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A Conversation with Sir Ian
Stagework is a unique resource designed to make innovative theatre practice at the National Theatre and selected regional partners in England more widely available to new and existing audiences. Sir Ian McKellen, Tony-award winner and two-time Oscar nominee, shares his fascinating insights on Richard III in these interactive interviews.
Afghanistan: The Other War from FRONTLINE/World
As President Bush pledges another $10 billion to stabilize and rebuild Afghanistan, and a spring offensive is expected against a resurgent Taliban, FRONTLINE/World correspondent Sam Kiley reports from the frontlines of the conflict, where dual battles are being fought to win the trust of the Afghan people and combat the extremists living among them. In the film, Kiley and his crew are granted unprecedented access to the outgoing British NATO commander, Gen. David Richards, who led 37,000 troops from 37 countries.
American Beverage Association Issue Sites
The American Beverage Association (ABA) is the trade association for America's non-alcoholic refreshment beverage industry. ABA today represents hundreds of beverage producers, distributors, franchise companies and support industries. As the national voice for the non-alcoholic refreshment beverage industry, ABA offers information on legislation, science, technology, recycling, water reuse and the law.
American RadioWorks from American Public Media
AMERICAN RADIOWORKS is the national documentary unit of American Public Media. ARW is public radio's largest documentary production unit; it creates documentaries, series projects, and investigative reports for the public radio system and the Internet.
America's Favorite Architecture *
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the American Institute of Architects, AIA and Harris Interactive conducted a public poll to identify America's favorite works of architecture. The results? 150 works of architecture--from Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Bellagio Hotel and Casino--that represent some of the best of America's architectural heritage.
Amnesty International USA's Campaign to Tear Down Guantanamo Bay
Tearitdown.org is Amnesty International's global initiative to end illegal US detentions and a major online action under Amnesty International's campaign to Counter Terror With Justice. The campaign to end US illegal detentions is based on a framewok that outlines practical and positive steps US authorities should take to close Guantanamo.
Artocracy *
Artocracy is a virtual art space connecting artists and patrons through the sale of affordable art. Founded to democratize the art world one print at a time, it serves as a digital marketplace for original art.
Burma: State of Fear from FRONTLINE/World
FRONTLINE/World reporter Evan Williams travels undercover to Burma (also known as Myanmar) to expose the violence and repression carried out by Burma's government against its own people.
Carpe Testes
The Sean Kimerling Testicular Cancer Foundation raise public awareness about testicular cancer and the importance of self-examination with these online videos.
Consumer Reports *
Consumer Reports and ConsumerReports.org are published by Consumers Union, an expert, independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers and to empower consumers to protect themselves.
Dangerous Ground Project
The Dangerous Ground project highlighted the issue of landmines by attempting to travel 50,000 square meters of London without touching the ground and documented these attempts with a series of photographs. Dangerous Ground also has an exhibition and auction of original photography on the theme of not touching the ground, where every penny raised goes towards landmine clearance.
Design for the Other 90% *
Of the world's total population of 6.5 billion, 5.8 billion people, or 90%, have little or no access to most of the products and services many of us take for granted; in fact, nearly half do not have regular access to food, clean water, or shelter. Design for the Other 90% explores a growing movement among designers to design low-cost solutions for this "other 90%." Through partnerships both local and global, individuals and organizations are finding unique ways to address the basic challenges of survival and progress faced by the world's poor and marginalized.
The Digital Vaults
The National Archives allow users to explore their collection in the Digital Vaults. You can browse through the hundreds of photographs, documents, and film clips and discover the connection between some of the National Archives' most treasured records.
Dubai: Night Secrets from FRONTLINE/World *
Photographer Mimi Chakarova decided a closer look at Dubai's barely disguised sex trade in Dubai by visiting the mainstream Westernized nightclubs, often inside upscale hotels, where women from all over the world congregate according to their nationalities awaiting the next client, capturing for herself the city's night secrets.
The Encyclopedia of Life
The Encyclopedia of Life is an ambitious, even audacious project to organize and make available via the Internet virtually all information about life present on Earth. At its heart lies a series of Web sites -- one for each of the approximately 1.8 million known species -- that provide the entry points to this vast array of knowledge. The entry-point for each site is a species page suitable for the general public, but with several linked pages aimed at more specialized users. The sites sparkle with text and images that are enticing to everyone, as well as providing deep links to specific data.
Eyes on Darfur
Amnesty International's unprecedented Eyes On Darfur project leverages the power of high-resolution satellite imagery to provide unimpeachable evidence of the atrocities being committed in Darfur - enabling action by private citizens, policy makers and international courts. Eyes On Darfur also breaks new ground in protecting human rights by allowing people around the world to literally "watch over" and protect twelve intact, but highly vulnerable, villages using commercially available satellite imagery.
