New York has long boasted about the quality of its drinking water. However, plans to drill for natural gas near the watersheds that supply New York City may change that.
Tavis talks to Paterson (who is legally blind), who describes how he manages public speeches without notes and speaks about former Governor Spitzer. Watch interview. (originally aired June 12, 2008)
The Louisiana Science Education Act, signed into law on June 28, 2008, opens the doors for treating Intelligent Design and Creationism as a theory to be examined in the classroom setting.
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Candidates Debate Iraq Policy at Home, Abroad
Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen Discusses Iraq
Arizona Breaks Ground in Reforming Prison System
R & E tells a personal story about what happened to a man when, at the height of his powers, he discovered that he was sick — what happened to his work, his faith, and his town’s faith in him. Originally aired: July 18, 2008.
“Birth of a Surgeon” travels to Mozambique where, for the first time, midwives are being trained in advanced life-saving surgery. Suffering from an acute shortage of doctors, Mozambique has launched …
Correspondent Rick Karr travels to the neighborhood hit harder by mortgage foreclosures than any other in the nation, in Cleveland, Ohio. Then, veteran journalist William Greider on the current financial crisis and what he calls “the great deflation of Wall Street.”
Embedded with the Marines in Afghanistan: Can we defeat a resurgent Taliban?
America thought it had won the war in Afghanistan six years ago, but a recent escalation in violence and …
The 29th Annual Emmy Awards for News & Documentary were announced July 15, 2008. Among the nominees, many productions from WNET/Thirteen and PBS. Watch some of the nominees online.
Running up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics (August 8-24), Thirteen will be airing a number of documentaries about contemporary China (and a few about the Olympics). Some of them are also watchable online. See the listings and links here.
