Apr 22 The Importance of Reflecting on Death, Especially After Boston Top photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. Last Monday afternoon, author Erica Brown had some time on her hands in Boston. She was there to address a cultural arts gathering, and, with a few hours before… Continue reading
Apr 19 One Year Later: What Happened to #stopKony? EmbedVideo(6239, 482, 304); The Daily Download's Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz discuss the #stopKony movement's effectiveness with PBS NewsHour's Christina Bellantoni. The Kony 2012 video skyrocketed to almost 100 million views on YouTube in the course of one… Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch Shields and Brooks on Resilience During National Trauma, Failure of the Gun Bill Shields and Brooks on Resilience During National Trauma, Failure of the Gun Bill… Continue watching
Apr 19 Boston Bombing Suspects’ Uncle: ‘Turn Yourself In’ EmbedVideo(6256, 482, 304); Ruslan Tsarni, uncle of the two Boston Marathon bombings suspects, attributes their alleged actions to "being losers." He pleaded with the younger suspect, who is still at large, to turn himself in and ask for forgiveness. Continue reading
Apr 19 Slow-moving Sequestration Still Figures in Budget Negotiations According to a new Wall Street Journal-NBC poll, fewer than 20 percent of Americans report feeling any impact of sequestration -- the $85 billion dollars in across-the-board federal spending cuts that got underway March 1. But Democrats maintain the forced… Continue reading
Apr 19 Pakistan Elections Could Mark Historic Transfer of Power By Cat Wise Election sign for Imran Khan who heads the party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. The former cricket champion-turned-politician casts himself as an anti-corruption crusader. Photo by Daniel Sagalyn. If everything goes according to plan, Pakistan's election on May 11 will be the first… Continue reading
Apr 18 Two Earth-Sized Planets with Earth-Like Temperatures Discovered by Kepler The artist's concept depicts Kepler-62e, a super-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of a star smaller and cooler than the sun, located about 1,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. Photo by NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech. Two Earth-sized planets with… Continue reading
Apr 18 Gang of Eight Senators Say Immigration Bill Is ‘Common-sense Approach’ EmbedVideo(6240, 482, 304); Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and John McCain, R-Ariz., and their colleagues in the so-called Gang of Eight, held a news conference Thursday to detail the 844-page immigration reform legislation, officially released earlier this week. In a… Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch Supreme Court Rules Foreign Human Rights Cases Can’t Be Tried in U.S. Supreme Court Rules Foreign Human Rights Cases Can't Be Tried in U.S. Continue watching
Apr 17 Senate Blocks Expanded Gun Sale Background Checks EmbedVideo(6227, 482, 304); President Barack Obama expressed frustration Wednesday following the Senate defeat of the Manchin-Toomey amendment, which would have expanded background checks. Obama was introduced by Mark Barden, the father of Sandy Hook victim Daniel Barden. WASHINGTON --… Continue reading