Mar 01 With 50 Million Hungry in U.S., New Film Demands ‘A Place at the Table’ EmbedVideo(5858, 482, 304); The classroom sometimes gets a little blurry for Rosie, a fifth-grader in Colorado. And when it does -- when she starts picturing her teacher as a banana or her classmates as apples -- Rosie… Continue reading
Mar 01 Seawater Saltiness Seen from Space The ocean, by some estimates, holds enough salt to cover the entire surface of the Earth, layered to the height of a 40-story office building. Much of the salt in the ocean comes from rock that gets… Continue reading
Mar 01 Gwen’s Take: The Blame Game and Other Perplexing Things The man in my audience at Ohio University this week was exasperated. Why, he wondered, can't Washington get its act together? Why indeed? I can't say I had a good answer. But it was clear that -- in Athens,… Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch Egypt’s Economy in Dire Straits Two Years After Fall of Mubarak Two years after the rise of Arab Spring and the fall of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's financial hardships have not improved under the considerable political unrest. Protests have crippled the country's tourism industry and construction in Cairo has ceased. Margaret Warner… Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch Congress Extends Violence Against Women Act, Ending Standstill Congress Extends Violence Against Women Act, Ending Standstill… Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch Looking Ahead to Papal Conclave as Benedict XVI Lifts ‘Weight of the Office’ Looking Ahead to Papal Conclave as Benedict XVI Lifts 'Weight of the Office'… Continue watching
Feb 27 How Can Media Move Millions Toward Action? I'm playing a small role in what I think will be an interesting one-day conference co-hosted by our PBS colleagues at ITVS (the folks who bring documentaries to PBS through Independent Lens) and the United States… Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Immortalized With Statue at U.S. Capitol Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Immortalized With Statue at U.S. Capitol… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch Will Yahoo! Ban on Employee Telecommuting From Home Ensure Innovation? Will Yahoo! Ban on Employee Telecommuting From Home Ensure Innovation?… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch Is Discrimination History Provision of Voting Rights Act Still Relevant? Is Discrimination History Provision of Voting Rights Act Still Relevant?… Continue watching