Racial segregation in U.S. neighborhoods is on the decline, but income level is increasingly an indicator of where people live. Gwen Ifill talks to Pew Research Center's Paul Taylor about a recently released study on the connections between income inequality and neighborhood segregation.
Some benefits outlined in the Affordable Care Act begin this week, including preventative services for women. Margaret Warner talks to NPR's Julie Rovner about the latest updates on the health care reform.
First and foremost a writer, Gore Vidal never shied away from expressing his thoughts to the public, from appearances on the Johnny Carson Show, to his essays in The Nation. Jeffrey Brown talks to Middlebury College's Jay Parini, who says Gore never stopped writing, reading and thinking in his lifetime.
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Track how 12 different U.S. communities adapt to changing economic times.
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Paul Solman explains the ins and outs of the global economy.
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Judy Woodruff explores how young people are handling the economic downturn.
A violent conflict has wracked Syria since March 2011. Energized by the Arab Spring and removal of regimes in other countries, rebels in Syria took up arms to try to topple President Bashar al-Assad's regime, which has responded with a bloody crackdown.
For the second consecutive day President Obama's campaign is blasting Mitt Romney's tax reform plan as unfair to middle-class Americans, this time with a personal jab at the former Massachusetts governor's vast wealth.
Since Chick-fil-A President Don Cathy made comments about gay marriage to a Christian news service on July 16, the restaurant chain has been at the center of an ideological tug-of-war, with various company heads and civic leaders weighing in, and political groups organizing events.
In her weekly blog post, Judy Woodruff gives readers a peek behind the curtain at the NewsHour's morning planning meeting, and examines the news value within the Olympic games.
Boston University economist Larry Kotlikoff has answered a batch of NewsHour reader's questions about retirement and Social Security.
According to a Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News poll released Wednesday, President Obama appears to have a clear advantage in three battleground states heading into the final stretch of the campaign despite lingering doubts about his handling of the economy.
While Asian-Americans haven't received the most attention in past election cycles, they're the fastest growing minority group in the country. On a recent trip to Nevada, the NewsHour talked to a handful of Asian-American voters about what issues are of greatest importance to them.
In the Somali capital Mogadishu, Mohammed Saeed Hassan was driving his ambulance one day in February when an artillery shell landed directly in front of him.
Economist Larry Kotlikoff, author of the wildly popular "34 Social Security Secrets You Need to Know Now," is accepting your Social Security questions.
From 8-bit melodies to compositions that rival the best film scores, video game music has come a long way. An in-depth listen to video game music and interviews with the people who make it.
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An audio timeline spanning the six decades of Nelson Mandela's life and the struggle of apartheid, told by the people who lived it.
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Aug. 1, 2012
With the London Olympics fast approaching, student correspondents for Headliners, a youth journalism organization, wanted to investigate how young people are getting involved with the games.
