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New Snowden Leak Reveals Secret "Black Budget" for U.S. Intelligence | As U.S. Considers a Syria Response, Echoes of Iraq Reverberate | New Movie Releases of The Week: Our Nixon, Clos... (episode)
Bill Keller, former executive editor of The New York Times reflects on the similarities between Iraq and Syria. UPDATE: Secretary of State John Kerry addressed the world on Friday aft...
Edward Snowden's latest leak reveals the "black budget" for the U.S. National Intelligence Program in fiscal year 2013: $52.6 billion. Until now, the application of funds and the perf...
This week’s movie releases include "Our Nixon," which examines the Nixon presidency, and “Closed Circuit,” the British crime thriller, in addition to “One Direction: This Is Us,” a do...
New recordings—all Super 8 home movies—made between 1969 and 1973, and seized by the FBI during the Watergate investigation show a new picture of Nixon. The 37th president's home movi...
The N.F.L. has agreed to a $765 million settlement with 4,500 retired players in a concussion-related lawsuit. It's a symbolic victory for a lot of players and their families who have...
Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Founder of Define America. He says that while there are obvious differences between the civil rights struggles of Afric...
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Rafer and Kristen wonder if anyone trusts the government anymore, and consider whether beauty is enough to make up for a lack of substance. They al... (article)
Is the United Nations Still Effective? | Iran Warns of Israel Attack Should U.S. Strike Syrian Targets | Video Surveillance, Facial Recognition Technology and the Law | Two Prisoners... (episode)
Pressure is mounting on how the U.S. and its western allies will respond in Syria and whether force will be used without a U.N. mandate. Ambassador Christopher Hill, Dean of the Korbe...
In response to reports that the Obama administration was considering military strikes on Syria, Iranian officials issued a stark warning against U.S. involvement in the region, saying...
Ohio law enforcement have been using facial recognition technology to match driver’s license photos and surveillance footage for months, without telling the public. Jeffrey Rosen, pre...
In the first transfer of prisoners in nearly a year, the Pentagon has announced that two Algerians being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp will be transferred out. According to t...
A 70-year-old treaty between the U.S. and Mexico is supposed to keep the waters of the Rio Grande River flowing between the bordering states. But in a time when the rains can longer b...
Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan was sentenced to death for the 2009 the Ft. Hood shooting rampage that killed 13 people. If Hasan is put to death, he would become the first milita...
The NYPD uses “terrorism enterprise investigations” that are carried out for multiple years and allow the police to plant informants in mosques. Linda Sarsour is executive director of...
As Syrian Conflict Enters New Phase, Possibilities for a U.S. Intervention | Roundtable: The March on Washington & Future of the Civil Rights Movement | Fires Continue To Rage Around ... (episode)
As part of our series on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and the future of the civil rights movement, The Takeaway partnered with YouGov to conduct a survey that highl...
What exactly would a U.S. response in Syria entail remains unclear. Ambassador Kurt Volker, former United States Permanent Representative to NATO, and Phyllis E. Oakley, former U.S. A...
Joining The Takeaway to discuss the future of the civil rights movement and what can be done to accomplish the objectives of the March on Washington, which took place 50 years ago to...
The seventh largest fire in California history, covering over 280 square miles, rages on. Groveland, CA resident Christina Wilkinson manages a Facebook page for locals that has served...
The city of lights is losing its glow as the film industry in Los Angeles continues to shrink. In an attempt to bring back Hollywood, newly elected Mayor Eric Garcetti has promised to...
The Cincinnati Enquirer has revealed that Ohio’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation has used facial recognition technology to match drivers license photos and surveillance footage for m...
On this 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, we turn an eye toward the future of the civil rights movement and the dreams of this generation of activists.
U.S. Weighs Intervention in Syria | C.I.A. Documents: U.S. Had Knowledge of 1980s Chemical Attacks in Iran | New State Department Office Aims to Engage Religious Communities | Greenin... (episode)
<p><strong>Michael Singh</strong>, former senior director for Middle East affairs at the National Security Council, believes the U.S. must intervene, or risk losing all credibility in the region. </p>
A new report from Foreign Policy says that the U.S. knew Saddam Hussein was planning to launch a chemical attack and still provided him with support. Rick Francona is retired Airforce...
A new initiative at the State Department aims to engage religious constituents throughout the world, and promote human rights by educating religious groups. Shaun Casey, director of t...
To make everyone winners regardless of their team allegiance or political outlook, the sports industry is going green. The National Green Sports Alliance is holding it's annual conven...
Does a dent in a soda can or a crumpled piece of paper affect people’s recycling habits? As it turns out, yes. According to a recent study by professors at the University of Alb...
For J.D. Salinger fans, 2015 will be a big year. Authors of a new biography claim Salinger left a time table and specific instructions for publishing five unseen manuscripts, starting...
Fifty years ago tomorrow, 250,000 protesters from across the country converged on the Washington Mall for the 1963 March on Washington. Dorothy Pitman Hughes is a civil rights activi...
