Aug 30 Watch In Brazil, Women’s Changing Roles, Attitudes Leading to Smaller Families Despite having the most Catholics in the world, 80 percent of Brazilian women of childbearing age are using some form of artificial contraception. In partnership with National Geographic Magazine, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro examines the declining fertility rate,… Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch National Guard Airlifts Supplies to Vermont Towns Isolated by Irene’s Flooding The National Guard airlifted food and supplies to dozens of Vermont towns on Tuesday, after Hurricane Irene sent rainwater surging down hills and mountainsides, washing out bridges and roads. Gwen Ifill discusses relief efforts with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Continue watching
Aug 30 Report: Japan’s High Suicide Rates Linked to Unemployment Photo by Flickr user Patrik Ragnarsson. The Aokigahara Forest is a vast, tranquil and densely wooded area at the base of Mt. Fuji known as the "sea of trees." But in the last two decades the woods have earned… Continue reading
Aug 30 Brazil’s Shifting Views of Church, Abortion and Lifestyle By Fred de Sam Lazaro Family in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by Nicole See. Brazil's plummeting birth rate would seem like a triumph for the country's women's movement, which has long fought for information about, and access to, contraception. Today, in what remains the… Continue reading
Aug 30 Vermont Copes With Severe Flooding, Death Toll Rises Post-Irene Chris Baker surveys his Pompton Lakes, N.J., neighborhood, where rains and the cresting of nearby waters caused flooding. Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images. Two days after Hurricane Irene blew through the East Coast, Vermont is coping with severe… Continue reading
Aug 30 Libyan Rebels Issue Saturday Deadline for Gadhafi Loyalists to Surrender By News Desk Rebel fighters chat as they patrol the road between Misrata and Sirte on Tuesday. Photo by Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images. As Libyan rebels moved toward Moammar Gadhafi's bastion of Sirte, where attempts at a negotiated end to fighting have thus far… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch Hurricane Irene’s Cost May Hit $7B as Pricey East Coast Cleanup Begins Hurricane Irene's death toll reached at least 38 Monday as cleanup crews from North Carolina to New England continued to pick up after the storm amid ongoing flooding. Gwen Ifill discusses the storm's impact and the cost of the government's… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch As Life Gets Back to Normal, Tripoli’s ‘Heart Beginning to Beat Again’ Gadhafi's Family Flees, but Hunt Remains for Libyan Leader… Continue watching
Aug 29 U.S. Drone Attacks on Suspected Terrorists Stir Controversy Drone photo by Wikipedia commons. The reported death of al-Qaida's No. 2 leader has brought new attention to America's reliance on unpiloted drone strike missiles as an effective way to go after terrorists, but also new animosity between… Continue reading
Aug 29 Irene Aftermath: How You Can Help View "Hurricane Irene Aftermath: How to Help" on Storify… Continue reading