Jan 08 New York City bans restaurants from using plastic foam containers By Anna Sillers New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration announced today that, starting July 1, the city’s food establishments will be banned from using plastic foam containers. Continue reading
Nov 01 Federal court ruling allows NYC to implement stop-and-frisk reforms By Carey Reed The New York City Police Department is free to begin implementing reforms to its stop-and-frisk policy, following a federal court ruling Friday. Continue reading
Oct 10 Washington voters will see competing gun measures on their state ballot this year By Rachel La Corte, Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. — Two competing measures on the Washington state ballot this fall ask voters to take a stance on expanded background checks for gun sales. One is seeking universal checks for all sales and transfers, including private transactions. The… Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch U.S.-Africa summit resets focus on tapping burgeoning markets By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch 9:28 Former treasury secretary urges business world to heed climate change risks By PBS NewsHour If you are an American investor, the risks of climate change should matter to you. That's the message from the Risky Business Project, led by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, billionaire financier Tom Steyer and former Treasury Secretary Henry… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch What will Bloomberg’s legacy on climate change be? After 12 years, an assessment of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's legacy on climate change. Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch What Legacy Does Bloomberg Leave for the Next Mayor of New York? What Legacy Does Bloomberg Leave for the Next Mayor of New York?… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Six Months After Newtown, Battle Over Gun Control Continues Twenty-six seconds of silence were observed in honor of the victims killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School at a memorial organized to mark six months since the massacre. Margaret Warner reports on how lawmakers and activists are engaged in the… Continue watching
May 30 Watch Ricin-Laced Letters Sent to Mayor Bloomberg and Gun Control Advocacy Group Ricin-Laced Letters Sent to Mayor Bloomberg and Gun Control Advocacy Group… Continue watching
May 31 Watch Bloomberg Could Buy the World a Coke, but He’d Make It a Small Bloomberg Could Buy the World a Coke, but He'd Make It a Small… Continue watching