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| 2001 DECEMBER
Dec. 31, 2001
Homeland Defense: The National Guard
Tom Bearden reports on the role of the National Guard in protecting America's air space.
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| Dec. 31, 2001
A Culture of Service
Gwen Ifill reports on expanding national service opportunities.
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| Dec. 11, 2001
Social Security Reform
A debate with experts on President Bush's Commission recommending younger workers invest a portion of their contributions in the stock market.
   
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| Dec. 11, 2001
Background: Social Security Reform
Susan Dentzer reports on President Bush's Commission recommending younger workers invest a portion of their contributions in the stock market.
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| Dec. 5, 2001
Compensating Victims
Gwen Ifill talks to the special master of the Sept. 11 Victims Compensation Fund about the challenges of administering funds to victims and their families.
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| Dec. 3, 2001
Sterilizing the Mail
Jeffrey Kaye of KCET Los Angeles reports on efforts to keep U.S. mail safe.
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| NOVEMBER
Nov. 29, 2001
A Dangerous Mission
Examining the CIA's role in the war on terrorism after an operative is killed on a mission in Afghanistan.
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| Nov. 21, 2001
NASA: End of an Era
After a Spencer Michels report on NASA's evolution in the past decade, Ray Suarez talks to former NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin about his pivotal role in the space agency's history.
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| Nov. 21, 2001
Anthrax Threat: Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, Director of the CDC
An interview with Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, director of the Centers for Disease Control, after an elderly Connecticut woman died from inhalation anthrax.
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| Nov. 1, 2001
Mayor Anthony Williams of Washington, D.C.
Mayor Anthony Williams of Washington, D.C. discusses the city's response to terrorism and anthrax health threats.
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| OCTOBER
Oct. 31, 2001
Newsmaker: Dr. Anthony Fauci
The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health discusses the medical community's response to the anthrax threat.
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| Oct. 30, 2001
Anthrax Threat
Health officials focus on two people with anthrax who do not routinely work with the mail. Gwen Ifill and Susan Dentzer track the latest anthrax developments.
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| Oct. 25, 2001
Anthrax Threat
The chief postal inspector discusses the safety of mail in the United States, and anthrax investigations at post office's in Washington, D.C. and Trenton, New Jersey.
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| Oct. 24, 2001
Background: Stimulating Politics
After this Kwame Holman report on the debate over a House plan to stimulate the economy, Gwen Ifill discusses the stimulation plan with two senior members of the Tax-Writing Ways and Means Committee.
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| Oct. 24, 2001
Stimulating Politics
Gwen Ifill discusses the House's stimulation plan with two senior members of the Tax-Writing Ways and Means Committee: Jim McCrery (R-La.) and Robert Matsui (D-Calif.).
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| Oct. 24, 2001
Background: The Anthrax Threat
A report on the official reaction to the threat of anthrax in the nation's mail system.
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| Oct. 22, 2001
Latest Developments: Anthrax
Kwame Holman has the latest on the anthrax story, after two Washington, D.C. postal workers died from anthrax-like symptoms.
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| Oct. 18, 2001
Homeland Defense
Kwame Holman looks at bioterrorism and the activities of the Office of Homeland Defense and Security, including excerpts from Tom Ridge's first briefing earlier.
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| Oct. 2, 2001
Background: Boosting the Economy
Paul Solman talks to bankers and businessmen about the immediate and long-term effects of the Fed's latest cut.
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| Oct. 2, 2001
Economic Stimulus
Jim Lehrer and guests debate the effectiveness of interest rate cuts and government stimulus packages on the flagging economy and consumer confidence.
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| SEPTEMBER
Sept. 18, 2001
Recovery Efforts
The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Joe Allbaugh, talks about the latest recovery efforts in New York City.
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| Sept. 4, 2001
Budget Battle
Congress returns from summer recess to tackle spending bills, and, some say, to spar with the president over his budget policies.
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| AUGUST
Aug. 28, 2001
Dwindling Dollars: The Shrinking Surplus
A report from the Congressional Budget Office says the government will need to use $9 billion from the Social Security surplus to cover expenses for the year ending Sept.30.
