President-elect Barack Obama has said the Little Rock Nine's courage in desegregating an Arkansas public school helped make the opportunities in his life possible. ...more

January 20, 2009

TBO Extra review of "Resistance 2" video game for PlayStation 3 ...more

January 14, 2009

"Where We Stand," a new PBS documentary about challenges facing American education, is both inspiring and depressing. ...more

September 18, 2008

The young Marine came back from the war, with his toughest fight ahead of him. Merlin German waged that battle in the quiet of a Texas hospital, far from the dusty road in Iraq where a bomb exploded, leaving him with burns over 97 percent of his body. ...more

May 26, 2008

The first thing you notice is how tiny they are: Row upon row of babies, some no older than this day, hooked to grotesque jumbles of tubes. Press your palm against the incubator wall and the infant inside disappears from view. ...more

November 11, 2007