Dec 03 Boehner: 'We're Nowhere' on Fiscal Cliff House Speaker John Boehner. File photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images. With House Speaker John Boehner and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner both digging in their heels on the Sunday talk shows, there was no sign of give in the… Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch Grand Canyon May Be 60 Million Years Older Than Previously Thought Grand Canyon May Be 60 Million Years Older Than Previously Thought… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Shields and Brooks on Obama's Bargaining Skills, Fiscal Mandates and Filibusters Shields and Brooks on Obama's Bargaining Skills, Fiscal Mandates and Filibusters… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch 2012 World AIDS Day: Strides Taken Towards Cure, But Daunting Hurdles Remain 2012 World AIDS Day: Great Steps Taken Towards Cure, But Daunting Hurdles Remain… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch Senators Spar Over Filibusters, Blaming Rules for Constant Partisan Gridlock Senators Spar Over Filibusters, Blaming Rules for Constant Partisan Gridlock… Continue watching
Nov 30 Here We Go Filibuster: Harkin, Coburn on Whether Senate Is 'Dysfunctional' Filibuster, (noun), U.S. Politics: Informal term for any attempt to block or delay Senate action on a bill or other matter by debating it at length, by offering numerous procedural motions, or by any other delaying or obstructive actions. (United… Continue reading
Nov 30 In 'How to Survive a Plague,' Film Looks Back at First AIDS Activists EmbedVideo(5103, 482, 304); In a new documentary, "How to Survive a Plague," filmmaker David France re-examines the in-your-face brand of AIDS activism that forced the nation to pay attention in the early days of the epidemic and… Continue reading
Nov 30 Is the World Any Closer to Ending AIDS? An Indian child walks past a mural painted on the side of a train Kolkata in West Bengal, India. India has the world's third largest population living with HIV/AIDS. Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/ AFP/ Getty Images. An AIDS-free generation? Sounds… Continue reading
Nov 30 Latest Release of U.S. High School Graduation Rates Still Preliminary Photo by PBS NewsHour After decades of using different metrics to calculate high school graduation rates, the Department of Education has for the first time released data for most states' graduation rates under one standardized measurement. The… Continue reading
Nov 30 Republicans Unhappy With Latest Fiscal Cliff Talks Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrives at the Capitol on Thursday for meetings on the fiscal cliff. Photo by Benjamin Myers/Reuters. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner delivered President Obama's opening bid in the fiscal cliff negotiations to congressional leaders on… Continue reading