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How this educator is guiding Liberian girls toward school
Liberia has had more than its fair shares of challenges, and is trying to rebuild after enduring a devastating Ebola epidemic and civil war. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro meets an American woman who has made her home in...
PBS
This company raised minimum wage to $70K- and it helped business
In 2015, Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price announced he would raise the company's minimum wage to $70,000 a year by 2017 and slash his own compensation by more than 90 percent. More than a year later, Price reports the company's revenue and...
PBS
How to Succeed in Business
Is the aptitude for business (the legal kind) distributed among convicted criminals as it is in the general population? One seasoned executive thinks so, and believes that by hiring the cream of the ex-con crop, his company will have a...
PBS
Tom Hanks on HollywoodÕs tipping point over sexual misconduct
What do the Harvey Weinstein allegations reveal about power and gender in
Hollywood? When Tom Hanks recently sat down with Jeffrey Brown for a
conversation about his first collection of short stories, the legendary
actor also...
PBS
Racial Protests Mean Africa Takes Another Look At The U.S. — And Itself
Protests over the killing of George Floyd have struck a global chord. Across the African continent, they have sparked not only demonstrations, but also a new examination of the roles of race, colonialism and exploitation through the...
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Why your summer getaway is staffed by foreign workers
At the tip of Cape Cod, the iconic summer getaway Provincetown has a small year-round population that swells when the weather gets nice, welcoming an estimated 4 to 5 million tourists every year. Businesses there depend on foreign...
PBS
What orchestras can teach executives about conducting business
Corporate executives are getting a lesson in leadership and communication
from the conductor’s podium thanks to the Music Paradigm, a program that
trains business leaders in the fine art of teamwork. Paul Solman goes
behind the scenes...
PBS
Nelson Mandela - 1994 Interview
Nelson Mandela discusses his first visit to Washington as President of South Africa. Originally broadcast on the MacNeil/Lehrer News hour on October 6, 1994.
PBS
Murder, extortion and corruption in Acapulco
2017 marked Acapulco's fifth straight year of being Mexico's most murderous
city. Once an internationally renowned tropical paradise, violence has shot
up over the last decade. But while police and military forces protect
tourists,...
PBS
This HBO exec endured harassment as a woman in the film industry. But now, Ôwomen are not alone anymoreÕ
Sheila Nevins, the president of HBO Documentary Films, has been the target
of sexual harassment like innumerable professional women across all
industries. But with a groundswell of voices declaring #MeToo, Nevins sees
hope for young...
PBS
Dot-Gone
Spencer Michels reports from San Francisco on the ongoing corporate bloodletting in the dot-com industry.
Associated Press
Luxury housing market optimistic about Trump presidency
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Activists upset over wildfires, protest PG&E bailout
California regulators have approved a measure allowing Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. to immediately obtain credit and loans while the company is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Associated Press
US officials: strong culprit in vaping illnesses
US health officials announced a breakthrough Friday into the cause of a mysterious outbreak of vaping illnesses, reporting they have a "very strong culprit."
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Curated Video
SpaceX announces first private moon passenger
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa said Monday that he plans to blast off on the first-ever private commercial trip around the moon and will invite six to eight artists, architects, designers and other creative people on the weeklong...
Curated Video
Boeing suspends production of 737 Max model
Boeing Co. said Monday that it will temporarily stop producing its grounded 737 Max jet starting in January as it struggles to get approval from regulators to put the plane back in the air.