Archive for July, 2010
Marking the 20th Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Twenty years ago this week, President George H. W. Bush signed a civil rights law that Americans call the ADA. GEORGE H. W. BUSH: “I now lift this pen to sign this Americans with [Disabilities] Act and say let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling [...]
On Mars Day, the Red Planet Is Center Stage
DOUG JOHNSON: I’m Doug Johnson. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Mars Day at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington is a celebration of our solar system’s most famous planet. The event, on July sixteenth, was a rare chance for planetary scientists to share with the public [...]
Film Captures Risky Work of Doctors Without Borders
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. “Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders” is a documentary by movie director Mark Hopkins. It tells the story of four doctors and their volunteer work in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The award-winning film was first shown at the two thousand eight Venice [...]