Eyes on Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: The Fight to Free a Country combines footage from inside Mugabe's police state with testimony from torture survivors, activists, and lawyers who have witnessed the regime's repression first hand. As the humanitarian situation deteriorates and election season draws near, activists call on the international community to assist Zimbabwe's people in their struggle to overcome repression and establish a democracy.
FactCheck *
FactCheck.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. They monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Their goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.
FactCheckED *
FactCheckEd.org is an educational resource for high school teachers and students. It's designed to help students learn to cut through the fog of misinformation and deception that surrounds the many messages they're bombarded with every day. Their site is a sister to the award-winning Annenberg Political Fact Check.
Finding the Way Home
Photojournalist Brenda Ann Kenneally documents the seemingly endless struggles some families face as they set about Finding the Way Home: Two Years After Katrina.
Frontline World *
Developed by FRONTLINE producers in conjunction with public television stations KQED San Francisco and WGBH Boston, FRONTLINE/World is a national public TV series that turns its lens on the global community, covering countries and cultures rarely seen on American television.
Get On Board
NBC Universal launched "Get On Board," a comprehensive, companywide program to improve the environmental impact of its operations by reducing greenhouse gases, raising awareness about green issues, and stimulating change in the media and entertainment industry.
Innocence Project
The Innocence Project is a non-profit legal clinic and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. To date, 215 people in the United States have been exonerated by DNA testing, including 16 who served time on death row. These people served an average of 12 years in prison before exoneration and release.
Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster *
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina raised critical questions about poverty, racism, and government neglect in the United States. Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster is designed to spark continuing national discussion of these issues -- and to expose the factors that have hindered rebuilding efforts and prevented Gulf Coast residents from returning home.
KEXP
Beginning as a tiny 10-watt station back in 1972, KEXP has grown over the years into an innovative, influential cultural force in the Seattle community and beyond. KEXP is now offering a live stream for mobile phones and handheld devices. Listeners with web-enabled phones can point to kexp.org and automatically view a new mobile version of the KEXP website.
King Tut and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs Exhibition *
This exhibition showcases around 130 objects from the tomb of King Tut and other Valley of the Kings ancestors. These artificats last left their home in almost 30 years ago. Now Tutankhamun's treasures are back, giving a new generation the chance to learn firsthand about the life and magic of this ancient monarch.
Kiva *
Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty. It is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.
Launchball
Launchball is an online game promoting The Science Museum's most popular hands-on, brains-on gallery, Launchpad. Launchpad is open to all, but is particularly aimed at 8- to 14-year-olds. It is packed with over 50 exhibits, electrifying shows and lively demos, all from the wonderful world of physics.
LawHelp
LawHelp.org has been created for people living on low-incomes and the legal organizations that serve them. LawHelp.org provides referrals to local legal aid and public interest law offices, basic information about legal rights, self-help information, court information, links to social service agencies, and more.
loveisrespect *
loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline is a national resource that can be accessed by phone or the internet. The Helpline and loveisrespect.org offer real-time one-on-one support from trained Peer Advocates. Peer Advocates are trained to offer support, information and advocacy to those involved in dating abuse relationships as well as concerned parents, teachers, clergy, law enforcement, and service providers.
Make It Right
The Make it Right Project was formed by actor Brad Pitt in December 2006. Working with Global Green, Pitt met with local community leaders and experts from around the world to develop viable ideas for the Lower 9th Ward, one the of most devastated areas on New Orleans. MIR aims to be a catalyst for redevelopment of the Lower 9th Ward, by building a neighborhood comprised of safe and healthy homes. The goal is to accomplish this quickly, so that the first residents can begin returning to their homes as soon as possible.
MAPLight - Money And Politics: Illuminating the Connection
MAPLight.org, a groundbreaking public database, illuminates the connection between campaign donations and legislative votes in unprecedented ways. Elected officials collect large sums of money to run their campaigns, and they often pay back campaign contributors with special access and favorable laws. This common practice is contrary to the public interest, yet legal. MAPLight.org makes money/vote connections transparent, to help citizens hold their legislators accountable.
MediaStorm *
MediaStorm's principal aim is to usher in the next generation of multimedia storytelling by publishing social documentary projects incorporating photojournalism, interactivity, animation, audio and video for distribution across multiple media.
Monterey - Alive is the air
Montereyinfo.org provides users with visitor information, such as lodging, restaurants, attractions, events and more, about the heavenly slice of California called Monterey, where alive is in the air.
National Breast Cancer Foundation
The National Breast Cancer Foundation mission is to save lives by increasing awareness of breast cancer through education and by providing mammograms for those in need. Since its inception, NBCF has played a vital role in helping tens of thousands of women through educational programs and free mammograms.
NPR Mobile
NPR Mobile is National Public Radio for your phone. The click-to-call capability allows users to listen to audio content on any Web-enabled phone. Users can also stream audio of news, features stories, movie reviews and more. A station finder allows users to locate NPR stations in any city in the U.S.
