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Members of the 9th U.S. Marine Expeditionary Force go ashore at Danang, South Vietnam, on March 8, 1965. Assigned to beef up defense of an air base, they were the first U.S. combat troops deployed in the Vietnam War.

In Danang, Where U.S. Troops First Landed, Memories Of War Have Faded

U.S. Marines were deployed to the coastal Vietnamese city 50 years ago last month. Now, 40 years after the war's end and amid great change, former Viet Cong and an American reflect on that time.

Marine Veterans Remember Final Hours Of Vietnam War

It’s been almost 40 years since U.S. Marine veterans John Valdez and Douglas Potratz were side-by-side in Vietnam, guarding the U.S. Embassy in the final days of the war.

The Supreme Court will hear another challenge to the Affordable Care Act about religious objections to providing contraception.

Supreme Court Will Hear More Religious Objections To Obamacare

Birth control and the Affordable Care Act are back on the Supreme Court's docket, in what could be called a sequel to the Hobby Lobby ruling.

Test Scores Are Falling, Is The Sky?

The Nation's Report Card came out today, and the news is not good, especially on the math front.

Olin Dale Clayton waits for Bernie Sanders before a January event in Iowa with the United Steelworkers Local 310L. Sanders hopes his strength with white, working-class men can help him win in Ohio.

Bernie Sanders Has Strength Among White Men Pinched By The Economy

The Vermont independent won the Michigan primary, in part, because of strong support from white men, upset about stagnant wages and jobs sent offshore. Now, that demographic could help him win Ohio.

Donald Hall is a former U.S. poet laureate and was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2010.

At 86, Poet Donald Hall Writes On, But Leaves Verse Behind

The former U.S. poet laureate says he can't write poetry any more, but still has some prose in him. In a new book, Essays After Eighty, he considers his art, his beard and his experience growing old.

NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare

Airs Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 at 9 p.m. & Sunday, Dec. 17 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV

This undated photo shows the WISErg Harvester, a machine that can process up to 4,000 pounds of food scraps per day.

Washington Company Grinds Up Grocery Waste

WISErg has created what they call a “harvester.” It’s a refrigerator-sized machine that is installed at supermarkets and used to grind up any food that’s not fit for sale.

Brig. Gen. Viet Luong of the 1st Cavalry Division came to the United States in the 1970s after his family fled Vietnam in the waning days of the war there. He's now leading the effort to train Afghan soldiers to fight the Taliban.

The Frightened Vietnamese Kid Who Became A U.S. Army General

Forty years ago, Viet Luong was a 9-year-old Vietnamese boy fleeing Saigon with his family. Today he's the first Vietnamese-American general in the U.S. Army and is helping train the Afghan military.

Photo Exhibit 'Mexican Seas' At Birch Aquarium Merges Art, Science

The exhibit opened Friday at the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla, with the photography and research designed to inspire ocean stewardship.

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