Apr 08 Syria’s Displaced Battle Disease, Lack of Sanitation EmbedVideo(6142, 482, 304); Two years of civil war in Syria have killed tens of thousands and uprooted more than 4 million. It is a growing humanitarian crisis that shows no signs of abating. At least 3 million of… Continue reading
Apr 08 Congress Returns With Guns, Immigration, Budget on Agenda Cherry blossoms begin to open around the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. Break's over, everyone. Members of Congress head back to Washington on Monday to face what is shaping up to be a… Continue reading
Apr 07 David Kuo, Former Bush White House Official, Dies WASHINGTON -- A conservative Christian who helped to lead President George W. Bush's faith-based initiative but then criticized the effort has died. David Kuo was 44 when he died Friday in Charlotte, N.C. His wife, Kimberly, tells The Washington Post… Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch Journalists Expose Trove of Hidden Offshore Bank Accounts Around the World Journalists Expose Trove of Hidden Offshore Bank Accounts Around the World… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch Shields and Brooks on the Job Numbers, Obama’s Budget Bargaining Prospects Shields and Brooks on the Job Numbers, Obama's Budget Bargaining Prospects… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch Judge Orders FDA to Make Morning-After Pill Available to Females of All Ages Judge Orders FDA to Make Morning-After Pill Available to Females of All Ages… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch Is New Technology Chipping Away at Scope of the American Workforce? Is New Technology Chipping Away at Scope of the American Workforce?… Continue watching
Apr 05 Why We Should Treat, Not Blame Addicts Struggling to Get ‘Clean’ EmbedVideo(6130, 482, 304); Journalist David Sheff talks with Judy Woodruff about his new book, "Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy." It has been more than 40 years since Richard Nixon called for a "war on… Continue reading
Apr 05 Parachute Blows in the Mars Wind The parachute for the Mars Science Laboratory mission to Mars opened before launch. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech. A newly released series of images snapped by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals that the Curiosity rover's parachute has been flapping… Continue reading
Apr 04 Former INS Chief Talks Politics of Immigration Reform The fence that stands on the United States-Mexico border in Naco, Ariz. Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/ The Washington Post via Getty Images. Doris Meissner sometimes gets accused of taking a pro-Democratic view in her current work as senior fellow… Continue reading