PBS NewsHour: Social Issues Archive | 2011

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	2011 DECEMBER Dec. 30, 2011 Why Are Fewer Americans Getting Married? Fewer Americans are tying the knot nowadays, according to a new Pew Research report that showed 51 percent of the adult population is married, compared to 1960 when 72 percent of the country was. Ray Suarez discusses the changing demographics of marriage in the United States with Stephanie Coontz of Evergreen State College.

	Dec. 16, 2011 More With David Margolick, Author of 'Elizabeth and Hazel' On Thursday's NewsHour, Ray Suarez spoke with David Margolick about his new book, "Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock." The book tells the story of how an iconic civil rights era photograph changed the lives of Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan. Watch an extended interview, as well as Margolick reading from the book.

	Dec. 15, 2011 Woodruff: Why are Marriage Rates in Sharp Decline? Some remarkable things have been happening to the institution of marriage in the U.S. -- and far fewer people are jumping into it. Among young people aged 18 to 24, for example, only 9 percent were married in 2010, plummeting from 45 percent 50 years ago.

	Dec. 5, 2011 After String of Disasters, Aid Organizations Struggle to Meet Demands Private aid organizations are struggling to maintain their funding levels for relief efforts in the wake of multiple crises around the world. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the trend as part of the Under-Told Stories project.



	NOVEMBER Nov. 28, 2011 Occupy DC's 'Roving Kabaret' Occupy DC recently hosted a "Roving Kabaret" ("K" as in K Street, which is where the organization has set up tents) that toured places around Washington, D.C., with historical significance to workers' rights movements. At each spot, organizers explained its place in history and various theatrical troupes and musicians performed.

	Nov. 23, 2011 Economic Inequality and the New Mommy Divide A majority of first-time working mothers are now receiving paid maternity leave -- a first since the government started tracking the data in the early 1980s -- according to a new study by the U.S. Census Bureau. They're also much likelier to work longer into their pregnancy and return to work sooner than their mothers did.

	Nov. 17, 2011 Who's Happier: Conservatives or Liberals? Just a quick note on a story we're working on about the link between one's political beliefs, attitudes towards inequality, and personal happiness.

	Nov. 15, 2011 Occupy Demonstrations Under Pressure Around the Nation What began as the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York nearly two months ago has now spread to cities across the United States. Here is a roundup of some of the most recent developments in the movement, as reported by our public media partners around the country.

	Nov. 14, 2011 Police, Occupy Protesters Clash in Portland, Order Oakland Cleared Police arrested more than 50 Occupy protesters in Portland while clearing out an encampment in two of the city's parks Sunday afternoon. In Oakland, Calif. police have warned protesters that they must leave a plaza where they have camped out, the fourth such order in that city.

	Nov. 10, 2011 'We Still Live Here' Details Effort to Restore Wampanoag Language The film "We Still Live Here," tells the story of the return of the Wampanoag Indian language, the first time a language with no native speakers has been revived in this country. It's part of our series, in partnership with The Economist magazine, showcasing the art of filmmaking.

	Nov. 10, 2011 'We Still Live Here' Traces Comeback of Wampanoag Indian Language On Thursday's NewsHour, we'll feature an excerpt of "We Still Live Here," which tells the story of the return of the Wampanoag Indian language, the first time a language with no native speakers has been revived in this country. It's part of our series, in partnership with The Economist magazine, showcasing the art of filmmaking.

	Nov. 7, 2011 Poverty's Changing Profile in the U.S. The hard economic times of the last few years have been felt widely, but not uniformly. A new report shows that in recent years poverty grew more in suburban counties than in the dense heart of urban centers. Should these trends continue, they would change our understanding of what poverty looks like in the United States.

	Nov. 3, 2011 Census: 1 in 15 Americans Among the Poorest of the Poor New Census data out Thursday show that one in 15 Americans now lives in extreme poverty and earns less than half of the official poverty line. Jeffrey Brown discusses the spread of poverty and the implications for families and communities with Elizabeth Kneebone of the Brookings Institution.

	Nov. 3, 2011 'Crime After Crime' Follows Complex Story of Imprisoned Battered Woman On Thursday's NewsHour, we will feature an excerpt of the film "Crime After Crime", which traces the legal battle to free Deborah Peagler from a California prison 20 years after she was connected to the murder of the man who had abused her and forced her into prostitution.

	Nov. 2, 2011 Occupy Oakland: KQED Provides Live Coverage of Events Our partners at KQED News have been tracking the developments since the protests began. They are providing live updates and background information on the Bay Area Occupy movement and strike Wednesday and Thursday.



	OCTOBER Oct. 28, 2011 Ala.'s Sen. Beason on Aborigines, 'the Clip' We asked Ala. state senator Scott Beason about some comments he made which some have called racist. In one, he referred to a casino's black patrons as 'aborigines'. And earlier this year, Beason told Alabama Republicans to "empty the clip and do what has to be done," in order to address illegal immigration.

