Dec 07 Milestones Mark Fight for Same-Sex Marriage on Way to Supreme Court By Katelyn Polantz A gay pride and an American flag hang from a shoulder bag during a demonstration in San Francisco June 13, 2011. On Friday, the Supreme Court announced it will review the constitutionality of both the federal Defense of Marriage Act… Continue reading
Dec 07 Farewell, Little Space Spider Nefertiti, the Johnson jumping spider hunting for flies inside her space flight habitat on board the International Space Station. Photo by NASA. Nefertiti, the courageous space spider who soared into low-Earth orbit on a Japanese HTV spacecraft, spent three… Continue reading
Dec 07 Great Jobs Numbers? U-7 Says It Ain’t Necessarily So Applicants meet potential employers at the Diversity Job Fair on December 6, 2012 in Manhattan, New York City. Hundreds of minorities turned out to seek jobs, a day ahead of the release of monthly national unemployment figures in Washington… Continue reading
Dec 07 It Takes a Village: City Year’s Role in Dropout Prevention Watch: City Year corps member Sara Ross describes what her team does at Broadmoor Middle School and how they make a difference in students' lives. Editor's note: The latest installment of our American Graduate series takes us to Broadmoor… Continue reading
Dec 06 Gwen’s Take: What You Didn’t Know About Election 2012 I consider myself a voracious consumer of information. This was true during the 2012 presidential campaign, and it remains true today. This week, one month after the end of a close election, we learned that, in Ohio, President Obama beat… Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch Battleground Dispatches: Norfolk Readies for Future Storms, Sea Level Rise Battleground Dispatches: Norfolk Readies for Future Storms, Sea Level Rise… Continue watching
Dec 06 Watch An Argument Against Seeking Fiscal Fix in Cuts to Medicare and Social Security An Argument Against Seeking Fiscal Fix in Cuts to Medicare and Social Security… Continue watching
Dec 06 Why ‘Mastering’ the Basics of Why We Go to School Matters Editor's note: The latest installment of our American Graduate series takes us to Broadmoor Middle School in Baton Rouge, La., a school that is using data to improve student attendance, behavior and class performance. Watch the report here. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch Refugees Take Shelter Underground in Abandoned Syrian Town Independent Television News' John Irvine reports from a town called Sirjilla in the Idlib region of Syria. Bombed out and virtually abandoned by its residents, the town now provides an underground home for hundreds of refugees. Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch Preventing Syrian Chemical Weapons Threat From Becoming Deadly Reality Preventing Syrian Chemical Weapons Threat From Becoming Deadly Reality… Continue watching