Archive for May 2013

Devastating Tornado in Oklahoma City, What James Rosen Case Says About Freedom of the Press, Syrian Conflict Deepens

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Devastating Tornado Rips Through Oklahoma City | What the James Rosen Case Says About the Freedom of the Press | Congressional Investigation: Apple Avoided Billions of Dollars in Taxes | As Syrian Conflict Deepens, Violence Bleeds into Iraq and Lebanon | Oklahoma City Tornado: 200 M.P.H. Winds, EF-4 on Fujita Scale

The IRS Scandal: The Criminal Investigation, Afghanistan and the Struggle to Walk Away, Does Medicare Part D Care About Safety?

Monday, May 20, 2013

The IRS Scandal: The Criminal Investigation | How Long Will the War on Terror Last? | Afghanistan and the Struggle to Walk Away | Tornadoes Tear Through the Midwest | Does Medicare Part D Care About Safety? | Why We Stay When We Know We Should Leave | Yahoo to Buy Social Media Site Tumblr

The IRS Scandal: Who Gets Tax-Exempt Status?, Depression's Lessons, 'Star Trek: Into Darkness'

Friday, May 17, 2013

The IRS Scandal: Who Gets Tax-Exempt Status? | Your Questions About the Affordable Care Act, Answered | 'David's Inferno': Depression's Lessons | 50 Years Later, the Birmingham Class of 1963 Finally Gets a Prom | From 'Spinal Tap' to 'Family Tree,' the Wild Worlds of Christopher Guest | New Movie Releases: "Star Trek Into Darkness" | Star Trek: Past, Present and Future | Russia Sends More Advanced Missiles to Assad Regime

Senator Gillibrand on Sexual Assault in the Military, Implementing the Affordable Care Act, Responses: Your Most Difficult Boss

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Sexual Assault in the Military: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s Proposals for Change | Obama Administration Tries to Juggle Multiple Crises | Oregon Leading the Way on Implementation of Affordable Care Act | Implementing the Affordable Care Act in Massachusetts | Revisiting the Tailhook Sexual Assault Scandal

The Affordable Care Act in a State that Has Embraced It, U.S. Seizes A.P.'s Phone Records, Inside the World of the ICU

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The House Votes to Repeal Obamacare for the 37th Time | The Affordable Care Act, from a State that's Embraced It | U.S. Seizes A.P.'s Phone Records: Media Surveillance and the Law | American Diplomat Suspucted of Espionage Detained by Russian Authorities | Immigration, Race and Hair, Through Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie's Eyes | A Look Inside the World of the ICU

Google's Vision for "The New Digital Age," The Music Scene of Minneapolis, How the ACA Affects Independent Care Providers

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Is Angelina Jolie's Medical Choice Available to All Women? | Rep. Keith Ellison on Islamophobia and Home-Grown Terrorism | The Music Scene of Minneapolis |The Death of American Liberalism? | How does the Affordable Care Act Affect Independent Care Providers? | Google's Vision for “The New Digital Age"

Local Perspectives on the Affordable Care Act, Historic Elections in Pakistan, Is American Liberalism Dead?

Monday, May 13, 2013

Local Perspectives on the Affordable Care Act | Historic Election Marks Transition in Pakistan | Affordable Care Act: Listeners Respond |The Death of American Liberalism? | Department Audit Reveals I.R.S. Targeted Tea Party Groups | The Human Element of Health Care

American Sentenced in North Korea, Isabella Rossellini's 'Mammas', Cleveland's Puerto Rican Community Reacts to Kidnappings

Friday, May 10, 2013

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on the Boston Marathon Attack and Investigation | Cleveland's Puerto Rican Community Reacts to Kidnappings | American Sentenced in North Korea | Movie Date: 'Peeples' and 'The Great Gatsby' | The Drama and Lasting Influence of 'The Great Gatsby' | Isabella Rossellini's 'Mammas'

Evolution of Marijuana Culture, Future of Biking, Punk in Fashion

Thursday, May 09, 2013

How is Marijuana Culture Changing in This Country? | What it Might Take to Reinvent the Wheel | Lessons From a Female Union Electrician | The Rise of Bike Culture | Punk Fashion: From the Streets to the Met

Cleveland Alarmed After Abduction Case, The Most Average Place in America, Mark Sanford Headed for Congress

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Genetically Engineering Glowing Plants | Revisiting Benghazi | What is the Most Perfectly Average City in America? | Karen Peetz on Breaking the Glass Ceiling | South Carolina Elects Ex-Governor Mark Sanford to Congress | Ray Harryhausen, Special Effects Master, Dies at 92 | Cleveland Alarmed After Abduction Case | Secretary of State Kerry in Moscow for Talks on Syria | The Syrian Conflict According to Assad's Prisoners

Immigration Reform and American Workers, Should the U.S. Provide Weapons to Syrian Opposition?

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

From Technology to Agriculture, Immigration Reform and American Workers | Trespassing, Vandalism, and Peace Activism in Oak Ridge  | Archaeologists Uncover Ruins of Roman London beneath Bloomberg Site | Archaeologists Uncover Ruins of Roman London beneath Bloomberg Site | Should the US Provide Weapons to Syrian Opposition?

Escalation of Crisis in Syria, The Inner Monologues of New Yorkers, Padmasree Warrior Talks Women in Silicon Valley

Monday, May 06, 2013

Syria: Israeli Airstrikes Escalate Tensions | Responses: How do you Define 'Justice' today in America? | Padmasree Warrior on Why She Doesn't Believe in Work-Life Balance | Iran Eying the Conflict in Syria Nervously | Teen Diaries and the Power of Being Your Own Storyteller | Listening in on "The Lives of Other Citizens"

The Challenge of Justice: From Ancient Athens to Guantanamo Bay

Friday, May 03, 2013

In this special episode, The Takeaway examines the concepts of law and justice, from the abstract principles of Plato's Athens to the concrete challenges of achieving justice in multicultural, modern America.

Law professor Jeffrey Rosen explores the constitutional questions in the jurisdictional no man's land of Guantanamo Bay; Robin Steinberg, executive director of the Bronx Defenders, describes the obstacles to justice in the public defense system; Janice Kelsey, a participant in the 1963 Children's Crusade to protest segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, remembers finding justice through the Civil Rights Movement; Professors David Miller and Martha Nussbaum explore the ancient underpinnings of our modern justice system, and the challenges of finding justice in a multicultural society; and, finally, a story of what happens when justice fails with Kirk Bloodsworth, a former death row inmate who was exonerated on DNA evidence.

Obama Visits Mexico, Paying Pregnant Women to Quit Smoking, Is Immigration Reform Doomed?

Thursday, May 02, 2013

Friends of Boston Bombing Suspect Charged | Major U.S. Companies Profiting from Labor Brokers Who Drive Down Workers' Wages | Could the Failure of Gun Control Legislation Portend Failure for Immigration Reform | Obama Visits Mexico, With Focus on Trade and Immigration, Not Drugs | Paying Pregnancy Women to Quit Smoking | Can Facebook be Used to Predict and Fight Obesity?

Chemical Weapons in Syria, How Diversity Contributes to Prosperity, Harnessing Facebook to Predict Obesity Rates

Wednesday, May 01, 2013

With 70,000 Syrians Dead, Why are Chemical Weapons the Game Changer? | Chemical Weapons in Syria: Israel Responds | The Medical Ethics of Force-Feeding Guantanamo Hunger Strikers | A Royal Example | The Newest Fight Over Wounded Knee, South Dakota | Hope that the Tragedy in Bangladesh Will Inspire Change