Jun 08 Health Care Reform: The Comic Book By Betty Ann Bowser // When you think about what makes for good material for comic books and graphic novels, the much-debated and heavily-contested federal health reform law is not necessarily the subject matter you would think of. And Jonathan Gruber, an economist and… Continue reading
Jun 08 In Spain, a Disturbing Lack of Confidence Bank of Spain in Madrid. Photo by Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images. It's "Pain in Spain" week here at Making Sen$e. Thus far we've featured a two-part dispatch from former New York Times correspondent Ana Westley. Today, her husband… Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch In El Salvador, Tooth Decay Epidemic Blamed on Junk Food, Lack of Information From El Salvador, graduates of the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism -- producer Roberto Daza and correspondent Carl Nasman -- report on an epidemic of tooth decay across the countryside, blamed largely on junk food, soda and a lack of… Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch Congress Eyes Crackdown Over Leaks About Secret Programs Beginning with comments from Sen. John McCain Tuesday citing accounts of what appear to be high-level government leaks, Congress is engaged in an investigation about war tactics. Jeffrey Brown discusses the varied secret programs, from cyber attacks to drone strikes,… Continue watching
Jun 07 Where Have All the Stars Gone? EmbedVideo(3578, 482, 304); The thrill of gazing into a night sky packed with stars, constellations and a stretch of our Milky Way galaxy is primal and timeless -- and it's become increasingly rare. Skyglow from city… Continue reading
Jun 07 Is Everyone Sharing the Pain in Spain? Church of Our Lady of Incarnation in Spain. Photo by SantiMB via Flickr Creative Commons. In the second part of her dispatch from Spain, former New York Times correspondent and friend of Making Sen$e, Ana Westley describes the… Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch New York Teachers Discuss Accountability, Pros and Cons of Assessments New York Teachers Discuss Accountability, Pros and Cons of Assessments… Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch Remembering Ray Bradbury and His ‘Cautionary Tales’ Ray Bradbury, author of classic books such as "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Martian Chronicles," died Tuesday night at the age of 91. Jeffrey Brown and bestselling novelist Lev Grossman, who is also a book critic for Time magazine, discuss Bradbury's… Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch With Political Polarization at All-Time High, Americans Say ‘Listen to Me’ With Political Polarization at All-Time High, Americans Say 'Listen to Me'… Continue watching
Jun 06 The Squid and the Electric Current: Remembering the Work of a Brain Pioneer By Jenny Marder In the late 1940s, Sir Andrew Huxley and Sir Alan Hodgkin teased a nerve cell from an Atlantic squid, placed it into a seawater bath and zapped it with currents. Then, with the data, they built a mathematical model that… Continue reading