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City Year Middle School Moment Screening
Join FRONTLINE and City Year for a live screening and open conversation about new evidence suggesting that the make-or-break moment for high school dropouts may actually occur in middle school.
August 13, 2012
Texas Arson Review Yields A Handful of Questionable Cases
How many Texans are in prison for arson fires that, in fact, were accidents?
August 10, 2012
Why News Corp.Took A Nearly $3 Billion Write-Down This Year
Its less profitable publishing arm was largely to blame, as you can see in our updated graphic which shows how News Corp. makes its money.
August 9, 2012
Captured Militant Reaffirms Role of Pakistan in Mumbai Attacks
Zabiuddin Ansari's statements to Indian police have reinforced evidence of Pakistani intelligence's role in a terror plot that killed six Americans at the same time Pakistan was receiving billions of dollars in U.S. aid.
August 9, 2012
More Deaths Go Unchecked as Autopsy Rate Falls to "Miserably Low" Levels
Nearly 7,000 people die each day in the United States, and according to a new report, there remains a critical shortage of experts trained to determine their cause of death.
August 8, 2012
Despite Show of Support, Federal Funding Ban on Needle Exchange Unlikely to Be Lifted Anytime Soon
Even though studies show that needle-exchange programs help to reduce the spread of HIV, the stigma that surrounds them is hard to shake.
August 7, 2012
Neil Barofsky on the "Broken Promises" of the Bank Bailouts
The former TARP inspector general on why the American people "should be enraged by the broken promises to Main Street and the unending protection of Wall Street."
August 1, 2012
Partner in Pebble Mine Fires Back At EPA Report
In its 635-page critique, Northern Dynasty described the EPA's report as "seriously flawed, and not grounded in sound scientific analysis."
July 31, 2012
Senate Committee Comes Down Hard on For-Profit Colleges
Following a two-year investigation, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Labor, Education and Pensions [HELP] yesterday released a dense and damning report on the for-profit college industry.
July 31, 2012