This year marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, the legendary music festival that defined a generation at a time when our nation was in the thick of the civil rights struggle and the war in Vietnam.
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For most teenagers, fighting with their parents gets them grounded, but for 17-year old Ruby, it has landed her behind bars.
A lot of you have been asking about purchasing Lockup. Lockup: Raw, Season One, is now available on DVD! Click here for more information.
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Thanks to the media (yes, like us), we are buffeted by bad news: A steady drumbeat of articles about lay-offs, foreclosures, battered budgets, businesses in decline, more layoffs.
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Hi, my name is Alexi Giannoulias and I am the state treasurer for Illinois. My office was recently featured on Dateline, returning more than $1 million to a Southern Illinois farmer.
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Last August, Dateline NBC reported on the billions of dollars in unclaimed property that is sitting in state treasuries across America. The report brought nearly $2 million into the pockets of average people who had no idea they were due money. Now Dateline is doing it again.
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MSNBC Films presents "My Mother's Garden," the story of 61-year-old Eugenia Lester, whose hoarding disorder pushed her children to leave home when they were quite young. Cynthia Lester was 13 when she left, unable to find a place to sleep in the house amidst all of the garbage.
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Hey everyone! I'm the associate producer for the documentary "A Father's Promise."
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No more burgers-before-bros on Facebook.
Since the release of his book, "The Purpose Driven Life," in 2002, Rick Warren has gained a following as an Evangelical minister who's willing to work with people of opposing viewpoints.
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Have you gotten news about this election exclusively through traditional sources, or have social networks been a part of the way you experienced this campaign season? Have you put you political opinions on your Facebook or MySpace account, on microblogging sites like Twitter, on …
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Aiming to inspire people to think globally about sustainable living, Arthus-Bertrand has been photographing unique views of our planet, seen from the sky, since 1994 - and has produced an exhibit of over 150 4-ft. by 6-ft.
Within the next 15 years, the U.S. Census projects that more than half of all children in the U.S. will be minorities. Nightly News decided to take a look at this and other changes in the American population in a series of reports.
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Friday's presidential debate is scheduled to be about foreign policy and national security, although the current economic crisis is expected to be discussed as well.
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Many of you are asking how you can help. We have a link for how you can get involved on our web site:
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has chosen Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, making her the first woman ever to serve on a Republican presidential ticket.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama announced that he was choosing Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., as his vice presidential running mate.
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The many lives of Frédéric Bourdin, a Frenchman who had a passion for impersonating other people, including missing children.
The "small world theory," embodied in the old saw that there are just "six degrees of separation" between any two strangers on Earth, has been largely corroborated.
Schedules, episode guides, web-extra videos and more on Lockup can be found at docs.msnbc.com. Is there anything else you might want to be able to find online for this series?
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Hi--a student of mine is trying to locate a "Lockup" episode which she saw in January. It was about women in the prison system and particularly discussed mothers and children in the prison system. If you could help me locate that for her, this would be great. My "spam" email (the one I input into sites that I know will send me spam) is friendofbean@hotmail.com. I'll probably close the account once I hear from you--but I'm sure my student will be greatful. B
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