Feb 26 My Friend Who Made History By Judy Woodruff Charlayne Hunter-Gault broke barriers when she arrived to the University of Georgia in 1961. Her strength and fortitude allowed her to thrive on a racially hostile campus would serve her in her future career as an award-winning journalist. Continue reading
Feb 26 How To Lift Half the World Perhaps new forms of advocacy and different types of activists can help us re-frame thinking about inequality from a problem for women to a problem for humans. Continue reading
Feb 26 Guns, Outside Money Factor into Illinois' Special Primary Jesse Jackson Jr. pleaded guilty to fraud last week. The special primary to fill his congressional seat is scheduled for Feb. 26th. Photo by Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call, taken June 2012. Illinois' 2nd congressional district has seen a lot… Continue reading
Feb 25 Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop Leaves Legacy on AIDS, Smoking Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop died on Monday at the age of 96. Photo by AFP/Getty. On Monday afternoon, Dr. Charles Everett Koop, the former surgeon general who delivered straightforward talks on AIDS and smoking, passed away in… Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch New Allegations Arise Against Vatican Ahead of Papal Elections Troubles for the Holy See Ahead of Papal Elections… Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch India Organizes One of Largest Citizen Registration Drives Ever to Issue IDs India Organizes One of Largest Citizen Registration Drives Ever to Issue IDs… Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch Adding Up and Breaking Down Health Care's Big Price Tags Why does a few days of lab work end up costing more than the price of a car? Judy Woodruff interviews journalist Steven Brill about his Time magazine cover story about how and why the private marketplace isn't working in… Continue watching
Feb 25 Weigh In: What Would YOU Ask the President? Video courtesy of the White House YouTube channel. Updated, 10:45 p.m. Monday's Daily Download segment examined the White House's use of social media to bypass the filter of the traditional press. Howard Kurtz and Lauren Ashburn of… Continue reading
Feb 25 What a Missing Section of One Man's Brain Taught Science About Memory This image shows an MRI of a normal hippocampus.The cortical folds are clearly visible. Photo By BSIP/UIG via Getty Images. I recall being equally parts shocked and fascinated the first time I learned about the man known as H.M. Continue reading
Feb 25 Debt, Deficits, and the Defense Budget U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in 2009. Photo by Army Spc. Walter Reeves. By Jonathan Masters, Online Editor/Writer for the Council on Foreign Relations Introduction Most projections indicate that the United States is on an unsustainable fiscal path under the… Continue reading