Sales of GM’s once-popular line of SUVs and pickup trucks have sunk. The company is now trying to lure drivers back by making smaller and more fuel-efficient cars, like the Chevy Volt, an electric vehicle GM calls “a game changer.” Watch interview…

What’s real minimalism? It’s not there at all. And that’s exactly what happened to Rhys Chatham’s eagerly awaited piece for 200 electric guitars, “A Crimson Grail,” on Friday night. But what about the other two performers — Beata Viscera and Manuel Göttsching?

The Bush administration has proposed new rules that would weaken the Endangered Species Act. As you will recall, in May of this year, the polar bear became the first species listed as threatened on the basis of habitat concerns stemming from climate change.Why does the Bush Administration want the changes?

Wind energy is the world’s fastest-growing energy source, but the rush to build windmill farms breeds corruption. At least, that’s what residents of small towns in upstate New York claim in a new report by The New York Times.

NOW senior correspondent Maria Hinojosa travels to Texas to meet border families who fear losing their property, their safety, and their way of life. Watch.

This week’s crop of Reel 13 shorts featured an Al Qaeda audition, a kid with a short attention span, and a woman with writer’s block. You voted, now find out which film won.

Human lives have been influenced by animals in matters that reach far beyond the food chain. On Sunday, NATURE’s Wisdom of the Wild illustrates some of the surprising ways in which animals help people in body, mind, and spirit. Watch a preview…

As the world’s attention turns to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Wide Angle reports on how the next generation of Chinese leaders is being molded. Watch the entire episode online and catch the rebroadcast Friday, August 15, 10 pm.

Michael Phelps, the 23-year-old Olympic swimmer, is on a quest to win all 8 gold medals. While Phelps’s teammates reportedly call him “squid boy,” many commentators have dubbed him “the human dolphin”. But does the name really fit? Read more…

On this day in 2003, a major outage knocked out power across the Northeast U.S. and parts of Canada. Beginning at 4:10 pm EST, 21 power plants shut down in just three minutes, and 50 million people were left without electricity. Could it happen again? Read more…