On April 15th, 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage, killing more than 1500 people.
Now, a new book theorizes that the tragedy was exacerbated by sub-standard materials and labor used in ship’s construction. According to a New York Times report, the new theory alleges that the great [...]
Dith Pran, a photojournalist for The New York Times, died Mar. 30, 2008 in New Brunswick, N.J.
He was best known as a refugee and Cambodian Genocide survivor and was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film The Killing Fields.
Charlie Rose: The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr
Tom Brokaw, John Hope Franklin, James Clyburn and Dr. Beverly Tatum discuss the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly: Continuing King’s Legacy
April 4th is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. If King were alive [...]
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In this ten part series, “Carrier,” we take a close look at what it is like to live aboard the USS Nimitz, and become immersed in the lives of navy personnel who patrol our oceans on nuclear carriers.
Watch Chris Rock’s emotional response to the news that he had an ancestor who fought in the Civil War.
The city of Calgary recently blocked a deal to sell one of the few WWII-era de Havilland Mosquito warplanes remaining in Canada.
The P.O.V. blog highlights Abel Raises Cain, on the life story of master media manipulator Alan Abel and his long-running pranks in the press and on television.
April 2nd is the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision that the federal government must regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Have we gotten past these words– “Our nation is moving towards two societies — one white, one black — separate and unequal”– the stark conclusion from the 1968 Kerner Report. Barack Obama’s March 18, 2008 speech, “A More Perfect Union,” focused attention on issues of race and class in America today, but can he take [...]
