Oct 07 Watch Supreme Court opens doors to cases on campaign money, abortion Supreme Court opens doors to cases on campaign money, abortion… Continue watching
Oct 07 Home built for healing in competition at Dept. of Energy Solar Decathlon EmbedVideo(7645); For these future architects and engineers, designing a house for this year's Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition came with a mission: to give back and to heal. More than 100 Washington, D.C., college students built… Continue reading
Oct 07 Supreme Court steps back into business with record-low approval ratings By News Desk Image courtesy of Pew Research. SCOTUS returns to the bench today to record-low favorability ratings. According to analysis by Pew, only 48 percent of Americans had a favorable view of the court, while 38 percent had an unfavorable… Continue reading
Oct 07 What to watch as new Supreme Court term begins The Supreme Court began its new term Monday by turning away hundreds of appeals, including Virginia's bid to revive its anti-sodomy law. The justices took the bench just past 10 o'clock on the first Monday in October, even as much… Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Nobel Prize alternative celebrates the funny and unusual Every year the Ig Nobel prizes are awarded for achievements in science that first make people laugh, then think. Actual Nobel laureates are drafted to present awards to research into research on topics like the effects of opera on mouse… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Is withdrawal from Afghanistan still on schedule? 12 years after the so-called ‘war on terror’ began in 2001, an estimated 55-60,000 American troops remain in Afghanistan. The Obama Administration has said all American combat forces will be pulled from Afghanistan by the end of next year. New… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Enstitute: The entrepreneurial alternative to college As the cost of higher education mounts, debt-laden students, cash-strapped parents and members of the media are asking: is traditional college still the answer? Correspondent Mona Iskander reports on Enstitute, a two-year apprenticeship program that matches 18- to 24-year-olds with… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch Conflict minerals from the Congo to your cellphone National Geographic photographer Marcus Bleasdale finds beauty in trauma. His work in the Congo is featured in the magazine’s 125th anniversary issue. “The Price of Precious” documents child labor in camps that extract not blood diamonds, but tin, tungsten and… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch Brooks and Dionne: Budget battle is 'debate with no substance' Brooks and Dionne: Budget battle is 'debate with no substance'… Continue watching
Oct 04 Internal GOP divisions exposed, might lead to compromise House Majority Leader Eric Cantor speaks at a GOP event Thursday. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call The stalemate over funding the government might appear at first glance to be a test of wills between two political parties. But… Continue reading