Moyers talks with Leo W. Gerard, president of the United Steel Workers (U.S.W.), the largest industrial union in North America, about what organized labor wants in the middle of an economic crisis and the future of American manufacturing. Watch.
Should updating the electrical grid be part of an economic stimulus package? This panel discussion, from Oct. 14, 2008, addresses the potential and challenges in creating an efficient, modern national electric power grid. Watch now.
* Israel, Hamas defy UN call for ceasefire
* Day 14 of the war on Gaza
* A new study out of Britain gives Alzheimer’s warning
* Freedoms and constraints in Iranian university life
* What would Darwin say?
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The first episode of the new weekly series includes these interviews, conducted by host NY Times correspondent Andrew Ross Sorkin:
* Steve Forbes on bailouts and the stimulus package
* Richard Parsons on NY State’s financial woes
* Ellen Zimiles on the Madoff Ponzi scheme
A rise in sea levels isn’t the only impact global warming is having on the world’s oceans. Evidence suggests that climate change is also affecting ocean currents. NOW gets a first hand look at this sea change, and what we can do about it. Watch.
Atlantic City is the first stop on the Antiques Roadshow Summer 2009 tour (June 6), and it’s the nearest the tour will get to NYC. Apply for tickets online NOW; the deadline for applications is April 20, 2009. See details here, such as how the Roadshow appraisal process works.
“The Electric Company” is back! Sesame Workshop has brought back the hit show from the ’70s and revamped it. The look and feel is new, but the program has the same goal as the original series: teaching literacy skills. The show airs weekly, every Friday at 4:30 pm. See video previews!
After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005, Congress appropriated an unprecedented $126.4 billion for recovery efforts. Years later, much of the money committed to its residents has yet to reach them. Watch a 60-minute documentary about one family’s efforts to rebuild their lives.
He’s played heroes, villains, saints, sinners, a ballet-dancing elephant, and a space alien, now actor and children’s author John Lithgow reveals a new side of himself… poetry lover. Watch.
An outbreak of Ebola in the DR Congo has put neighboring countries on alert. At least 12 have died so far in the country’s fourth Ebola outbreak since 1976. View an interactive map of disease hotspots in DR of Congo and elsewhere in Africa. Read more here.
