Inside Thirteen blogger: Neal Shapiro, President
What a treat it was to tape a segment (airing August 3rd) for SundayArts at...
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June 13th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
One of the great champions of free speech and the longtime host of Meet The Press passed away today at age 58.
In memory of Tim Russert and his many …
NOW on PBS
June 13th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Thousands of U.S. troops are getting discharged from the army. Many suffer from post-traumatic stress disorders and brain injuries, and aren’t getting the care they need. The Army claims these …
June 12th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
The Supreme Court says foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts, according to a breaking news report …
June 12th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Fuel costs and supply shortages have caused a spike in food prices across Africa — prompting calls for an agricultural revolution on the continent. Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan discusses …
NewsHour
June 11th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
China declared success Tuesday in preventing a lake — formed by landslides from the massive May 12 earthquake — from overflowing its banks and flooding downstream communities. See the update on NewsHour.
June 11th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Federal officials have cleared Florida and California tomatoes, but are still trying to locate the source of a 17-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes. See the update on NewsHour.
NewsHour
June 11th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
More than 25 million Americans with health insurance did not have sufficient coverage to cover their medical expenses in 2007, according to a study released Tuesday in the journal Health …
June 11th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
When Columbia University revealed a planned multi-billion-dollar expansion to their campus, a number of local business owners got caught in the fray. Without invoking eminent domain, Columbia tried to negotiate …
June 11th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Thirty-six deaths, 2,000 victims of abuse and torture and 3,000 displaced Zimbaweans have been documented in a 69-page report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW). See Wide Angle’s analysis …
Expose
June 11th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
The newest investigative journalism nonprofit went online yesterday — it’s called ProPublica: see some of their breaking news stories and investigations. Who knows — maybe they’ll want to team …
Report from Downtown NYC: Sports Museum of America
China’s Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges
When Beijing first sought to host the Olympics, China was still recovering from the upheavals of Maoist rule and adapting...
Randi Weingarten Elected AFT President
Randi Weingarten was elected president of the American Federation of Teachers in Chicago on July 14, 2008. The following is...
