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|  | Peeks Inside Tibet 
Friday, 21 March 2008
Protests in Tibet against Chinese repression turned violent last week, but news reports are scarce – here’s rare video (3:29 min.) |
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|  | Summer Olympics Bring Scrutiny
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
20,000 journalists are heading to China to report on the Games – many may pry into human rights allegations (3:02 min.) |
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|  | Election Day in Kenya
Thursday, 27 December 2007
An unprecedented number of women are running for parliament and other offices – defying history, cultural limits, and violent opposition (3:47 min.) |
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|  | An Uncomfortable Truth on Display
Monday, 19 November 2007
A new museum in London highlights the role of Britain in the transatlantic slave trade that ended there 200 years ago, but still has repercussions today (2:33 min.) |
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|  | Silencing the Media
Friday, 16 November 2007
Pakistan’s government has closed TV stations and tightened controls over what journalists can say without being arrested - An on-the-scene report (3:33 min.) |
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|  | Promises – and Lives – Broken
Sunday, 21 October 2007
Video footage smuggled out of Burma shows some of the police brutality against protestors – contrary to official reports (2:46 min.) |
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|  | The Divided City of Kara Suu
Monday, 3 September 2007
The Central Asian countries of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have a border so guarded that one city’s residents can’t walk from one neighborhood to another (4:21 min.) |
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|  | One Year To Go
Monday, 13 August 2007
Journalists protest the limitations placed on them by the Chinese government in spite of promised openness before the upcoming Olympics (3:31 min.) |
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|  | A Chilling Climate for Press Freedom
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Since 2000, 13 Russian journalists have been mysteriously murdered. What’s it like to be so dedicated to your job in spite of death threats? (4:25 min.) |
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|  | Attitudes Change Slowly
Thursday, 28 June 2007
The Ugandan government has some of the most progressive laws to assist the disabled, yet day-to-day life is oftentimes challenging (3:01 min.) |
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|  | A Controversial Border
Friday, 15 June 2007
A 700 kilometer wall separates the West Bank from Israel to minimize suicide bombings - but some see it as dividing families and a barrier to peace (4:08 min.) |
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|  | World Day Against Child Labor
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
As in too many countries, children in Kenya – nearly 1 in 5 – are at work instead of school. An international day to spotlight the problem (3:35 min.) |
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|  | Freedom in Decline
Monday, 7 May 2007
A study by Freedom House documents ‘troubling trends’ in the world for press freedom and threats against reporters (3:47 min.) |
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|  | Tuskegee Airmen Honored
Saturday, 31 Mar 2007
They battled the Nazis in Europe and racism at home. Pioneering WWII black pilots honored for heroism by US Congress (3:07 min.) |
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|  | Breaking Gangs’ Violent Cycle
Thursday, 29 March 2007
By age 21, many LA gang members are in jail or dead. Officials in California are out to change that by offering young people alternatives to gang life (3:55 min.) |
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|  | E-Mail Jail
Thursday, 15 March 2007
A Chinese dissident is in prison for 10 years for his Internet postings. His wife is suing Yahoo for divulging his e-mail account to Chinese authorities (2:02 min.) |
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|  | Women Gaining Political Power
Friday, 9 March 2007
President Bush heads for Latin America on International Women’s Day – where 5 of the countries have female defense ministers (3:42 min.) |
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|  | 65 Years Young
Tuesday, 27 February 2007
Voice of America is celebrating 65 years of broadcasting - and undertaking changes to continue to make it successful for years to come (2:46 min.) |
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|  | One Billion Live in Slums
Tuesday, 16 January 2007
A report estimates one-third of all urban residents worldwide live in slum conditions – most are in Asia and Africa (2:12 min) |
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|  | Keeping the Dream Alive 
Monday, 15 January, 2007
Today, America commemorates the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. In his spirit, many volunteer in their communities (3:18 min) |
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|  | Taking the Oath
Wednesday, 27 December 2006
On the anniversary of the Bill of Rights, 35 new U.S. citizens are sworn in -- in the repository of America's most sacred documents (2:46 min) |
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|  | Darfur refugees document stories
Wednesday, 6 December 2006
The plight of Darfur is captured on film, refugees tell their stories to a documentary crew (4:18 min) | |
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