Society Highlights

Al Khalil family talks about when they harvest their olive oil and they started their business.

Alan Dershowitz, professor at the Harvard Law School, discusses the facts about the use of torture in society. He also talks about whether he wants to stop torture.

UNICEF correspondent Guy Degen reports on international efforts to curb child sex trafficking.

In this watchmojo video learn about some great gift ideas that will help others.

Learn about Black History Month, which celebrates the contribution of black men and women to society in the United States, such as artist Simmie Knox.

Jonathan Zittrain, co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, talks about Google as a threat to free culture.

More people are literate than ever before, buying books hand over fist, while circulations of magazines and newspapers are up too. People join book clubs in droves, Richard and Judy and Oprah promote new books on TV, and new technology is apparently about to Kindle a new love affair with e-books. So do we really need a National Year of Reading sponsored by the government and a host of other organizations? In this video, Nicolette Jones discusses questions of masculinity and reading.

Jack Perkowski, chairman and CEO of ASIMCO, talks about how thanks to the Olympics, Chinese manufacturers are more attuned to creating environmentally-friendly cars than their foreign counterparts.

The Daily News' legendary sports cartoonist and columnist Bill Gallo shares his thoughts on living the American dream, his love of the newspaper business and interviewing Frank Sinatra.

Maria Menounos talks about how she lost weight and gives dieting tips.

Columbus Day celebrates the arrival in America of the explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492. The event is celebrated on the second Monday of October.