While killings continue in Syria, the United Nations issued a non-binding resolution Thursday calling for President Bashar al-Assad to step down. Ray Suarez discusses remaining diplomatic options with two journalists.
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Black History Month originated in 1925 as Negro History Week. However, Hari Sreenivasan reports on how some African-Americans now oppose the idea of a special month for black history.
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Paul Solman explains the ins and outs of the global economy.
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Judy Woodruff explores how young people are handling the economic downturn.
President Obama's poll numbers have been looking up, and Friday morning brought a fresh reminder of his campaign's financial strength. The Obama re-election team, along with a joint Democratic Party fundraising committee, hauled in more than $29 million in January.
In "More Than a Month," African-American filmmaker Shukree Tilghman sets off on a cross-country road trip to campaign for an end to Black History Month. Join Tilghman and Hari Sreenivasan for a screening of the film at 3 p.m. ET Friday.
Since Jan. 12, 178 dolphins have been found beached on the sandy shores, mud flats, and shallow waters of Cape Cod, unable to swim back to sea.
About 2 million children who are malnourished die each year worldwide, according to a United Nations estimate. Yet aid organizations say it's tough to attract attention to the issue of chronic malnutrition in a preventative way -- before it becomes severe and life-threatening.
Paul Solman hears from an old friend who lives in Spain about his story on "accordion" families and "boomerang" kids. "There's a real brain drain going on as almost 50 percent of people under 35 are unemployed [in Spain]," she writes.
Newt Gingrich proves again he has a way with words when he compares the Republican presidential nominating contest to Space Mountain, the popular Disney roller coaster rides that rise into the air, then send visitors hurtling through twists and drops in the dark.
On our recent foray to Germany and Italy to explore the political and social dimensions of the European debt crisis, one person we felt we had to see to understand the Italian and European mindsets was Beppe Severgnini, the noted Italian journalist, author and all-around cultural commentator.
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid died Thursday of an apparent asthma attack while reporting in battle-torn Syria. In December, Shadid spoke with Ray Suarez about the future of the Iraqi Christian community and his latest book, "House of Stone," which reflects on his family's ancestral home in Lebanon.
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A little more than a year ago, Tunisia's revolution ended President Ben Ali's 23 years of suffocating rule, thrusting the nation into the painful transition toward democracy. A project from the Pultzer Center looks at this country at a crossroads as Tunisians debate the social and economic landscape of their new democracy.
[The Pultzer Center]
Crane High School in Chicago has one of the city's most storied basketball programs. Numerous NBA players have passed through its halls, but now there are plans to close the school due to academic struggles. Chicago News Cooperative reports on the spirit of the school's dedicated basketball players in the face of the closure.
[Chicago News Cooperative]
Feb. 16, 2012
Every February, students across the country learn about the contributions and stories of African-Americans during Black History Month. This year, a new film called "More Than a Month" explores changing attitudes towards race and asks whether highlighting black history during one specific month isolates it from the rest of American history.
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