Jun 14 Watch Painful Options Ahead: Detroit to Default on $2.5 Billion Debt Painful Options Ahead: Detroit Defaults on Billion-Dollar Debt… Continue watching
Jun 14 Syria Crossed President Obama's Red Line. What Happens Next? By Terence Burlij An unexploded mortar shell fired by Syrian Army sits, half buried in the ground, in a suburb of Damascus, January 25, 2013. With the United States concluding that the Syrian government crossed President Barack Obama's red line by using chemical… Continue reading
Jun 14 Do Dying Trees Lead to More Human Deaths? The Debate Continues The emerald ash borer has been attacking all 22 species of North American ash trees in the last few years, killing nearly every tree it infests. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Flickr user Darkroom Daze. The hypothesis: Trees improve people's… Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch California Prepares for Fallout as High Court Ruling on Prop. 8 Nears California Prepares for Fallout as High Court Ruling on Prop. 8 Nears… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Human Genes Cannot Be Patented Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Human Genes Cannot Be Patented… Continue watching
Jun 13 Share Your Thoughts: Supreme Court Rules Natural DNA Can't Be Patented By Sarah Clune Photo courtesy of Flickr user dullhunk/ Alex Bateman at the Sanger Institute. Can someone else patent your genes? No, according to a closely watched ruling from the U.S. Supreme court Thursday morning. The Court http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-398_8njq.pdf">ruled partially for… Continue reading
Jun 13 Live Coverage of Supreme Court Decisions Thursday By News Desk 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 10 Lawmakers Debate Leaks As National Security Whistleblower Reveals His Identity Edward Snowden speaks during an interview in Hong Kong. Photo by The Guardian via Getty Images "I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong." That statement came from Edward… Continue reading
Jun 07 Watch Shields and Brooks on NSA Big Data Discovery, Christie's Election Maneuver Shields and Brooks on NSA Big Data Discovery, Christie's Election Maneuver… Continue watching
Jun 07 Will You Work Forever? EmbedVideo(6642, 482, 304); Video shot and produced by David Pelcyger Next week, PBS NewsHour will launch an interactive project on the so-called "death of retirement." Many of us will continue to work well past the traditional retirement… Continue reading