In 1988, Dr. James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, brought national attention to global warming when he said in Congressional testimony: “The greenhouse effect has been detected and is changing our climate now.” Watch an interview with Dr. Hansen:
Below is a selected list of 10 books suggested by Bill Moyers Journal staff that will keep you informed and engaged in your democracy between the dog days of summer and the election in November.
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The Commonwealth Fund in NY this week released results of a new survey on the U.S. healthcare system. 82% of Americans said the system should be fundamentally changed or completely rebuilt. But how to do it? A famous Texas hospital is facing those questions and their painful answers. Watch the report here. Originally aired 8/8/2008.
Ray Suarez knows public broadcasting from just about every angle. Before joining PBS’s “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” in 1999, he hosted NPR’s “Talk of the Nation.” Got questions …
For half a century, from Rashomon (1950) to Madadayo (1993), Teruyo Nogami stood by Akira Kurosawa as a script supervisor and principal assistant. She is the author of Waiting on the Weather: Making Movies with Akira Kurosawa (2006).
Diebold, the primary (only?) election machine manufacturer in the country, (now called Premier Election Solutions), is being sued by Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brenner for breach of contract …
A roundup of all streaming video online from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week. See the list for all full episodes and full segments.
Watch a discussion about the acclaimed one-man play Thurgood with actor Laurence Fishburne and playwright George Stevens.
