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aring America: A Century of Music on the Radio December 2006
A
century ago, the first radio broadcasts sent music out into the air.
Since then, music has dominated America's airwaves and it's been a
cultural battleground.
Reports from a Warming Planet November 2006
The
early signs of climate change are showing up across vastly differing
landscapes: from melting outposts near the Arctic Circle to
disappearing glaciers high in the Andes; from the rising water in the
deltas of Bangladesh to the "sinking" atolls of the Pacific. Reports
from a Warming Planet takes you to parts of the planet where global
warming is already making changes to life and landscape, and
demonstrates how climate change is no longer restricted to scientific
modeling about the future. It's happening now.
Japan's Pop Power October 2006
To
many people, global youth culture means rock and roll and other Western
fashions. But for more and more young people across to world, the
capital of pop culture is Tokyo. Over the past decade, Japanese video
games, animation and comic books have caught fire in much of the world,
including the United States.
Rewiring the Brain September 2006
A unique study of Romania's orphans reveals the profound effects of social deprivation on brain development.
The Sonic Memorial Project September 2006
Peabody-award
winning documentary that chronicles the sounds and voices of the World
Trade Center and its surrounding neighborhood.
Rebuilding Biloxi: One Year After Katrina August 2006
Hurricane
Katrina devastated the lives of thousands of Mississippi Gulf Coast
residents. Rebuilding Biloxi tells the stories of several families in
the coastal community of Biloxi, Miss., and their struggle to survive
and then recover from the storm.
Power Trips: Congressional Staffers Share the Road June 2006
Public
documents show that from 2000 through mid-2005, Capitol Hill staffers
accepted nearly 17,000 free trips worth almost $30 million. Many of
these trips clearly violate ethics rules designed to limit the abuse of
power.
Vietnam and the Presidency June 2006
Four American presidents tried to end the conflict in Vietnam. The lessons they learned echo sharply today.
After Welfare May 2006
In
August 1996, landmark legislation fulfilled the promise to "end welfare
as we know it." Congress gave the states money to run their own
programs and required them to move many welfare recipients into the
workforce. Supporters declared it a new day, the beginning of
self-sufficiency for poor families. Others warned the action would push
women and children into the streets, perhaps by the millions.
Bankrupt: Maxed Out in America April 2006
Americans
are going broke in record numbers. In 2005 Congress overhauled the
bankruptcy system to stem the tide of filings. What's behind the boom
in going bust?
Logging On and Losing Out: Dealing Addiction to America's Kids March 2006
Internet
poker has taken America by storm. Three-quarters of high school and
college kids are gambling on a regular basis. But adolescents are far
more vulnerable to getting addicted to gambling than adults. And with
Internet companies making millions from online gamblers, there's little
incentive or legal controls to restrict youth gambling.
Unmasking Stalin: A Speech That Changed the World February 2006
On
February 25, 1956, former Kremlin leader Nikita Khrushchev revealed and
denounced, for the first time in the history of the Soviet Union, the
crimes of his predecessor, Joseph Stalin, dramatically shifting Soviet
Russia's course, stirring a human rights movement, and opening the door
to the eventual collapse of the USSR.
Intelligent Designs on Evolution January 2006
How a rival concept about the origins of life is defying the cornerstone of biology.
Las Vegas -- An Unconventional History November 2005
Trace
Las Vegas' evolution from a remote railroad town to a mobster
metropolis, to its current incarnation as an adult-themed resort town
that nearly two million people call home.
Power Trips: Pombo in the Gray October 2005
Tax
law prohibits members of Congress from taking international trips paid
for by private foundations, but Republican Richard Pombo may have done
just that.
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A few "at risk" teens in Los Angeles are getting their first jobs, as working artists: studying Shakespeare and writing their own poetry and music, all while earning minimum wage.
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Imperial Washington January 2007
Explore the trappings of life in Congress, the pressure to raise campaign dollars and Washington's powerful world of lobbying.
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