D.C. Councilman Marion Barry explains why the struggle for rights is not over and the power of MLK's speech. Continue reading
Jim Lehrer discusses being at Love Field to cover the Kennedy's visit on November 22, 1963 and his interaction with the Kennedy detail in charge of the President's car. Continue reading
The Bhopal disaster, widely considered to be the world’s worst industrial disaster, was a gas leak that took place on the night of December 2, 1984, in Bhopal, India. The Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant exposed over half a million people to methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas.
In 1985, Terry Anderson, a journalist with the Associated Press, was taken hostage by Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. Anderson was held for six years and nine months, before finally being released on December 4, 1991. In this video, Anderson and his wife discuss his time in captivity. When asked if … Continue reading
Benazir Bhutto served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for two non-consecutive terms from 1988-1990 and from 1993-1996. She was the eldest daughter of former Pakistani prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. With her election in 1988, Bhutto became the first female leader of a Muslim country. This video shows coverage … Continue reading
Check out this very cool video. Watch Chris Froome become the first man to cycle through the chnnel. The Chunnel is 31.4 miles long, linking Kent in the United Kingdom with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, France. Construction of the Chunnel began in 1988 with workers constructing the Chunnel from either side. On … Continue reading
The Mirabal Sisters – Patria, Dedé, Minerva and Maria Teresa, opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic during the 1950s and 1960s. The sisters helped to form a group called the Movement of the Fourteenth of June, and were known within the group as Las Mariposas (The … Continue reading
Alger Hiss was an American lawyer who was accused of being a member of the Communist Party by the House Un-American Activities Committee(HUAC). On August 3, 1948, a man named Whittaker Chambers testified before the committee that he and Hiss had both been secret communists for years. Despite questions over … Continue reading
On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (then part of the USSR), experienced a catastrophic nuclear accident in which an explosion and fire released radioactive particles into the atmosphere. The Chernobyl disaster is the worst nuclear power plant accident in history, both in terms of cost … Continue reading
On November 24, 2012, a fire engulfed a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. At least 120 people were killed when they were unable to escape the enflamed building. Scott Nova explains how working conditions in Bangladesh made this tragedy both predicable and hopefully preventable.