	Oct. 27, 2011 World Population Poised to Hit 7 Billion. What Challenges Lie Ahead? On Monday, a baby will be born somewhere and demographers will proclaim that the world's population has reached 7 billion. That's good news and bad news, according to a United Nations Population Fund report released Wednesday.

	Oct. 19, 2011 In Brazil's Slums, Economic Inequality Tackled With Technology Rio de Janeiro's gleaming skyline befits a world economic power, but it is not far from violent, impoverished slums. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one man's efforts to tackle Brazil's wealth inequality by providing poor people access to technology.

	Oct. 18, 2011 Frontline's 'Lost in Detention' Examines Immigration Policy Enforcement A year-long investigation by Frontline and the American University Investigative Reporting Workshop examines the current U.S. immigration enforcement system and stories of hidden abuse in detention centers.

	Oct. 17, 2011 Occupy Wall Street Movement Expands to International Cities Following weeks of protests in New York and other cities in the United States, demonstrators took to the streets in locations around the world in similarly fashioned protests over the weekend, resulting in hundreds of arrests.

	Oct. 14, 2011 Delivering Healthy Eats to Nashville Neighborhoods Nashville Mobile Market is a social enterprise venture that aims to increase access to healthy foods in Nashville communities. These communities have been identified as food deserts, given a prevalence of fast food restaurants, liquor stores and convenience stores but a lack of stores that provide healthy, fresh grocery options.

	Oct. 11, 2011 'Women, War & Peace' Highlights Changing Females' Roles in Global Conflicts "Women, War & Peace," a new five-part series co-produced by WNET New York, explores the changing role of women in conflicts around the world. This excerpt tells the story of an Army Female Engagement Team that reaches out to women in rural parts of Afghanistan.

	Oct. 11, 2011 Ex-French Resistance Fighter Hessel: 'It Is Good for Us to Feel Outrage' Stephane Hessel, a 94-year-old former French resistance fighter, is urging young people to take to the streets and show their outrage. Ray Suarez and Hessel discuss his book, "Time For Outrage," which is also titled "Indignez-Vous!" in French.

	Oct. 7, 2011 3 Women 'at Forefront of Peace for Years' Honored With Nobel Prize The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to three women who have fought for peace and women's rights. Margret Warner discusses the achievements of the three winners with the Institute for Policy Studies' Emira Woods and Vital Voices' Malini Patel.

	Oct. 7, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Honors 3 Women for Gender Equality, Peace Advocacy The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to three women from the Middle East and Africa who have fought for peace and women's rights. Margret Warner reports on the winners: Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and peace activist Leymah Gbowee plus Tawakkul Karman of Yemen.

	Oct. 5, 2011 A Day with the Occupiers of Wall Street We spent yesterday at the Occupy Wall St. site in lower Manhattan, a stone's throw from ground zero. For those of us old enough to remember such gatherings in the so-called Sixties ('64-'74), the similarities were striking: spontaneity, solidarity, earnestness, and, of course, dissatisfaction with the status quo.

	Oct. 3, 2011 New GlobalPost Series 'The Rainbow Struggle' Highlights Gay Rights Fight Kevin Grant, GlobalPost's deputy editor of special reports, speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about a series of in-depth reports that launches Monday highlighting developments and incidents of violence in the fight for gay rights around the world.

	Oct. 3, 2011 Occupy Wall Street Protests Spread Over 700 people were arrested for traffic violations on the Brooklyn Bridge during an "Occupy Wall Street" march Saturday, Oct. 1. The protests began Sept. 17 in New York City and have spread to several other cities, including Los Angeles and Boston.



	SEPTEMBER Sept. 28, 2011 Novelist Banks Explores Sex Crime Outcasts' Social, Psychological Issues In the novel "Lost Memory of Skin," author Russell Banks delves into deep issues of American life rarely raised or seen by most people. Jeffrey Brown and Banks discuss the book that explores a fictional group of convicted sex offenders.

	Sept. 26, 2011 New Book Explores How Millennials Shape American Life, Culture The new book, "Millennial Momentum: How a New Generation Is Remaking America," explores how young people coming of age are reshaping American life and culture. Judy Woodruff speaks with authors Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais.

	Sept. 23, 2011 African-American Trailblazers Visit Schools to Energize, Inspire Students The HistoryMakers organization has sent 450 African-American trailblazers and leaders into high schools around the country this week to encourage students to get their diplomas and aim for college.

	Sept. 22, 2011 Single, Jobless and Living at Home: Will Economy Create a 'Lost Generation'? In record numbers, 20-somethings are delaying big moves like marriage and home ownership -- and opting instead to live at home with their parents. But there was some good news: health insurances rates have gone up.