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| Aug. 23, 2001
Examining Welfare Reform
Four experts discuss whether recent reforms to the welfare system are working.
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| Aug. 22, 2001
Keys to the Social Security Lockbox
Paul Solman investigates the social security lockbox and the brewing political debate over social security funds.
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| Aug. 21, 2001
Shrinking Surplus
Gwen Ifill discusses the shrinking budget surplus with White House Budget Director Mitch Daniels and Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.).
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| Aug. 21, 2001
Another Rate Cut
The Federal Reserve lowers interest rates for the seventh time this year. Ray Suarez discusses the decision with Susan Phillips, dean of the George Washington University School of Business and Public Management; and Ron Blackwell, economist and director of corporate affairs at the AFL-CIO.
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| Aug. 16, 2001
Newsmaker: Donald Rumsfeld
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld returns from Moscow to discuss the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty as well as his review of the U.S. military.
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| Aug. 14, 2001
The Latest U.S. Census: Portrait of America
Examining some of the surprising numbers from the latest U.S. census.
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| Aug. 10, 2001
Sec. Tommy Thompson
Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson discusses the president's decision to fund some stem cell research.
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| Aug. 9, 2001
FCC Chairman Powell
Media correspondent Terence Smith discusses the future of telecommunications with FCC Chairman Michael Powell.
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| JULY
July 30, 2001
Directing the FBI
A look at how the role of the FBI director has changed over time.
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| July 30, 2001
New Director?
Kwame Holman covers the Senate confimation hearings for the nominated FBI director, Robert Mueller.
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| July 24, 2001
Rethinking Social Security
Experts discuss a presidential commission's draft report that warns of financial trouble for Social Security by 2016.
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| July 18, 2001
Troubled Legacy
Gwen Ifill reports on new criticism of the FBI after computers and guns are discovered to be missing.
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| July 12, 2001
Background: Medicare Coverage
After this background report by Susan Dentzer, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson discusses discount prescription drugs for Medicare recipients.
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| July 12, 2001
Sec. Tommy Thompson
Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson discusses discount prescription drugs for Medicare recipients.
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| July 12, 2001
Shrinking Surplus
Kwame Holman details Thursday's hearing on the shrinking projections for this year's budget surplus.
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| July 6, 2001
Spy Fallout
Former FBI Agent Robert Hanssen pleads guilty in federal court to selling secrets to the former Soviet Union and Russia.
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| July 5, 2001
New Director?
Pres. Bush nominates federal prosecutor and Justice Dept. veteran Robert Mueller to head the FBI.
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| JUNE
June 27, 2001
Economic Injection
Analysis of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's decision to cut U.S. interest rates.
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| June 20, 2001
Chicago Public Housing
Elizabeth Brackett reports from Chicago, where public housing has taken on a whole new look.
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| June 18, 2001
Wholesale Electricity Price Limits
After a background report, Curt Hebert, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, discusses the commission's vote on wholesale electricity price limits.
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| MAY
May 28, 2001
Feeling the Tax Cut
Clint Stretch, the Director of tax policy at Deloitte and Touche, explains what the tax cut will mean for most Americans.
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| May 28, 2001
Behind the Census Numbers
A closer look at what the 2000 Census numbers tell us about demographic and social trends in America.
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| May 25, 2001
Talking Taxes
Kwame Holman gives an update on President Bush's embattled tax cut plan.
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| May 25, 2001
Donald Rumsfeld
The Secretary of Defense discusses military strategy, the president's defense initiatives and the coming power shift in the Senate.
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| May 22, 2001
The Tax Cut Debate
Kwame Holman reports on the the Senate debate of a $1.3 trillion tax cut.
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| May 16, 2001
FBI Under Fire
FBI Director Louis Freeh acknowledges the FBI withheld thousands of documents during the trial of Timothy McVeigh.
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| May 15, 2001
Debating Tax Cuts
A Senate committee Tuesday considered details of a $1.35 trillion tax cut. Kwame Holman reports from Capitol Hill.
