Dec 21 Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Newtown, Gun Violence EmbedVideo(5266, 482, 304); Earlier this week, correspondent Gwen Ifill sat down with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for the PBS special report "After Newtown," which airs 8 p.m. ET Friday, one week after the mass shooting at… Continue reading
Dec 21 Test Your 2012 Slang Skills While the Oxford English Dictionary may be the "last word on words for over a century," the definitive record for slang and vernacular is the popular online lexicon, UrbanDictionary.com. The website began 13 years ago, and has continued… Continue reading
Dec 21 U.S. Gun Policy: Global Comparisons Screen shot of automatic weapons. By Jonathan Masters, online writer/editor for the Council on Foreign Relations Introduction The debate over gun control in the United States has waxed and waned over the years, stirred by a series of incidents… Continue reading
Dec 21 2012’s Wild Weather Passes 2011 Billion-Dollar Disaster Record By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Aerial view of the damage from Superstorm Sandy over the Atlantic Coast in Seaside Heights, New Jersey October 31. Sandy was one of 11 billion-dollar disasters to hit the U.S. this year. Pool Photo by Doug Mills via Reuters. Frankenstorm… Continue reading
Dec 21 Gwen’s Take: Sandy Hook and the Politics of Pain I think it's fair to say we have all been crying for a week. Watching the faces of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting scroll by, in silence, at the end of the PBS NewsHour on… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 3:30 ‘My Mom Grabbed Me and Held Me as Tight as She Could:’ Kids React to Newtown By PBS News Hour As young people across the country began to mourn and process the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., the NewsHour asked students from the 45 schools participating in its Student Reporting Labs to talk with their classmates about their initial reactions. Continue watching
Dec 20 Superheated Jet Dominates Black Hole A University of Maryland astrophysicist makes a discovery that could change the way we understand the behavior of black holes. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch Sen. Joe Lieberman Reflects on 24 Years in the Senate, Sandy Hook, Partisanship Sen. Joe Lieberman Reflects on 24 Years in the Senate, Sandy Hook, Partisanship… Continue watching
Dec 19 Exit Interview: Sen. Lieberman on Newtown, 24 Years in Senate EmbedVideo(5255, 482, 304); On Wednesday's NewsHour, correspondent Judy Woodruff spoke with retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. Here is an extended version of that interview. Lieberman discussed the recent tragedy in Newtown, Conn. and his hope that… Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch Examining the Efficacy and Limitations of Gun Control Laws to Stop Violence Examining the Efficacy and Limitations of Gun Control Laws to Stop Violence… Continue watching