Jun 19 Watch Cicada Mania: The Entomologists' 'Super Bowl' Miles O'Brien looks at the cicada emergence along the Eastern United States… Continue watching
Jun 19 Live Blog of Supreme Court Decisions Thursday By Katelyn Polantz The Supreme Court could make landmark rulings on three major issues this month, weighing affirmative action in higher education, the Voting Rights Act section 5 and California's Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act,… Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch Afghan Government Backs Away From Talks With Taliban, U.S. A day after an announcement that the Afghan government would open negotiations with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzai reversed that decision, raising objections including the Taliban's use of its formal name at its new office in Qatar. Karzai also suspended… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Will Setback in Afghan Negotiations Affect Long-Term Prospects for Talks? A day after a breakthrough agreement on holding direct talks, Afghan President Hamid Karzai backed away from announced negotiations with the U.S. and the Taliban. Jeffrey Brown talks with The New York Times' Rob Nordland, from Doha, Qatar, for more… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Report Argues U.S. Is Neglecting, Undervaluing Education in the Humanities A new report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences panel warns that the U.S. could lose its competitive edge in the liberal arts and social sciences. Jeffrey Brown talks with two members of the panel: actor and writer… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Abolitionist Frederick Douglass Honored With Statue in the Capitol At the U.S. Capitol's Emancipation Hall, lawmakers honored the legacy and spirit of Frederick Douglass -- freed slave, abolitionist and human rights advocate -- with a new statue in his likeness. Ray Suarez offers excerpts from the ceremony. Continue watching
Jun 18 How to Woo a Cicada A periodical cicada basks in the sun at a cemetery in Lorton, Virginia. Photo by Jenny Marder. On a hot spring day in late May, I went hunting for periodical cicadas with John Cooley, a veteran expert… Continue reading
Jun 18 Obama: I'm No Cheney on Spying Protesters rally outside the U.S. Capitol against the NSA's recently detailed surveillance programs. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images President Barack Obama is defending his administration's broad collection of information from technology and phone companies, outlining what he deems… Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch Some States Have Second Thoughts About Refusing Medicaid Expansion Some States Have Second Thoughts About Refusing Medicaid Expansion… Continue watching
Jun 17 5 Things You Should Know About E-Verify Functioning as a pilot program up until now, the federal database program E-Verify is set for some changes under a sweeping Senate immigration bill. E-Verify -- an electronic program run by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security contrived… Continue reading