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August 25th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

The election season moves into high gear this week with the Democratic National Convention in Denver, followed by the Republican gathering in St. Paul. Both political parties have a lot at stake as they try to mobilize religious voters. Watch here. (Originally aired: 8/22/2008).

August 25th, 2008 at 2:14 pm

Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, will deliver the first-ever invocation from a rabbi before Sen. Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention Thursday, August 28, at Denver’s INVESCO Field.

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
June 9th, 2008 at 1:52 pm

No recent Republican has won the presidency without the help of evangelical Christian voters, according to NOW on PBS “God and Politics 2008.” Sen. John McCain has been busy …

May 9th, 2008 at 5:39 pm

For Buddhists, karma regulates morality: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. As Myanmar digs out from the devastating Cyclone Nargis–the immediate explanation from some of Myanmar’s …

May 8th, 2008 at 11:31 am

While Jews make up just 2 percent of the U.S. population, they are geographically concentrated and typically vote in very high percentages, according to a U.S. News & World …

April 29th, 2008 at 11:48 am

“Every age,” writes Shakespeare scholar and cultural critic Marjorie Garber, “creates its own Shakespeare.”

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
April 16th, 2008 at 12:35 pm

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the U.S. yesterday for his first visit as pope. He told reporters on his plane that the Catholic sex scandal is almost beyond comprehension and …

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Selected press items from the Friday, August 22 through Thursday, August 28. The New York Sun builds a giant feature around Great Performances’ Pavarotti: A Life...
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This video-enhanced lesson was produced as part of the collection NATURE: Window into Science. NATURE: Window into Science is a project of the LAB@Thirteen, Thirteen/WNET's...
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NATURE, Can Animals Predict Disaster?, selected segments Stream the video segments from the playlist below, or scroll below the playlist to find downloadable QuickTime versions of...
 
 
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