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April 24, 2019 / Our Future, PBS
Should the President Be Allowed to Launch Nuclear Weapons?

A turn of the key. A press of the big red button. Millions, if not billions, dead. Melodramatic? […]

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April 8, 2019 / Our Future, PBS
How Our Ozone Hole Win Can Help Us With Climate Change

The year was 1987. A hole in the ozone layer was opening over Antarctica, and a young scientist […]

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April 5, 2019 / Our Future, PBS
Reconstruction and the Case for ‘Revisionist History’

In June 2003, President George W. Bush and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice struck out against the “revisionist […]

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March 21, 2019 / Our Future, PBS
When Women Build Peace, It Lasts. So Why Aren’t They More Involved?

When we revisit the history of war and conflict, the central characters in the stories are often men. […]

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March 1, 2019 / Our Future, PBS
Did Your Neighborhood Contribute to Institutional Racism?

When we think about segregation, we think about signs. Signs that prohibited black people in the South from […]

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February 19, 2019 / Living, PBS
Finding Your Roots Takes More Than a Simple Search

Henry Louis Gates Jr. has helped dozens of famous folks fill in the blank pages of their family […]

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February 13, 2019 / Our Future, PBS
‘Minding the Gap’ Director Bing Liu on Breaking the Abuse Cycle

You could say “Minding the Gap” is about skateboarding. You’d be right, if only by technicality. The documentary […]

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January 31, 2019 / PBS
‘Sound Field’ Will Take Your Music Obsession to the Next Level

Think about your favorite song. Then think about why you love it so much. The answer is probably […]

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November 13, 2018 / Living, PBS
Where in the World Should You Travel Next?

As nights get longer and the air gets chillier, you might find yourself longing for far-off destinations. Or, […]

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg listens while testifying before a joint Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees hearing regarding the companyís use and protection of user data, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Account Rewire PBS
October 26, 2018 / Our Future, PBS
Delete Your Account? Do These Things If You Can’t

One of 2018’s biggest news stories has been Facebook’s data breaches and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress. […]

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October 17, 2018 / Love, PBS
How to Help Someone With an Addiction: Compassion

Madelyn Ellen Linsenmeir was a mother of one with a beautiful singing voice, who loved swimming with her […]

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October 15, 2018 / Living, PBS
Why America’s Quest for a Superior Human is Left Out of History

Eugenics—a mishmash of the Greek words for “well” and “born”—is a term that conjures up images of Adolf […]

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