NPR.org Political
NPR's political coverage features regular columns from two of the most respected analysts in Washington. Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving writes the "Watching Washington" column. And Political Editor Ken Rudin writes "Political Junkie." Elving and Rudin also collaborate each week on the podcast, "It's All Politics," which features sharp analysis and wry observations.
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, Religion & Politics
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, launched in 2001, seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. The Forum pursues its mission by delivering timely, impartial information to national opinion leaders, including government officials and journalists. As a nonpartisan, non-advocacy organization, the Forum does not take positions on policy debates.
P.O.V. | PBS
P.O.V. (a cinema term for "point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. P.O.V. films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.
Project Song
Project Song is an original Web video program from NPR Music and our Web-only music program All Songs Considered. For each episode, NPR Music invites an artist or band into our studios for two days. The challenge: write and record and original song on camera.
Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years *
This exhibition is a forty-year survey of the work of American sculptor Richard Serra, born in San Francisco, California in 1939. Encompassing different stages of his career, this exhibition highlights the extraordinary inventiveness and vision of this influential artist.
Seafood Watch Mobile
Seafood Watch is a program of Monterey Bay Aquarium designed to raise consumer awareness about the importance of buying seafood from sustainable sources. Its mission is to empower consumers and businesses to make choices for healthy oceans.
Smithsonian Education *
The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies provides leadership in education at the Smithsonian and produces a variety of programs, services, and resources for the education and museum communities. The Center studies education at the Institution and builds consensus on standards for strengthening its educational programs, publications, and websites.
Sorry, Out of Gas
This website accompanies the exhibition 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas, presented at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). Organised by CCA, this major exhibition and its accompanying catalogue are the first to study the architectural innovation spurred by the 1973 oil crisis. Featuring over 350 objects, including architectural drawings, photographs, books and pamphlets, archival television footage, and historical artifacts, the exhibition maps the global response to the shortage and its relevance to architecture today.
SoundJunction
SoundJunction is the award-winning site for listening to, exploring, discovering and creating music.
Speaking of Faith *
Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett is public radio's conversation about religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas. Each week, Tippett probes the myriad ways in which religious impulses inform every aspect of life and culture, nationally and globally. Speaking of Faith fills an important and neglected need in American media by addressing the intellectual and spiritual content of religion head-on, illuminating the ideas and practices that form the headlines from the inside.
Swift Kids for Truth
The SwiftKids are a dedicated group of young Americans who believe the truth must definitely take precedence over lies. Formed in 2006 as a response to an overwhelmingly corrupt and indecent system, the Swiftkids represent a fresh breath of anti-corruption and anti-indecency.
This I Believe
This I Believe uses Internet and broadcast media to engage people from all walks of life in an exploration of their personal beliefs. So far, more than 30,000 people from 52 states have used the essay-entry form to write declarations of the values that guide their lives. The project was inspired by an Edward. R. Murrow radio program of the same name.
Toy Industry Association
Toy Industry Association, Inc. (TIA) is the not-for-profit trade association for producers and importers of toys and youth entertainment products sold in North America. Their mission is to lead the growth and health of the toy industry.
Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program. Each week online, via podcast and on the radio, you can test your knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world while figuring out what's real news and what's made up. There's also a very popular daily Web quiz.
Water: H2O = Life
Water: H20 = Life offers visitors an in-depth look at one of the most important substances and environmental issues that we face. This exhibition illuminates one of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century: humanity's sustainable management and use of the life-giving, but finite, resource, water.
The Whale Hunt *
Jonathon Harris spent 9 days living with a family of Inupiat Eskimos in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost settlement in the United States and documented the entire experience with a plodding sequence of 3,214 photographs. The Whale Hunt, takes his epic personal experience from the physical world and translates it optimally to the Internet, so that many people can share it.
Why Tuesday?
Why Tuesday? is a non-profit, non-partisan organization founded in 2005 to raise awareness about the broken state of America's voting system and to find solutions to increase voter turnout and participation in elections.
Wikitravel
Wikitravel is a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable worldwide travel guide. So far there are 18,194 destination guides and other articles written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe.
WISER
The Women's Institute for Secondary Education and Research (WISER) is a non-profit NGO working to build the first girls boarding school and research center in Muhuru Bay, Kenya.
Women's Fund Of Central Ohio-Keyholder 8
The Women's Fund of Central Ohio is a foundation that raises money and makes grants that focus on women and girls in their community. They enable social change by creating women philanthropists and empowering women and girls to reach their potential.
World Without Oil
WORLD WITHOUT OIL is a serious game for the public good. WWO invites people from all walks of life to contribute "collective imagination" to confront a real-world issue: the risk our unbridled thirst for oil poses to our economy, climate and quality of life.This online game asks players to help visualize what would happen, if the oil crisis really were going on.
YWCA Week Without Violence
A grassroots initiative when it began in 1995, the YWCA Week Without Violence is now a nationwide campaign that highlights practical, sustainable alternatives to end violence. Today the annual event has become a global campaign involving women, men and children in hundreds of communities around the world.