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| May 11, 2001
Political Wrap with Shields and Gigot
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Wall Street Journal columnist Paul Gigot discuss the budget debate and the week in politics.
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| May 10, 2001
FDA Approves New Cancer Drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a promising new oral medication in the fight against cancer.
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| May 9, 2001
Update: Budget Battle
Kwame Holman reports on Wednesday's House confirmation of the 2002 compromise budget.
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| May 7, 2001
Forest Protections
A ban on new roads in federal forests has drawn opposition from state and local officials, as well as the logging industry. Following a background report, Margaret Warner speaks with the governor of Idaho and a former Clinton administration official.
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| May 4, 2001
The Budget Battle
Kwame Holman reports on the budget debate on Capitol Hill.
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| May 4, 2001
Political Wrap with Mark Shields and Paul Gigot
Mark Shields and Paul Gigot discuss the budget and the week's other political issues.
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| May 3, 2001
The Numbers Game: Compromise Budget Package
House and Senate leaders called for a final vote on a compromise budget package Thursday. Kwame Holman reports from Capitol Hill.
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| May 3, 2001
Postal Problems
Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting investigates the troubled U.S. Postal Service.
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| May 2, 2001
President Bush's Commission for Social Security Reform
President Bush introduces his new commission for Social Security reform.
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| APRIL
April 27, 2001
Barriers to Food Stamps
Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Radio examines barriers to receiving food stamps.
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| April 19, 2001
Pushing the Envelope: PBS Content in Idaho
Terence Smith reports from Idaho, where the state legislature wants greater control over controversial content aired on PBS.
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| April 18, 2001
Down it Goes: Interest Rate Cut
The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate citing concerns over corporate profits and consumer confidence. Jim Lehrer speaks with two economists on the Fed's action.
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| April 17, 2001
Christine Todd Whitman: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency discusses the Bush administration's latest environmental policy moves.
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| April 16, 2001
Tax Day
Gwen Ifill talks with Amy Gutmann of Princeton University; Walter Williams of George Mason University, Rev. Robert Sirico, head of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, and Benjamin Barber of Rutgers University about the philosophy of paying taxes.
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| April 9, 2001
Background: Detailing the Budget
A background report on the details of the budget submitted by President Bush.
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| April 9, 2001
Budget Details
Four experts discuss the details of the budget submitted by President Bush.
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| April 6, 2001
Budget Battle Concludes
Kwame Holman reports on the conclusion of the Senate budget debate.
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| April 5, 2001
Budget Battle: David Brooks and Tom Oliphant
David Brooks of The Weekly Standard and Tom Oliphant of The Boston Globe discuss the Senate wrangling over the size of the tax cut.
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| April 5, 2001
Update: Budget Battle
Kwame Holman reports on the latest in the Senate's debate over President Bush's budget and tax cut plan
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| MARCH
March 27, 2001
Booster Shot
Will President Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut plan boost the slowing economy? Gwen Ifill discusses the issue with four economists.
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| March 20, 2001
Fed Lowers Rates
The Federal Reserve lowered short-term interest rates by one-half point today. Margaret Warner talks with financial consultant Henry Kaufman, economist Maureen Allyn of Zurich Scudder Investments, and investment strategist Mary Farrell of PaineWebber.
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| March 20, 2001
Rate Cut in Perspective
The NewsHour's historians take a look at the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut.
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| March 16, 2001
Hispanic Americans
Census results counted more than 35 million Hispanics living in the U.S. How will their population influence culture in America?
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| March 9, 2001
Having Their Say
Kwame Holman looks at the economics of tax cuts, bankruptcy, ergonomics of the workplace, and how President Bush relates to Congress.
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| March 8, 2001
Tax Fight
The House today passed a key component of President Bush's tax $1.6 trillion tax cut. Four Senators discuss the prospects for passage in the upper house.
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| March 5, 2001
Breaking the Cycle: Welfare Reform in Minnesota
Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television looks at Minnesota's approach to welfare reform.
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| March 2, 2001
Number Crunch: Forecasting the Budget Surplus
Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston reports on the delicate business of forecasting the budget surplus.
