To the Point

To the Point

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To the Point episodes

September 15, 2006 Can Billionaire Philanthropists Change the World?
A growing number of America's richest private
foundations are challenging hunger, poverty and global warming. Is it a "golden
age of philanthropy" or a "tournament of billionaires?" Can they avoid the mistakes of the previous
Green Revolution? Can philanthropy make
a profit?
52 min
September 14, 2006 Can NATO Hold Off the Taliban in Afghanistan?
In Afghanistan, the resurgent Taliban
have learned new tactics from Iraqi insurgents.
One thousand new troops from Poland won’t increase NATO forces
until next year.
51 min
September 13, 2006 Tuesday's Primaries and a Look toward November
Are American voters ready for a shift of political power?
52 min
September 11, 2006 September 11, Five Years Later
September 11 produced a sense of American
unity--but it lasted less than a year. Plus, CIA agents signing up for insurance in case
they’re accused of violent crimes against suspects in the war on terror.
52 min
September 08, 2006 Senate Passes Record Defense Budget, but Are We Safer?
Is big money making America safer? Plus, a suicide bombing rocks Afghanistan,
and ABC-TV and the politics of September 11th.
52 min
September 05, 2006 Congress Dragging Its Feet on Immigration Reform
Whatever happened to immigration reform? Plus, President Bush restates his case on terrorism, and the Republican Party and America's black voters.
52 min
September 01, 2006 Iran and Nuclear Brinksmanship

Now that Iran has refused to stop enriching uranium, the US is building the case for economic sanctions.
52 min
August 31, 2006 Is Home Schooling a Challenge to Public Schools?
Home
schooling is now legal in all 50 states, an increasing challenge to what's
called "the monopoly" of public schools.
Do home-schooled kids get the education they need in a high-tech
society? Does home schooling mean
religious and ethnic isolation in a diverse democracy?
52 min
August 29, 2006 Life in New Orleans One Year Later
One year after Hurricane Katrina, a variety of perspectives
on what it’s like to live in New
Orleans…
52 min
August 28, 2006 In New Orleans, the Disaster Continues
In the year since Katrina, the Big Easy has become the Big Difficult. State, federal and city coordination has given way to 73 neighborhoods trying to make plans on their own.

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A monthly reality-check on the issues Americans care about most. Host Warren Olney draws on his decades of experience to explore the people and issues shaping – and disrupting - our world. How did…