Near the start of the 20th century, a mysterious and deadly virus terrified Americans, particularly infecting young kids: Polio. Correspondent Rita Braver looks at the scientific arsenal brought to combat the epidemic and develop a vaccine, and talks with documentary filmmaker Carl Kurlander ("The S

Winner of the Golden Globe Award 2018 for the Best Foreign Film. Out of nowhere, Katja’s life falls apart when her husband Nuri and little son Rocco are killed in a bomb attack. Her friends and family try to give her the support she needs, and Katja somehow manages to make it through the funeral. Bu

Singer-songwriter Steve Grand release an acoustic version of “We Are The Night”, a track off his debut album All-American Boy, and thanked his followers for their support. Speaks Grand on the track: “So for every boy and every girl / No matter who you love / And for all my trans brothers and sisters

Remembering George Michael (June 25, 1963-December 25, 2016). He won a Grammy Award in 1988 for “I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me),” a duet with Aretha Franklin, and “Faith” won the Grammy for album of the year. In Britain, he was showered with awards, and in 2004, Britain’s Radio Academy said he ha

In the age of cyberspace Community of Lights has been at the forefront of innovation and the inevitable merger of television, internet and social media. The world wide web allows people from all over the world to join together and exchange knowledge, ideas, innovation and work in unison in humanitar...

The AlphaDog Proto is a lab prototype for the Legged Squad Support System, a robot being developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA and the US Marine Corps. When fully developed the system will carry 400 lbs of payload on 20-mile missions in rough terrain. The first version of the complete...

Annie Lennox has come a long way since fronting the Grammy Award-winning Eurythmics in the 1980s. Since then she has become a successful solo artist, sold more than 80 million records, and become renowned for her charity work with organizations such as Amnesty International, Greenpeace, and Nelson M

The World AIDS Museum presents: SMARTRide 10. Hundreds of bikers participated in a 168 mile bike ride from Miami to Key West in November, 2013. Hundreds of other people also participated as volunteers including a medical team, ensuring the safety of the riders. SmartRide is the second largest A...

Faces of Fairness: A Case for Marriage is the most recent installment in an ongoing Fairness multi-media project "Faces of Fairness" that brings greater visibility to the once hidden Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered community in West Virginia. The project also explores the numerous issues a...

This documerntary was produced in 2004 by CBS as part of "Witness", a documentary from CBS news. Origin of AIDS: The Polio Vaccine (CBC 'Witness', 2004) On April 12, 1955 Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was first licensed for public use in the U.S. In the years afterwards 90 million Americans were vac...