Ford’s Theatre in Washington has opened a new education center. It tells about President Abraham Lincoln, who was shot in the theater just after the civil war ended. The new center has a 10-meter-high tower of 7,000 books about the president. Tracey Avant says there are more books about Abraham Lincoln than about any other American. TRACEY AVANT: “He’s just […]
Jim Megargee is a traditional photographer. He struggles with how photography has changed from film to digital. JIM MEGARGEE: “There’s a physical difference between a silver print and a digitalprint. There’s just a physical difference to it. It’s something not many people think of. And with a silver print, it’s—that’s actually an etching into paper into a silver […]
Tens of thousands of people attend the Livestock Show and Rodeo in Houston, Texas. Some come to see cowboys competing in events like Cowboy Mounted Shooting. Shooting while on horseback was uncommon in the historic Old West. But it is often seen in movies about the West. Those movies led Jim Rogers, the Chairman of […]
Pat Wells brings her dog to visit people living at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, DC. PAT WELLS: “After 9/11, I wanted to do something to give back.” At first, she went alone. Then, she learned about the healing effect that animals have on people. So she started bringing her dog Rikka. PAT WELLS: “We saw […]
Premature birth is the second-greatest killer of babies worldwide, after pneumonia. A report called “Born Too Soon” says one in ten babies throughout the world is born before the 37th week of pregnancy. As a midwife, Carole Presern assists women who are giving birth. She also has seen newborns die. CAROLE PRESERN, PARTNERSHIP FOR MATERNAL, NEWBORN AND […]
Cheetahs are beautiful and speedy. They can run as fast as 110 kilometers an hour. There once were more than 100,000 cheetahs living in Africa and Asia. Today only about 10,000 of the animals remain. Most are in 24 African countries. Laurie Marker is working to keep cheetahs from disappearing. LAURIE MARKER: “I started working with cheetahs […]
Donald Walsh is stepping back in time at the National Museum of the United States Navy. DONALD WALSH: “Our job was to maintain and operate the bathyscaphe. The scientists at the Navy lab would decide what kind of research projects we have and what kind of equipment we put on it to make measurements and sampling under the sea.” […]
In 1998, Lawrence Garrison and his brother Lamont were students at Howard University in Washington. They both worked for the Justice Department, and planned to attend law school. But a man who had fixed their car was arrested on drug charges. He told investigators that the Garrisons had been involved. LAWRENCE GARRISON: “And they questioned me. That’s […]
In Haiti there is a soccer team unlike any you have ever seen. It is made up of players who have lost legs and arms, mostly during the earthquake in 2010. Just as the players are different, so is their field, called a “pitch.” People live near it. There are pools of water on it. And cows walk by. […]
Children in Western Sumatra love books. An American charity is building libraries around Indonesia including this one in Padang. Fiolisa Anggraini is a student there. “What I like most from this new library is the books, good books … they really can improve my knowledge.” The charity, The World is Just a Book Away, has built many libraries in […]