Mar 23 Is rural America a thing of the past? By Kristin Miller The image of the families like the Joads from The Grapes of Wrath loading up their meager possessions and leaving the farm for the city is a powerful one in the American psyche. It’s almost as powerful as the image… Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch How to Live Micro: Apartments for the New Single World Cities are create micro-apartments for single living, smaller that previous laws allowed. Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch World’s Biggest Power Blackout in Human History Strikes India The second day of India's power grid failures were worse than the first. Nearly 1900 miles of India went dark, an area that is home to nearly half of India's 1.2 billion citizens. Judy Woodruff reports how the blackout is… Continue watching
May 29 Watch Pollster: Democrats Should Bait GOP on Latino Issues Pollster: Democrats Should Bait GOP on Latino Issues… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch In Oregon, Rare ‘Snowstorm’ of Pine Butterflies Takes Toll on Forests In Oregon, Rare 'Snowstorm' of Pine Butterflies Takes Toll on Forests… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch Hans Rosling Brings Life, Humor, Sword-Swallowing to Global Health Statistics Hans Rosling Brings Life, Humor, Sword-Swallowing to Global Health Statistics… Continue watching
Nov 08 Russia’s Shrinking Population Mars Putin’s Superpower Ambitions By Talea Miller Despite Vladimir Putin's efforts to encourage population growth in Russia, women have too few children and Russian men are dying young. Continue reading
Nov 07 Watch 49 Million Americans in Poverty, Census Calculates The Census Bureau released a new unofficial count of poverty in America on Monday, showing about 16 percent of the population live at or below the poverty line. Ray Suarez discusses the new numbers with The Brookings Institution's Ron Haskins… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch World’s Population Teeters on the Edge of 7 Billion: Now What? World's Population Teeters on the Edge of 7 Billion -- Now What?… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch World Population to Hit Milestone With Birth of 7 Billionth Person The world's population is expected to hit a milestone Monday with the birth of the 7 billionth person. Independent Television News' Lawrence McGinty reports on what this means for people and the planet. Continue watching