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November 13th, 2008 at 3:02 pm

“Fixing the Financial Crisis” looks at three areas of finance that will be transformed as a result of mistakes — Wall Street, U.S. regulatory agencies, and the global financial system. How can Wall Street operate without a standalone investment bank? How will regulators adapt? Watch.

November 13th, 2008 at 1:22 pm

Wide Angle visits the city of Limerick– once a slum in Ireland known as “stab city” and the impoverished setting of the best-selling memoir Angela’s Ashes. The Limerick of today has all the main ingredients of change, including foreign investment, a miniature property boom and a burgeoning services industry. Watch. (Originally aired: 7/18/2006).

What Do I Do Now?
November 13th, 2008 at 10:37 am

After months of cascading news about the financial crisis, many of you are asking, “What Do I Do Now?” Consuelo Mack anchor of public television’s Consuelo Mack WealthTrack, hosts a half-hour Q&A with financial advisors Jonathan Clements from myFi Citigroup and Mae Watson Grote from The Financial Clinic, providing New Yorkers with the advice they need to survive in this economy.

November 12th, 2008 at 6:52 pm

* Unemployment surges in Europe
* Violence in the middle east
* After the fall: The shipyards of Gdansk
* Censorship in Thailand
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November 12th, 2008 at 1:40 pm

A look at Lee Atwater’s rise from his beginnings in South Carolina all the way to the White House, where his political strategy was both admired and reviled for its controversial, sometimes racially-charged tactics that helped elect George H.W. Bush president and inspired protégés such as Karl Rove. Watch segments of the program. (Originally aired: 11/11/2008).

November 12th, 2008 at 11:23 am

* Obama’s new plan for Afghanistan
* Remembering the fallen in Europe and the U.S.
* After the fall: the Czech Republic’s fading history
* Ancient art: turning trees into treasure in Morocco
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November 11th, 2008 at 1:02 pm

This month’s IN THE LIFE features the vulnerable in our society: children, queer teens at-risk, and the dying. In this episode: The fight to combat suicide among LGBT youth; Randi Weingarten and Alan Van Capelle talk about Labor, Education and Pride; and Freeheld, a Real to Reel about survivor’s benefits for LGBT partners. Watch.

November 11th, 2008 at 12:56 pm

Each veteran’s experience is an important part of history that should be passed on to future generations. There is an urgent need to record their personal accounts while they are still among us. Read more about the project, or contribute a story or interview a veteran in your community.

November 11th, 2008 at 11:47 am

Barack Obama’s historic election has received international attention from citizens and news media alike. In the US, commentators have said that his victory could happen “only in America.” Blogger Greg …

November 11th, 2008 at 11:21 am

* China unveils massive economic stimulus plan
* U.S. classified military missions revealed
* After the fall: Hungary reluctant to give up its past
* Mourning South African Singer/Stateswoman Miriam Makeba
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President-elect Barack Obama is beginning to create his cabinet and assess roles within the upcoming administration.
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Just two days after the judge declared the trial of three men suspected of involvement in Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder would be open to...
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Jeff Seelbach Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia, spoke in New York on Tuesday as part of the Columbia University World Leaders Forum. Morales, the...
 
 
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