US Gun Control Advocates Disappointed by Vote At the White House Wednesday, with parents of the school shooting victims alongside, President Obama pledged to keep fighting for gun control. So all and all, this is a pretty shameful day for Washington....
Washington Week: Focus on Immigration, Gun Control Months of negotiations between a group of Democratic and Republican senators have yielded a bipartisan immigration reform bill, expected to be unveiled later this week. Reports say the proposal would...
THIS IS AMERICA - Americans Debating Gun Control From VOA Learning English, welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in Special English. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. And Im Jim Tedder. This week on our program, we talk about one of the most intense debates in America: gun...
Killing of US School Children Sparks Gun Control Discussion Authorities say the weapons used in the Newtown shooting were legally registered to Nancy Lanza, the mother of the gunman, Adam Lanza. She was the first of 27 victims of the shootings, inclu...
Control of US Senate Up for Grabs Republican George Allen is scouring Virginia for votes, including the states Asian-American community. His core message: boosting the economy. I just want to make sure that every American, regardless of background or...
NYC Schools Expand Birth Control Availability Every year in New York, more than 2,500 girls under 18 give birth, and many drop out of school. So officials began a program last year making hormonal birth control available at 13 high schools with high...
BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday that it has allocated an additional 200 million yuan (31.75 million U.S. dollars) in subsidies to assist in pest control efforts. The funds, together with 400 million yuan issued...
Agriculture Report - Getting a Firm Grip on Weed Control This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. When is a plant considered a weed? Experts at Penn State University have a simple answer: When the undesirable qualities outweigh the good qu...
Agriculture Report - Getting a Firm Grip on Weed Control 农业报道 - 严格控制杂草 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 When is a plant considered a weed? Experts at Penn State U...
Remembering Remote Control Inventor Gene Polley Whenever someone leaves the earth having changed it, we like to make note of it. Not just the famous or notorious, but also obscure people who dreamed up something memorable or useful in our everyday li...