Pressure Mounts for the U.S. and Allies to Respond in Syria | Chelsea Manning & the Transgender Prison Experience | Bo Xilai Trial Ends in China | A 12-Year-Old Tech Prodigy's Mission... (episode)
Last week, it's believed a chemical attack was carried out in Syria. Lara Setrakian is a journalist and the founder of Syria Deeply. She joins The Takeaway to discuss the latest attac...
Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Bradley, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking state secrets. The day after sentencing, Manning came out as transgender. Her gender i...
One of China's most closest watched trials in decades came to a close today—that of the fallen communist party politician Bo Xilai. Jonathan Fenby is former editor of the South China ...
Quin Etnyre wanted to make tech education more fun, so he became a teacher. He started his own company, called Qtechknow, which sells DIY electronic starter kits. But Etnyre is not an...
Most of profiling has been based on race, gender and neighborhood. But what if those identifying factors were combined with other information, and maybe bits and pieces collected by t...
This week, The Takeaway remembers the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Joyce Ladner was a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee at the March ...
Obama's New Plan for Higher Education | $5.7 Trillion in Shares Locked Up During Glitch at Nasdaq | Arianna Huffington Speaks Out on Anonymous Comments | New Movie Releases: The Spect... (episode)
The proposals call for a new college ratings system and would be a significant disruption to the current U.S. News ranking system, that while somewhat maligned is largely relied upon....
Nasdaq—the world’s largest electronic stock exchange—closed trading for more than three hours on Thursday. The stock exchange says it experienced a malfunction in “disseminating price...
The storm produces what astronomers call a coronal mass ejection where millions of tons of charged particles come hurtling towards Earth. Professor Richard Harrison, has been tracking...
Beginning next month, the online news site will require users to comment on stories under their real names. Arianna Huffington, President and Editor-in-Chief of the Huffington Post Me...
This week’s movie offerings visit the present, future and possible end. In the present tense, we have the teen romance “The Spectacular Now.” Looking toward the future there's “You’re...
This week, The Takeaway has gone on a voting rights tour, examining how the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County Vs. Holder has changed voting laws across the country. Today, Marvi...
This week, we've taken you on a voting rights tour of America. to states where the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County Vs. Holder has changed voting laws. What does the data tel...
On the morning of August 28th 1963 the idea of America was tested and in the sounds of feet stepping and buses parking, there was a sign early that day that something would happen. It...
<p>The Takeaway provides you with a look at a general election voting ballot from the past and one from present day.</p>
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Kristen and Rafer review movies that are about drinking...or that might be best watched while drunk. They include: "The World's End," which is about... (article)
New Documents Show Sweeping NSA Surveillance of Americans | The End of an Era: Final Set of Nixon Tapes Released | Mapping Our Digital DNA | North Carolina Overhauls Election Process ... (episode)
Yesterday, U.S. officials released new documents showing that the NSA may have unintentionally collected as many as 56,000 emails from Americans between 2008 and 2011, and private tel...
On Wednesday, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum released the last set of secret recordings from the 37th president. The 340 hours of tape cover April 9th through July ...
Cesar Hidalgo and a team of researchers at MIT have created a platform for individuals to access their metadata. It’s called “Immersion” and it uses your email’s metadata to create a ...
Last week North Carolina became the latest when the Governor signed an election law overhaul that includes a voter ID requirement, reduces early voting hours, and prohibits same-day...
When studying nature, we often focus on predatory relationships. But there are other kinds of relationships in nature as well. Some, like the suckerfish and shark, fall under the cate...
We have long been fighting bacteria with a whole host of anti-bacterial sprays, soaps, and sanitizers. But when it comes down to it, there is no escaping the 100 trillion bacterial ce...
Theater, one of the oldest forms of entertainment, is again embarking on this tradition of immersion. While interactive theater isn’t new, it is growing in popularity as audience memb...
Opposition in Syria Claim Chemical Attacks Killed Hundreds | Fukushima Nuclear Plant Crisis Worsens | NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Legacy | Diagnosing the Annual Medical Checkup | A... (episode)
Syrian opposition activists have accused the Syrian government of launching chemical weapons attacks and killing hundreds in areas close to the capital of Damascus overnight. The Syri...
Storage tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are leaking about 80,000 gallons of contaminated water. Bob Hernan, author of “This Borrowed Earth: Lessons from the 15 Wor...
New York City will soon be electing a new mayor, but the city's current mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has left an indelible mark on the nation’s largest city. After 12 years and three ter...
Last month, Bob Filner was accused of inappropriate conduct by 16 women. After intense public scrutiny, the democratic mayor of San Diego enrolled in two weeks of intensive behavioral...
This week, we're looking at how the decision has already started to change voting laws across the United States. Today we look at Florida. Up until the Shelby County decision, five co...
Dr. Gilbert Welch is a general internist at the White River Junction, Vermont VA and a professor of Medicine at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Research. He's a...
There's really no reason why young Brian Beutler is alive today. He was shot three times on a poorly lit street in Northwest Washington D.C. five years ago by two young black men who ...