Since the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and the founding of Israel created Palestinian refugees, there have been refugee camps Lebanon housing them–for 60 years, many generations. There are now 12 refugee camps housing 300,000. What is the future of these camps? Watch video….
In 1942, the Japanese army needed a new supply route to support its troops in Burma. Under backbreaking conditions, Allied P.O.W.s, along with 1000s of Asian laborers, were ordered to complete a railway linking Thailand and Burma that would include the infamous “bridge on the River Kwai.”
This film opens in select theaters over the July 4th weekend. Charlie Rose sat down with director Alex Gibney and two of Thompson’s closest colleagues: magazine editors Jann Wenner (Rolling Stone) and Graydon Carter (Vanity Fair) to talk about the film and Thompson’s life story.
This lecture/panel discussion casts the New Deal in contemporary terms. Two writers talk about their strikingly different interpretations of the New Deal … and its meaning for both Election 2008 and the country’s future.
A new movement of architects are looking to solve humanitarian problems with their designs. At the forefront is Architecture for Humanity (whose motto is above), and Frontline/World visits some of their projects in India. Watch video…
This morning, Danish artist Olafur Eliasson opened the spigot on his public art installation, “The New York City Waterfalls.” The artist, in association with the Public Art Fund, erected four 90- to 120-foot-tall waterfalls in the New York Harbor, situated in Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Governor’s Island.
Doctors at Children’s Hospital in Boston have bred a new, see-through, zebrafish. The animals’ transparent skin gives scientists a clear view of developmental processes, such as tumor growth, in real time — making it a valuable tool for researchers. See story on NewsHour.
Clemente’s talent and inimitable style drew legions of fans, but he was more than an exceptional baseball player. He was also a committed humanitarian who challenged racial discrimination and worked for social justice. This episode of American Experience is from April 21, 2008, and is watchable in Spanish also. GO
Browne, a struggling, itinerant black pastor in Louisiana — drives his old car from one poor, little church to another every Sunday. R&E told his story in 2007, which was seen by a white pastor in Texas with a large, upscale congregation. Watch both stories….
The American Experience film “Summer of Love” portrays the culmination of the 1960s counter-culture movement. It relates the striking picture of San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury district during the summer of 1967 — from the utopian beginnings, when peace and love prevailed, to the chaos, unsanitary conditions, and widespread drug use that ultimately signaled the end. [...]
