Governing in a crisis like the novel coronavirus pandemic can define a presidency. What lessons does history have to offer as a guide? Judy Woodruff reports and talks to former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who was President Obama’s chief...

Book: Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy

Hank has good news about NASA.

Barack Obama was the first Black man elected President in the United States in 2008. In this episode, Clint Smith will explore the early life, political career, presidential campaign, and legislative milestones of Barack Obama.

The largest wind farm in the world is being constructed in China's Gansu Province, and is one of six mega-farms going up across the country.

Why Senator Bernie Sanders lost the nomination to Hillary Clinton.

The life and career of Bernie Sanders, the independent US Senator from Vermont who is running for the Democratic Party's 2016 presidential nomination against Hillary Clinton.

Explaining what the historic Paris Climate Change deal does and what it means for the world.

As Trump begins his presidency, this a data-driven look at how the American people view the world, including what they think are major threats.

By nearly every metric, Donald Trump's vision is wrong, the United States of America is already great. This data-driven analysis shows why.

The 10 highest scoring nations on the Global Connectivity Index.

A flyover simulation of what the world's major cities will look like after the climate warms two to four degrees and the oceans rise dozens of feet/meters.

An examination of President Barack Obama's achievements over his two terms in office.

The Panama Papers show how the world's most powerful people hide their money in offshore bank accounts to prevent paying taxes or suffering the consequences of government actions.

A data-driven look at how scientists view some of the most important issues facing humanity compared to the general U.S. public, according to surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center.

Every mass shooting (4+ people shot) in the United States in 2015, mapped.

I talked to Bernie supporters before a rally in San Diego, California.

The many lies and truths told by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the first 2016 U.S. presidential debate.

An examination of the European Migration Crisis.

Donald John Trump was born in 1946 in Queens, New York. He’s been wealthy his entire life. His father, Fred Trump built a very successful real estate development business in the New York area...

A straightforward explanation of Climate Change: the heat from human emissions is roughly equal to exploding 400,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs every day. Historically, every time carbon dioxide levels increase in Earth's atmosphere, the...

China will rapidly expand its nuclear energy production over the next 15 years as part of an all-of-the-above energy push to meet its people's insatiable demand for electricity.

South-to-North Water Transfer Project: The huge populations filling China's northern megacities have a shortage of the single most necessary resource for life: water. To solve that problem, the Chinese will soon be moving 44.8 billion...

The Obama Center explained: when President Obama leaves office in January, 2017, he will be just 56 and-a-half years young, with at least two whole decades of productive working years ahead of him. He’ll also have the best perspective on...