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| March 1, 2001
Taxing Debate
Kwame Holman reports from Capitol Hill on the progress of President Bush's tax cut plan.
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| March 1, 2001
Census Controversy
Margaret Warner explores the continuing controversy of sampling when determining the 2000 U.S. census numbers.
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| FEBRUARY
Feb. 28, 2001
Background: Selling the Budget
After this background report by Kwame Holman, Margaret Warner talks with Mitch Daniels, director of the Office of Management and Budget. Then, Ray Suarez gets the Democratic perspective from North Dakota's Sen. Kent Conrad, ranking member of the budget committee about President Bush's proposed budget.
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| Feb. 28, 2001
Selling the Budget: Senator Kent Conrad
Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota gives the Democratic perspective of President Bush's 2002 budget proposal.
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| Feb. 28, 2001
Selling the Budget: Mitch Daniels
Mitch Daniels, head of the Office of Management and Budget, outlines President Bush's 2002 budget proposal.
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| Feb. 28, 2001
The Denver Group
Elizabeth Farnsworth talks with a group of voters in Denver about the President's budget plans and his speech last night.
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| Feb. 27, 2001
Shields and Gigot
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Wall Street Journal columnist Paul Gigot discuss tax cuts and look ahead to tonight's speech by President Bush to a joint session of Congress.
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| Feb. 27, 2001
Tax Cut Politics
Kwame Holman reports from Capitol Hill on President Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut plan.
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| Feb. 26, 2001
Tax Cuts: Jack Kemp
Tax cuts are a top priority for the Bush administration. In the second in a series of conversations about tax-related issues, Ray Suarez talks with former Housing and Urban Development secretary and Republican vice-presidential candidate Jack Kemp.
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| Feb. 23, 2001
Tax Cuts: Robert Rubin
Tax cuts are a top priority for the Bush administration. In the first of a series of conversations about tax-related issues, Margaret Warner talks with former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin.
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| Feb. 8, 2001
Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill
The Secretary of the Treasury discusses the economic slowdown and plans for a tax cut.
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| Feb. 5, 2001
Background: President Bush's Tax Cut Plan
A background report on President Bush's tax plan.
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| Feb. 5, 2001
President Bush's Tax Cut Plan
Four economics writers discuss President Bush's tax plan.
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| Feb. 2, 2001
President Bush's Plan for Prescription Drug Coverage
President Bush sends a plan to Congress that would provide low-income seniors with prescription drug coverage.
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| Feb. 2, 2001
Covering the Pharmacy
An aging population and the explosion of new drugs puts a greater burden on pharmacies everywhere. Ted Robbins of KUAT, Tucson, reports.
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| JANUARY
Jan. 26, 2001
Food Scare
Elizabeth Farnsworth talks with Murray Lumpkin of the Food and Drug Administration, Paul Brown of the National Institutes of Health, and consumer advocate Peter Lurie of Public Citizen about the safety of domestic beef.
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| Jan. 18, 2001
Confirmation: Gale Norton
Interior Secretary nominee Gale Norton faces opposition from environmental groups.
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| Jan. 17, 2001
Other Confirmation Hearings
Spencer Michels reports on hearings Wednesday for two other Cabinet nominees: Paul O'Neill for Secretary of the Treasury, and Christine Whitman for the Environmental Protection Agency.
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| Jan. 12, 2001
William Kennard
Outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard discusses the AOL-Time Warner merger.
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| Jan. 11, 2001
Diets Evaluated
Ray Suarez talks with Dr. Eileen Kennedy, undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about a new study of diet techniques.
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| Jan. 5, 2001
Exit Interview: Bruce Babbitt
Gwen Ifill talks with outgoing Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, who supports President Clinton's latest efforts to prohibit development on public lands.
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| Jan. 3, 2001
Surprise Move by the Federal Reserve
Economists discuss the Federal Reserve's surprise decision to cut a key interest rate by half a percentage point.
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| Jan. 2, 2001
New Faces: Bush's Cabinet
President-elect Bush's picks three to head the Transportation, Labor and Energy departments.
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GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
