Dec 12 Judy’s Notebook: Engaging Women and Young Voters Was Key for Obama Camp Elections are endlessly fascinating because of the questions they pose about why voters vote the way they do. In one of this season's numerous post-election analyses, President Obama's campaign pollster Joel Benenson makes it sound as if -- for… Continue reading
Dec 12 In Tanzania, Powering Cell Phones and Shelling Corn with a Bicycle By David Pelcyger EmbedVideo(5187, 482, 304); Jodie Wu's path to helping people in Tanzania started when she was nine years old. At that young age, the Conyers, Ga., native started working as a cashier and hostess in her parents' Chinese restaurant. Continue reading
Dec 12 In Cosmic Game of Billiards, What Are the Chances of an Asteroid Collision? This image obtained by the framing camera on NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the south pole of the giant asteroid Vesta. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA. There's been buzz in the news this week about two asteroids nearly sideswiping us. Boston Globe… Continue reading
Dec 12 In India, A Secret Weapon Against Cancer: Vinegar This story is part of a series, Cancer's New Battleground: the Developing World. Above: Indian women participate in a women's march in Mumbai on Monday. Photo by Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images. Cervical cancer used to kill more women… Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch From Eden to the End of the World: Reporter’s Seven-Year Journey Traces Humanity Starting in January 2013, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek will set out from Africa's Great Rift Valley on a seven-year, 21,000-mile journey, tracing the believed path of ancient human migration. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Salopek about his assignment, one he… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch Defying International Warnings, North Korea Launches Long-Range Rocket North Korea successfully fired a long-range rocket despite warnings from the international community. While the launch enhances the credentials of young leader Kim Jong Un, it is likely to bring fresh sanctions and further complicate relations with neighbors and the… Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch Fiscally Conservative Democrat Rep. Allyson Schwartz Discusses Budget Options Fiscally Conservative Democrat Rep. Allyson Schwartz Discusses Budget Options… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Making Work Safety a Priority in Clothing Industry in Pakistan and Bangladesh Making Work Safety a Priority in Clothing Industry in Pakistan and Bangladesh… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Industrial Residue From Receding Sandy Flood Waters Raise Concerns for Residents Industrial Residue From Receding Sandy Flood Waters Raise Concerns for Residents… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano Discusses Immigration Agenda Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano Discusses Immigration Agenda… Continue watching