Arwa Gunja appears in the following:
The Fight to Make Science Apolitical
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Brian Cox, a leading British physicist and science broadcaster on the BBC, says scientists need to realize that if they don't step up like Galileo to argue against distortion and myth...
Greenwald on Snowden Leaks: "Hold Me Accountable"
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who helped Edward Snowden break news of the NSA’s mas surveillance apparatus, has found himself in the middle one of the year’s biggest news stories. I...
Glenn Greenwald: The U.S. Is Not Safer Since 9/11
Monday, December 16, 2013
“I think what we did made the threat much, much worse, and at the same time, destroyed many of the freedoms that we’ve all been taught define what the United States is all about,” say...
Forget Detroit, Puerto Rico Is In Big Trouble
Monday, December 16, 2013
Though Detroit seems to be in dire straights with its recent bankruptcy filing, there might actually be another piece of America that’s even worse off: Puerto Rico. The U.S. territory...
The Nostalgic Road from Detroit to Tehran
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
While the world may be waiting to see how the nuclear deal between the U.S. and Iran shakes out, people in Iran's auto industry are far more anxious to see U.S. sanctions lifted and t...
Bipartisan Deal Reached on Budget
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
There must be something in the water in Washington, D.C.—it's another day and another bipartisan deal has gone through. House Republicans and Senate Democrats struck a budget deal a w...
The Myth of Race & Its Historical Consequences
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Race is embedded the fabric of American culture, and racial categories and their implications persist today. In "A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama's A...
Your Takeaway: Listener Stories
Friday, November 29, 2013
Happy day-after-Thanksgiving from The Takeaway!
Today, we’re doing things a little differently. Your comments on our stories come pouring in every day, and often times you have stories of your own. So today we hear from you—and only you. The Takeaway producers have worked for over a month to curate ...
'One Red Rose' Sets JFK's Assassination to Music
Monday, November 25, 2013
Composer Steven Mackey was only 7-years-old when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. But he still has vivid memories from the tragedy, an...
In Harm's Way: The Faces of Gun Violence
Monday, November 25, 2013
Since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School nearly a year ago, more than 30,000 people in the United States have died from gunfire, according to estimates from the Centers for ...
FCC May Lift Cell Phone Airplane Ban
Monday, November 25, 2013
The Federal Communications Commission is poised to make a decision on whether to lift the ban on cell phones in flight. Now the cell phone proposition has flight crews up in arms—and ...
Scientists Bewildered by Strange Sun Activity
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Every 11 years the sun switches it's magnetic poles in the culmination of it's solar cycle. We are quickly approaching this planetary event, but scientists are curious about some unus...
Senator Angus King Urges Capitol Hill to Come Together
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
On Capitol Hill, Democrats and Republicans are struggling to find common ground over the budget, NSA revelations, and the Affordable Care Act. But Angus King, an Independent Senator f...
Retro Report: A Look Back at the Detroit Sleeper Cell Case
Monday, November 18, 2013
This week the Retro Report documentary team looks back at the 2003 case of the Detroit Sleeper Cell. It was considered one of the most important post 9/11 terrorism cases, and it invo...
What Do the New ACA Developments Mean?
Friday, November 15, 2013
President Barack Obama announced yesterday insurance companies can reinstate healthcare plans that were cancelled, or maintain existing plans that would otherwise have been cancelled ...
In Pivot, Obama Allows Americans to Keep Canceled Policies for 1 Year
Thursday, November 14, 2013
After promises from President Barack Obama that Americans would be able to keep their health insurances plan if they like them, the president has come out to apologize for healthcare ...
Have A Criminal Record & Want A Job? Look Elsewhere.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
While it is illegal for employers to reject applicants solely because they may have a criminal record, the practice is widespread. Kai Wright, editor of Colorlines.com, recently wrote...
Musician Vijay Iyer Gives Voice to Veterans
Monday, November 11, 2013
Musician Vijay Iyer is an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer and one of this year's recipients of a MacArthur Genius Grant. He has a new album out with poet/performer Mike Ladd calle...
Putting Together the Puzzle Pieces of JFK's Legacy
Monday, November 11, 2013
On November 22, the nation will pause to reflect on the 50 years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. As historian Robert Caro says in "American Experience: JFK," a n...
In India, Changing Mindsets to Empower Women
Thursday, November 07, 2013
A woman in India is raped every 20 minutes, according to the National Crime Records Bureau in India. One organization is trying to change those numbers. Jameela Nishat runs the Shahe...
