Jun 10 Costa Rica's Biodiversity By Larisa Epatko Farmers in Costa Rica are encouraged to set aside part of their land from production to help maintain biodiversity and prevent deforestation. Continue reading
Jun 10 Cold War Turning Point: Fifty Years On John F. Kennedy delivers a commencement address that became known as a "strategy of peace" speech at American University on June 10, 1963. Photo courtesy of American University. Only a small plaque at an athletic field on the outer… Continue reading
Jun 10 Bead for Life Participant: Don't Keep Your Money, Invest It By David Pelcyger EmbedVideo(6568, 482, 304); A co-founder of Bead for Life and its participants talk about the business training program. In 2009, the PBS NewsHour profiled a group, Bead for Life, that trained Ugandan women to start businesses by rolling… Continue reading
Jun 07 Watch Can Tenuous Peace Among Lebanon's Religious Sects Survive Stress of Syria's War? Can Tenuous Peace Among Lebanon's Religious Sects Survive Stress of Syria's War?… Continue watching
Jun 07 Obama Administration Defends Surveillance Programs By Christina Bellantoni A look inside the NSA Threat Operations Center located at Fort Meade, Maryland. "They quite literally can watch your ideas form as you type." That's the memorable closing quote from an unnamed "career intelligence officer" who provided the Washington Post… Continue reading
Jun 07 Why Three Syrians Fled to Lebanon By Saskia de Melker Boys stand outside a camp settlement of 35 Syrian families in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Photos by Saskia de Melker. BEIRUT -- The odds that you'll see a Syrian refugee in Lebanon are high. Nearly 500,000 Syrian refugees reside in this… Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch Syrian Government Casts Off Restraint in Pursuing Enemies Across the Border Syrian Government Casts Off Restraint in Pursuing Enemies Across the Border… Continue watching
Jun 06 Rick Atkinson on Understanding the 'Morally Indefensible' Actions of WWII By Larisa Epatko Knowing what we know now, says author Rick Atkinson, it might be easy to judge the actions taken during World War II, such as the deplorable treatment of black soldiers and the firebombing of inhabited cities. Continue reading
Jun 06 What's on the Obama-Xi Agenda? By Larisa Epatko Chinese President Xi Jinping, who just took office in March, and President Barack Obama meet in California on Friday and Saturday to discuss in a casual setting some issues the White House deems critical, including China's alleged cyber spying on… Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch In Tripoli, Deadly Sectarian Violence Fanned by Syrian Conflict In Tripoli, Deadly Sectarian Violence Fanned by Syrian Conflict… Continue watching