security and Medicare, as well as tax hikes for the wealthy Then, with a Senate comproise on background checks breathing new life to a comprehensive… 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 05 Watch Journalists Expose Trove of Hidden Offshore Bank Accounts Around the World Journalists Expose Trove of Hidden Offshore Bank Accounts Around the World… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch Could Search Engines Determine Elections? Could Search Engines Determine Elections?… Continue watching
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 No One’s Safe on April Fool’s Day Your guard is up. You trust no one. It's April Fool's Day, the time of year when making fools of people is celebrated...unless the joke's on you. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch Americans Cut Off From Opportunity Without Equal Access to the Internet Americans Cut Off From Opportunity Without Equal Access to the Internet… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch Tennessee Is Home to U.S. Leader in Offering Fast, City-Wide Internet Tennessee Is Home to U.S. Leader in Offering Fast, City-Wide Internet… Continue watching
Mar 21 Happy 7th Birthday, Twitter! Happy birthday, Twitter! The micro-blogging website turned seven Thursday -- the anniversary of when co-founder Jack Dorsey sent out the first tweet, ever (back when Twitter was called twttr and it looked like this). just setting… Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch Virginia Teens Explore Self-Segregation within School Walls Virginia students investigate race relations within their school. Continue watching