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Report Argues U.S. Is Neglecting, Undervaluing Education in the Humanities
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJEFFREY BROWN: Now: languages, history, philosophy and more, a call for new commitments to the humanities in higher education. A report to that effect was issued today by a congressionally-mandated panel of the...
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass Honored With Statue in the Capitol
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Gwen Ifill Hosts a Reddit 'Ask Me Anything'
Gwen Ifill will host a reddit AMA starting 1 p.m. EDT Thursday. Gwen Ifill will answer your questions on reddit during her first "Ask Me Anything" session beginning at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday. Ifill is a senior correspondent for "PBS NewsHour" and...
Immigration Reform Advocates Hail CBO Deficit Score
A Colombian immigrant takes her oral citizenship test at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in New York. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images Funny thing about numbers. You often use them to bolster your argument, and dismiss them...
Kennedy's 'Ich Bin Ein Berliner' and Reagan's 'Tear Down This Wall' Speech
Watch Video President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed crowds in Berlin on Wednesday. President Obama returned to Berlin to speak at Brandenburg Gate -- close to where he first addressed throngs in 2008 as a presidential...
Comeback: Why the US Sits at the Brink of a New Boom
By Charles Morris The man who predicted the crash of 2008 thinks energy and heavy manufacturing have the potential to fuel an economic boom not seen since the 1950s and 1960s. Photo courtesy of Jim R. Bounds/Bloomberg via Getty Images...