Elizabeth Ross appears in the following:
What It's Like to Grow Up "Troubled" in Connecticut
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
As the debate over gun control is relaunched in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, there is another conversation taking place over the mental health resources avai...
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin on Effort to Promote Human Rights
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Congress recently approved a law that honors Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who reportedly uncovered massive tax fraud in Russia that involved several Russian tax officials. After...
Teen Innovator from Sierra Leone Wows MIT
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
How do you get from a culture that depends on aid to a culture that promotes innovation? The story of Kelvin Doe, a 16-year-old from the West African nation of Sierra Leone, offers ho...
A Map for Finding Our Fiscal Way
Friday, December 07, 2012
There are likely many images that spring to mind when considering the "fiscal cliff," but for the dean of Columbia Business School, Glenn Hubbard, the looming austerity crisis brings ...
Life One Year After a Double-Hand Transplant
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Back in 2002, Richard Mangino lost both his forearms and part of his legs after contracting a bloodstream infection. Last year, he received two new hands in a 12-hour transplant opera...
Widespread Corruption Uncovered at Kabul Bank
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
According to our partner The New York Times, hundreds of millions of dollars from the Kabul Bank were spirited out of country — some smuggled in airline food trays — to foreign bank accounts. Matt Rosenberg is in Kabul for our partner The New York Times. He's seen all 277 pages of the official audit.
Ken Burns on the Generation that Survived The Dust Bowl
Friday, November 16, 2012
In his latest film, "The Dust Bowl," director Ken Burns shares the stories of those who survived one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in American history and considers wh...
The Looming Crisis of the Fiscal Cliff
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
If Congress fails to pass a deficit reduction deal before 2013, automatic spending cuts and tax increases will go into effect on the first of the year sending the United States off th...
Obama Wins a Second Term
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
After months of campaigning and over a billion dollars spent, Mitt Romney faced defeat last night from his headquarters in Boston. Despite his loss, Romney insisted that the principle...
Confusion in Florida's Early Voting
Monday, November 05, 2012
In Florida, there has been some confusion and a little chaos over early voting in Miami-Dade County. Yesterday, voters lined up outside the Miami Dade elections office in Doral. They'...
Senate Races to Watch: Massachusetts and Virginia
Thursday, November 01, 2012
As election day quickly approaches, the nation’s attention has been glued to Governor Romney, President Obama, and most recently Hurricane Sandy. But this November, contentious races ...
Congressman Frank Pallone Surveys Damage to His New Jersey District
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Hurricane Sandy has devastated New Jersey, particularly areas along the coast. Congressman Frank Pallone explains how his district, on the Jersey Shore, is faring.
Times Correspondent C.J. Chivers on Reporting from Inside Syria
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
C.J. Chivers, correspondent for our partner The New York Times, has just returned from a reporting trip in Syria. He followed a group of Syrian rebels and the development of military ...
Mecca and the Modern Day Hajj
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Every year between two and three million Muslims converge on the city of Mecca for the hajj. The annual religious pilgrimage is one of the pillars of Islam. The hajj begins this week ...
How Much Do Our Genes Influence Our Votes?
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
It is two weeks until election day and the presidential candidates, their campaigns, and their supporters have invested huge amounts of time and money to win our votes, but what ultim...
Meningitis Death Toll Reaches 23
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
A meningitis outbreak has sickened nearly 300 people and killed 23, but it turns out that this isn't the first time that this kind of outbreak has happened. Dr. John Perfect treated p...
Candidates Request No Follow-Ups in Town-Hall Style Debate
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
As the candidates prepare to face off again tonight in the second presidential debate, there is actually something the two men finally agree on: the format. Tonight's debate at Hofstr...
How Race Factors Into Our Political Leanings
Thursday, October 11, 2012
With the debate over Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage still looming, WGBH's Phillip Martin got to thinking about some deeper questions about ethnicity and racial identity a...
NOVA Science Show Considers What Makes Us Human
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
David Pogue, technology columnist for The New York Times, talks about his new Nova Science Now series which explores a number of big scientific questions including: What makes us human?
The Choice 2012: Incumbent or Challenger?
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
A new two-hour biography about the lives of the former Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama examines their childhoods and their early struggles to launch the...