A U.N. vehicle is surrounded by residents of the Petinville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince where massive tent villages have risen during a distribution of food by the United Nations World Food Program (Getty Images/Getty)
We hear firsthand accounts of last week's devastating earthquake in Port-au-Prince, and discuss the challenges ahead for this week as aid comes in from all over the world.
We also preview Tuesday's special election for the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat in Massachussetts, on which could hinge the Democrats' hopes for health care reform, along with several segments on the past, present and future of civil rights activism on Martin Luther King Day.
As relief efforts continue in Haiti, we're hearing more and more first-person accounts of what happened on the ground during and just after the quake, and how little help there was in the aftermath. In the face of little help from the authorities or other facilities in the area after the quake, many people in Port-au-Prince resolved to do it themselves.
We look ahead to this week's agenda with Marcus Mabry, international business editor for the New York Times, and the BBC's Rob Watson.
It’s W-2 time at work, and with that comes the cruel reminder that tax season will soon be upon us. But Lori Singleton-Clarke's story offers a silver lining.
Kids often feel scared and powerless when a disaster – like the Haiti earthquake – hits. But there are constructive ways to talk with them about traumatic world events, and to channel their anxieties into positive outcomes.
After the quake, help can't come fast enough as Haitians wait for basic needs, like water and food, to reach them. 12,000 U.S. troops are expected to be on the ground in Haiti by the end of the day. 100,000 is the expected death toll right now. The BBC's Nick Davis describes the stepped up relief effort and updates the security situation.
Voters in Massachusetts will vote for a new Senator tomorrow: The two candidates vying for the seat long-held by Democrat Ted Kennedy are now polling in a dead heat. The seat could be the key 60th vote needed for Democrats to pass a health care bill in the Senate... or the key to Republicans' efforts to stymie it.
Last night, the TV stars and movie stars mingled and alcohol flowed freely as the Golden Globe Awards were handed out. Our movie contributor Rafer Guzman was watching. What did he think of the big night?
This weekend WNYC hosted a Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday celebration at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. Our own Celeste Headlee co-hosted the event, which included prominent educators, politicians and activists.
In honor of Martin Luther King we look at a new documentary about songs that helped drive the civil rights movement.
A group of mayors from around the country, including New York City's Michael Bloomberg, are awarding a new set of grants on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The grants will go to ten cities, and are designed to encourage service in urban areas.
The streets of Kabul were a battlefield this morning after 20 armed Taliban militants, some wearing suicide bombing vests, tried to storm the presidential palace and other government buildings.
New York Times reporter Dexter Filkins is on the ground in Afghanistan, where gunfighting and explosive attacks by the Taliban rocked Kabul, the capitol city, this morning.
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