The groundbreaking newsmagazine “In the Life” ends its 20-year broadcast run this month. Watch the final episode above. It’s an illuminating look at the show’s coverage of major issues — and at how much has changed in 20 years. You can still view “In the Life’s” archive online. Find out what In the Life Media […]
Extending a loving gesture towards that larger nature – towards the living turkey and the larger ecology – is a way of reinventing our traditions in a way that remains quintessentially American.
This election cycle, some major victories materialized for a number of interest groups. However, with media focus now looking toward an ever-looming fiscal cliff, potential war in the Middle East and a purported liquidation of Hostess Cupcake, the implications of some of these victories deserve more study. A big turnaround in the state of Maine […]
In this collaboration between Need to Know and SMITH Magazine, people share six-word memoirs of what happened that fateful morning, their process of healing and the many ways in which 9/11 transformed their lives forever.
Columnist Dan Savage on how marriage equality would change the lives of same-sex couples and why this issue has become so important to the LGBT movement.
An original Freedom Rider and organizer of the Selma march recalls his last hours with Martin Luther King on the day King was assassinated.
While state budget deficits force public universities to make painful cuts, one area not feeling the budget knife much is intercollegiate sports. How is this imbalance affecting the classroom?
Guest essayist Desiree Cooper argues that confronting one of the most uncomfortable aspects of the new film “The Help” — the depiction of affection between maids and the families they worked for — can help lead to a better understanding of our racial histories.
Need to Know travels to Iowa to examine a unique futures market that may be better at predicting winning political candidates than traditional polling methods.
