Snowy days 16 Nov 11 Wed, 16 Nov 11 Available: 30 days remaining We're thinking about Winter again in today's programme, exploring different ways of moving on snowy days. Movement and dance programmes for children aged 4 - 6....
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Betty Friedan, 1921-2006: A Leader of the Modern Womens Rights Movement FAITH LAPIDUS: Im Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Betty Friedan. She was a p...
Diverse Voices Carry Occupy Movement's Message At a distance, the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York appears to be simply people milling around. A closer look reveals a dazzling array of individuals; the clean-cut and earnest, the disheveled and...
Alabama City Remembered for Climactic Battle of Civil Rights Movement Weeks after a hurricane delayed the dedication of a new national memorial to the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., President Obama will lead the ceremonies on Sunday...
Alabama City Remembered for Climactic Battle of Civil Rights Movement Sunday, August 28, in Washington, President Obama leads the nation in dedicating a new national memorial to the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. King was a southern...
AMERICAN MOSAIC - The Green Movement at US Universities DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our show, we have a new album from guitarist Pat Metheny ... And we tell you what some uni...
Dozens of world leaders met at an Egyptian Red Sea resort for the 15th summit of the 118-nation Non-Aligned Movement. But the 53-year-old group has lost much of its significance since the end of the Cold War. UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-moon (R), Egyptian,...
In many societies around the world where religious differences have boiled into armed conflict, young people are at particular risk. Often, they are recruited by religious extremists to join in terror campaigns against rival religious communities. B...
By Behnam Nateghi Washington 30 April 2008 A New York art show chronicles the impact of the feminist movement on art between 1965 and 1980. The show features works by artists from around the world and includes paintings, sculptures and performance ar...
By Zulima Palacio Washington, D.C. 21 June 2007 A fast-growing religious movement in the U.S. says violent media messages are responsible for most of today's troubles with young people, and its followers see God as the only solution. Producer Zulima...