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Fall 1996 -- Online Forum Texts
12/16/96 -- The Future of Knowledge
Where should
America focus its research
and development dollars?
12/20/96 -- Behind Closed Doors
How much power
does the Federal Reserve
wield over the U.S.
economy?
12/11/96 -- Protests in Serbia
What do the
protests in Serbia against the
nationalistic government of
Slobodan Milosevic mean
for the shaky stability of the
Balkan region? A reporter in
Belgrade, and a Serbian
reporter answer your
questions.
12/9/96 -- Advertising on the Online NewsHour
Read selected comments about advertising
on our site.
12/5/96 -- Health For Profit
HMOs are proliferating, and for-profit hospitals are becoming the dominant health care force for entire regions. When all facets of the system are in the hands of a single company, is health care quality at risk? Pose your questions to our two forum participants.
11/28/96 -- Food For Thought
A Thanksgiving forum in the melting pot with anthropologist Sidney Mintz.
11/25/96 -- Russia's Future
After Yeltsin's bypass surgery and Lebed's dismissal, what does the future hold for this former world power? Correspondent Simon Marks takes your questions.
11/29/96 -- The Urban Poor
Harvard's Dr. William J. Wilson answers you questions about poverty, welfare and America's inner cities.
11/18-22/96 -- Splitting the Atom
Join us for three special forums exploring issues relating to nuclear bombs, nuclear power and nuclear waste...
11/15/96 -- Crisis in Africa
It has been called "genocide by starvation." What can be done to help the 1 million refugees on the edge of death in Zaire? Ask the director of emergency response for the InterAction aid agency.
11/11/96 -- Letting Down Our Guard
On Veterans Day, America's most decorated living veteran, David Hackworth, takes questions on how the Pentagon should shift its priorities from high technology to the needs of soldiers.
11/6/96 -- Outside Perspective
How do the 1996 elections look to people in other countries? Our panel of foreign correspondents takes your questions about how U.S. media coverage and U.S. politics is portrayed abroad.
11/1/96 -- Crack and the Contras
Were the CIA backed Contra rebels selling drugs in the U.S. during the 1980s? Gary Webb, who broke this controversial story, joins the Online NewsHour for this forum.
10/30/96 -- Senate Budget Committee Forum
Two top ranking Senators on the Senate Budget Committee answered your questions on the future of the budget debate and what Congress learned from the 104th.
10/25/96 -- Nobel Peace Proze Winner: Jose Ramos-Horta
The East Timorian activist will answer your questions about 20 years of Indonesian repression on his tiny asian island.
10/22/96 -- Congressional Welfare Forum
Rick Santorum (R-PA) co-author of the controversial welfare reform legislation recently signed into law, takes questions on the future of reform.
10/23/96 -- Environmental Policy Forum
Did the Republicans try to go to far in rolling back environmental regulations? Ask the ranking Senate Democrat on the Superfund Subcommittee, Frank Lautenberg.
10/18/96 -- Follow the Money
Can the campaign finance system be fixed? Ellen Miller of the Center for Responsive Politics answered your questions.
10/16/96 -- Ways & Means
Committee
Everyone wants a tax cut, but can the government afford it? Ask two powerful congressmen about the election year tax proposals.
10/11/96 -- X Marks the Vote
Our panel of college editors answer your questions about voter apathy, community service and liberterian thought.
10/10/96 -- The House Judiciary Committee
Ask leading Republican and Democratic members of one of Congress' most powerful committees their views on law and order.
10/4/96 -- Frontier War
Netscape, again, has accused Microsoft of unfairly using its control of the world's computer desktops to break into the browser business. Does the Mountain View, Calif., company have legitimate grips, or are the
complaints only meant to protect Netscape's lock on the Web. Brock
Meeks of HotWired answers your questions about this browser war that
could change computing.
10/2/96 -- Education and Economic Opportunity Committee Forum
The Chairman and Ranking Member of the House committee on education and labor discuss what we can expect from the 105th
Congress
9/27/96 -- The Commerce Committee
The Online NewsHour begins its series of Congressional Committee Leadership Forums. Ask the Chair and Ranking Member of one of the most powerful committees in the House about what went right and wrong in the 104th Congress and what might change next year.
9/25/96 -- The Future Military: Even though they are no longer in a staring match with the Soviet Union, the U.S. armed forces still must prepare for a complex set of missions. How should the military prepare for a post-Cold War world?
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