Ellen Frankman appears in the following:
Pay to Play? Obama Faces Uproar Over Diplomatic Nominees
Thursday, February 27, 2014
It’s been 22 years since the independently-run American Foreign Service Association last made a complaint about the suitability of a US ambassador. But that time may come again soon a...
Inside the Highly Organized World of Drug Cartels
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Saturday’s capture of the notorious drug lord El Chapo was hailed as a major victory in the war against the international drug trade. But the crime syndicate has a presence in as many...
Arizona Under Fire Over Gay Discrimination Bill
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
After state lawmakers passed a measure granting business owners the right to refuse to serve gay customers, protesters marched through downtown Tucson in part of a larger effort to st...
The Dangerous Side of Fraternities
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Amidst all of the tragic headlines of initiation nights gone wrong, what does it mean to be part of a brotherhood in 2014? Caitlin Flanagan, contributing editor at The Atlantic Magazi...
Young, Rich and Working on Wall Street
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Wall Street is a place that's hard to make your way into and even harder to find your way out of. Kevin Roose recently sneaked his way into a black tie Kappa Beta Phi event and wrote ...
Union Radio Fades from the Airwaves
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
During the heyday of American unions, there were more than 250 programs produced or funded by labor unions. Elizabeth Fones-Wolf, history professor at West Virginia University and aut...
Gay Discrimination to Expand Religious Liberty?
Friday, February 14, 2014
Kansas state lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow individuals and businesses to cite their religious beliefs and deny services or goods to a gay couple getting married or...
The Future of Secondary Education in America?
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Chicago's Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy is working to prove that the old way maybe isn't always best. At Sarah E. Goode, students attend high school for six years, graduating with a hig...
How Do They Do That? Olympic Freestyle Skiing and Ski Jump
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
If you're like most people, you might be wondering how Olympic athletes do what they do. Though ski jump is a spectacular combination of athletics, fearlessness, and beauty, it is ult...
An App That Fights Cyberbullying
Friday, February 07, 2014
A New Jersey school district will be the first to roll out the STOPit app, which seeks to get adults to intervene in cyberbullying before it's too late. Dr. Scott Taylor, superintende...
Inside the Birth of Beatlemania
Friday, February 07, 2014
On February 9, 1964, tuning up to the sound of screaming girls, The Beatles's first notes blasted across the airwaves in the US. 73 million Americans tuned in to see the Fab Four on T...
Tennessee: The Innovation State?
Thursday, February 06, 2014
Could Tennessee be a model of future innovation and thinking? We explore how the state is revolutionizing both education and technology. From Chattanooga, Mayor Andy Berke, and Drew B...
Will True Democracy Ever Come to Egypt?
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Three years ago this month, protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square reached a fever pitch—and the voice of the people was heard. But in the months and years since, Egypt’s future remains in...
Digital Divide Remains As Domains Enter New Era
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
About 1,000 new generic top-level domain names—the last bit of an internet address, such as the .org in TheTakeaway.org—are coming into existence. Cyrus Namazi, vice president of Doma...
Excitement, Caution Surround Winter Olympics
Monday, February 03, 2014
The Winter Olympics are just four days away, and over the weekend thousands of excited athletes packed up their bags, skates, and skis, and boarded a plane for Sochi. Olympic optimism...
A New Era of Robotics & Artificial Intelligence
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Last night, scientists, roboticists and ethicists gathered in New York City to discuss the very nature of robotic progression. As artificial intelligence makes a larger space within o...
Anti-Gay Advocates Take Their Mission Overseas
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Facing a losing battle in the United States, evangelical advocates are seizing the opportunity to spread their mission abroad in countries like Belize, Nigeria and Russia, where recep...
Are E-Cigarettes Making it Cool to Smoke Again?
Monday, January 27, 2014
"The marketing of it is of particular concern because not only is it glamorizing and in some ways sexualizing e-cigarettes, there is a concern that it is going to renormalizing smokin...
Syria's Peace Talks: A Complicated Patchwork
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Central to the Syrian peace talks is the question of how the international community should deal with President Bashar al-Assad, particularly as the evidence of war crimes continues t...
Why Some Childhood Memories Fade
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Scientists have found that by age seven, childhood amnesia begins to take effect, in which early memories are forgotten at a faster rate, and sometimes lost entirely.