Society Highlights

Blythe Danner believe her job as an actor is to dream and to take the audience along on her journey.

The residents of Karnataka in India, put solar panels on their rooftops to generate electricity for the night. The initiative of Selco solar energy changed the residents' lives.

Bill Joy has been called, among other things, "The Edison of the Internet," for his role in inventing and perfecting some of the most important networking and software innovations upon which today's Web operates. Today Joy plays a key role in reorienting much of Silicon Valley's capacity to invent toward "green" technologies. In this video Joy talks about the changes and advances still necessary for technology to help fight climate change.

D. Quinn Mills, professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School, explains how parents are essential to improve early education. He also talks about the importance of motivation in education.

Blake Lively unveils this year's star for the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.

The Heartland’s family farmers face another common challenge: a decision by the children to move on to other places, other professions. But in Osborne, Kansas, 21-year-old Andrew Sigle is making a different decision, and paying a steep price. He’s determined to keep his parents’ farm going, but he must go to school and work a day job.

Wendy Kopp wrote her thesis on the idea of creating a national corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in the neediest communities and become education leaders.This vision has grown into Teach for America, reaching more than 400,000 students this year. Where does education fall on the list of the country's priorities? Kopp provides thoughts on improving early education and experience.

Meet Jules Dervaes, who turned his backyard suburban lot into a farm and a step closer to self sufficiency.

The lack of water in the ton Aralsk has an enormous impact on the daily life of the residents, since the Aral sea has dried up. People are falling ill and there are no jobs available in the small town.

Arthur Mutambara, president of Movement for Democratic Change (Zimbabwe), talks about how slavery and colonialism warped Africa's trajectory of development.