A torrential storm is soaking Southern California, what residents can expect. Plus, talks at the U.N. Climate Change Conference seem to have stalled and researchers look for a new breed of cow that can survive drier conditions. All this and more.
SoCal storm: residents can expect another two inches of rain
Southern California residents are being pummeled by a heavy winter storm. The storm rolled in early this morning and is expected to continue throughout most of the day. Accidents and flooded freeways are expected to slow traffic down.
Kathy Hoxsie, meteorologist for the National Weather Service says the region has already had two inches of rain and is expecting another two.
And for more on how this storm is affecting the slopes we're joined by Joanie Lynch at Mammoth Mountain.
The Flashback: the C.I.A. report and Congress debates the spending bill
This week, even more fallout from the long-awaited Senate report on torture, and House passes a HUGE spending bill, what happens next?
We'll talk over these topics and more with Ron Elving, NPR's senior Washington editor and Washington Post political reporter Elahe Izadi.
The early days of the Feminist Movement
The word "feminism" gets bandied about a LOT these days. What does it mean to be a feminist and is feminism necessary in this day and age?
But often lost in the conversation is the history of the modern women's movement in the US - especially the key years of 1966 to 1971.
That's the focus of a new documentary titled She's Beautiful When She's Angry.
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The film combines recent interviews with the pioneers of the movement with archival footage, illustrating just what a different era it was for women
We spoke to the film's director, Mary Dore as well as one of the activists featured in the movie, Vivian Rothstein.
Are women opting out of their careers to raise families?
One of the reasons often cited for the lack of women in senior management positions is that women are opting out of their careers to raise families. The idea being that once women are out of the workforce, they find it difficult to make their way back in and don't advance as quickly as their male counterparts.
Hoping to shed some light on whether there really is truth to the "opting out" rationale, researchers at the Harvard Business School and Hunter College recently conducted a survey of Harvard MBAs— both men and women— and found some surprising results.
They're summarized in an article called "Rethink What You Know About 'High-Achieving' Women" in the current issue of the Harvard Business Review.
Robin Ely, Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for Culture and Community at Harvard Business School, joined Take Two to explain more.
Nations look for ways to adapt to new climatic reality at U.N. conference
There's still no deal on climate change today in Lima, Peru. That's where nations from around the world were gathered for a U.N. conference that had aimed to come to an agreement by the last hour.
But with little consensus on what that would look like, the can has been kicked to tomorrow to approve a draft text of a deal. Yesterday U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made an impassioned speech to negotiators, saying the world was on a course leading to tragedy and calling on citizens around the world to take action.
But longstanding divisions between wealthy countries and their poorer counterparts have stalled the process. Developed countries are pushing to see developing economies like China held to the same standards as countries like the U.S.
On the table: ways to slow down the environmental impact of fossil fuels and how to adjust to the new climatic reality. Joining us to talk about what came out of the climate change talks is Helen Mountford. She's the Global Programme Director for the New Climate Economy Project.
U.S. says tribes have authority to grow and sell pot on reservations
Native American tribes may now be able to pursue a new business opportunity: selling marijuana.
That's because the U.S. Department of Justice released a memo yesterday saying that tribes can legalize marijuana on their reservations, even in states where it's still illegal.
, a reporter with The Desert Sun newspaper in Palm Springs, joins Take Two to talk about what the new federal guidance might mean in practice.