When Columbia University revealed a planned multi-billion-dollar expansion to their campus, a number of local business owners got caught in the fray. Without invoking eminent domain, Columbia tried to negotiate …
Thirty-six deaths, 2,000 victims of abuse and torture and 3,000 displaced Zimbaweans have been documented in a 69-page report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW). See Wide Angle’s analysis …
The newest investigative journalism nonprofit went online yesterday — it’s called ProPublica: see some of their breaking news stories and investigations. Who knows — maybe they’ll want to team …
Presumptive presidential candidates Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain offered contrasting approaches to mend a sluggish economy this week, with Obama emphasizing an active government role in providing assistance and McCain calling for lower taxes and spending cuts. The report on the debate on NewsHour.
The New York Times reported yesterday that the The Los Angeles Times has made plans to transfer control of its monthly magazine from its newsroom to its business operations …
Reporter Rick Karr presents a special online report on the news that the government will be infiltrating popular online role-playing communities such as Second Life and World of Warcraft. Watch the video below (if you don’t need a primer on what an MMORPG is, then skip to 1:25 min. in, where the real info starts).
Before Big Brown’s heartbreaking last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes last weekend, Charlie Rose visited the contender’s barn and spoke to his trainer, owner, and jockey about the horse’s chance to become the first thoroughbred to capture the Triple Crown since 1978.
In this week’s Bill Moyers Journal, Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Ron Walters discussed how race has affected the presidential election process and the media’s coverage thereof. Weigh in on the …
Truck drivers in Spain and Portugal blocked roads Monday to protest soaring global fuel prices, which also caused the national average price of gasoline in the United States to rise …
As China’s two-day National College Entrance Exam — known as gaokao – begins, a swirl of activity is planned to ensure the best possible conditions for students to take the test that will determine their professional tracks within Chinese society. Do you think students should be expelled for cheating on their exams? What do you think of China’s “zero tolerance approach? Join the discussion on Wide Angle.
