Apr 26 Maternal Health Hotline Helps Malawians Stay Connected By Imani Cheers [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdcn5fN8mnc&w=480&h=270] Doreen Namasala has been a community health worker for over a decade in rural Malawi, a small landlocked country in southeast Africa. With a population of roughly 15 million, an estimated 60 percent of women report having… Continue reading
Apr 26 Non-Citizens Would Earn Legal Status Under Immigration Bill, Meissner Says EmbedVideo(6319, 482, 304); Doris Meissner, director of the Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute, says the current proposed immigration bill offers "earned legalization" rather than amnesty. Provisions in an immigration reform bill introduced earlier this month would… Continue reading
Apr 26 Survey Finds Rate For Young Adult Coverage Improves While Others Decline In 2012, approximately 84 million adults -- or 46 percent of those aged 19 to 64 -- did not have health insurance coverage for the entire year or were considered underinsured, according to the findings of the Commonwealth Fund's 2012… Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch Global Standards for Garment Industry Under Scrutiny After Bangladesh Disaster The Bangladeshi garment factory collapse is the worst disaster ever for the country's booming clothing industry. Ray Suarez discusses the role of Western retailers in keeping foreign workers safe with Avedis Seferian of Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production and Scott Nova… Continue watching
Apr 25 Gun Control and Gun Rights Advocates Are Ready to Continue Their Fight EmbedVideo(6308, 482, 304); Watch the NewsHour Thursday for a look at the evolution of gun lobbying efforts on both sides. Exuding a sense of impenetrable power, the headquarters of the National Rifle Association makes a big footprint along Interstate… Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch Uphill Gun Control Fight Feels Familiar to Advocates of Another Era Uphill Gun Control Fight Feels Familiar to Advocates of Another Era… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch U.S. Believes Syrian Regime Has Used Chemical Weapons, Waits for Confirmation U.S. Believes Syrian Regime Has Used Chemical Weapons, Waits for Confirmation… Continue watching
Apr 25 Space Junk Threatens Cascade of Collisions The sheer amount of debris in low-Earth orbit is tipping space dangerously close to a cascade of hazardous collisions, scientists announced at a four-day international meeting on the subject this week. And there is an "urgent need" to… Continue reading
Apr 25 How Well Do You Know Your Presidential Libraries? The George W. Bush Presidential Center marks the thirteenth library dedicated to a president. Whether you've been to one, all or none, test your skills and see how well you know (or can guess) what's inside the presidential libraries. Continue reading
Apr 25 Workers From Other Countries ‘Lifeline’ for U.S., Former INS Chief Says EmbedVideo(6307, 482, 304); Doris Meissner, director of the Migration Policy Institute's immigration policy work, says foreign-born workers are complementary to American workers. The 844-page, bipartisan immigration reform bill released April 18 would refocus American immigration policy toward employment-based… Continue reading