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Tuesday, December 10 2013

  • Carrying Forward Mandela's Legacy | The Battle for the Future of the N.S.A. | The Myth of Race & Its Historical Consequences December 10, 2013

    Carrying Forward Mandela's Legacy | The Battle for the Future of the N.S.A. | How Much Power Should the E.P.A. Have? | Deal Reached on Military Sexual Assault Bill | Ukraine & The Sig... (episode)

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    • Carrying Forward Mandela's Legacy December 10, 2013

      Today leaders from around the world converged on South Africa to pay their final respects to Nelson Mandela. "After this great liberator is laid to rest, when we have returned to our ...

    • Obama & Raul Castro Shake Hands December 10, 2013

      Call it the handshake heard around the world—during Nelson Mandela's memorial service, Cuba's President Raúl Castro was in a meet-and-greet line of world leaders and President Obama s...

    • The Battle for the Future of the N.S.A. December 10, 2013

      Revelations by former N.S.A. contractor Edward Snowden have set of a fierce debate over national security and personal privacy, and the debate has become particularly intense for the ...

    • How Much Power Should the E.P.A. Have? December 10, 2013

      Today the Supreme Court hears arguments in the case Environmental Protection Agency vs. EME Homer City Generation. At the heart of the case is the question of who has the power to act...

    • Deal Reached on Military Sexual Assault Bill December 10, 2013

      The House and Senate have come to a compromise on a bill that would strengthen protections for victims of sexual assault in the military and keep Guantanamo Bay open. The measure is t...

    • Ukraine & The Significance of a Statue December 10, 2013

      On Sunday Ukrainian protesters toppled a statue of Vladimir Lenin in Kiev. It was a move seen by one member of Parliament as “the end of the Soviet occupation and the beginning of the...

    • The Myth of Race & Its Historical Consequences December 10, 2013

      Race is embedded the fabric of American culture, and racial categories and their implications persist today. In "A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama's A...

    • The 'Invisible' Homeless Children of New York December 10, 2013

      Here’s a statistic that might surprise you: The United States has the highest child poverty rate of any developed nation except for Romania. Nearly half of all New Yorkers live below ...