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
Jun 17 Watch Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona's Proof-of-Citizenship Voter Requirement Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona's Proof-of-Citizenship Voter Requirement… Continue watching
Jun 17 PBS NewsHour Expands With 'PBS NewsHour Weekend' Starting Sept. 7, the PBS NewsHour is expanding its family, adding a "NewsHour Weekend" newscast on Saturdays and Sundays. The 30-minute show will be anchored by veteran NewsHour correspondent and director of digital partnerships, Hari Sreenivasan. Continue reading
Jun 17 Live Coverage of Supreme Court Decisions 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 15 A Peek Inside the Secret Court That Approved NSA's Surveillance Program PBS NewsHour journalist Allison McCartney recently joined Visual.ly in San Francisco for a residency program focused on data visualization and infographic projects. McCartney explored the complex story of the National Security Agency's extensive surveillance in her latest project. "The… Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch Could a Surplus of California Milk Fulfill China's Cheese Needs? Could a Surplus of California Milk Fulfill China's Cheese Needs?… Continue watching
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