	Sept. 22, 2011 Girl Effect: Helping Poor Girls Makes Economic Sense Girl Effect is an initiative of the Nike Foundation, that focuses on intercepting girls in poverty at a crucial inflection and development point -- age 12 -- and providing them with the resources to break the cycle of poverty.

	Sept. 22, 2011 Readers Respond on the Question of Poverty in the U.S. My blog post last week raised questions about whether most journalists understand what life is like for the tens of millions of Americans who are living in poverty -- and provoked quite a few comments.

	Sept. 22, 2011 Young Entrepreneur Changes Lives One Story at a Time Vanderbilt University student and entreprenuer Trevor is the co-founder and CEO of Teach Twice, a social venture that educates children and their communities through stories and the exchange of culture.

	Sept. 21, 2011 Denzel Washington on Dropouts: 'Most Dangerous Time' for Kids Right After School In the first installment of an 18-month series on the nation's high school dropout rate, Gwen Ifill sits down with Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington to discuss his work as national spokesman for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and making a difference in the lives of at-risk youth.

	Sept. 21, 2011 Authors Explore How to 'Give Smart' to Charities When Every Dollar Counts Even in a sluggish economy, Americans still give away billions of dollars to charitable causes.

	Sept. 12, 2011 For Russian Performers, Trapeze Skills May Be Ticket to Landing U.S. Residency An obscure piece of immigration law targets uniquely talented individuals who want to live in the United States. University of California, Berkeley students Lauren Rosenfeld and Caroline Bins explore how it could help some Russian performers in Las Vegas gain permanent residency thanks to their rope and trapeze talents.

	Sept. 9, 2011 Growing Up in a 9/11 World For young people who have grown up in the shadow of the 9/11 attacks and an economic crisis, there's no shortage of questions about the future.



	AUGUST Aug. 31, 2011 Marijuana Farming Is Lucrative Business in California, but Who's Profiting? Last year, local and federal authorities seized some 7 million illegally grown marijuana plants in California. The Center for Investigative Reporting and KQED investigate who and what are behind the spike in the state's lucrative marijuana-farming business.

	Aug. 30, 2011 '30 Mosques' Explores Where Muslim Americans Fit in Modern Society Earlier this month, two Muslim Americans embarked on a 12,000-mile Ramadan road trip across the United States to explore the relevance of Islam a decade after the Sept. 11 attacks.

	Aug. 29, 2011 Census Data Reveals New Geography of Marriage for Americans A new wave of U.S. Census Bureau data reveals some interesting trends in marriage and divorce rates by region. Ray Suarez discusses what data tell us about the institution of marriage with David Blankenhorn of the Institute for American Values and Elaine Tyler May of the University of Minnesota.

	Aug. 26, 2011 InvisiblePeople.tv Aims to Empower Homeless Through Social Media After losing his job as a TV executive, Mark Horvath wound up as a drug addict living on the streets of Hollywood. He rebuilt his life and he's now on a mission to help homeless people find their voice and communicate their needs through the power of free social media tools. He discussed his projects with Hari Sreenivasan.

	Aug. 26, 2011 Remembering and Reimagining August 28, 1963 Somewhere in that sea of optimistic humanity on August 28, 1963 was my father, who had boarded a bus with a group of other African-American preachers to be there for what came to be known as the "I Have A Dream" speech.

	Aug. 25, 2011 In 'Old People Driving,' Handing Over the Keys Means the End of the Road In "Old People Driving," filmmaker Shaleece Haas examines how aging Americans can balance safety and independence as the ranks of drivers 85 and older surpasses 3 million. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films aired in partnership between The Economist and the NewsHour.

	Aug. 25, 2011 Unveiling the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial The new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was scheduled to be dedicated on Aug. 28 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., but Hurricane Irene has delayed the ceremonies.

	Aug. 24, 2011 For Great Sioux Nation, Black Hills Can't Be Bought for $1.3 Billion Nine Sioux tribes have been locked in a land dispute since 1877, when the government broke a treaty setting aside the Black Hills as part of their reservation. However, there is a chance that the Great Sioux Nation's long struggle to regain its land might reach a conclusion after years of standoff.

	Aug. 24, 2011 Battle for the Black Hills Members of the Great Sioux Nation in South Dakota are refusing $1.3 billion in federal funds, held in trust after parts of the resource-rich Black Hills were taken from them in 1877. Now, tribal leaders are fighting to reclaim some of the lost land.

	Aug. 24, 2011 Why the Sioux Are Refusing $1.3 Billion Members of the Great Sioux Nation could pocket a large sum set aside by the government for taking the resource-rich Black Hills away from the tribes in 1877. But leaders say the sacred land was never, and still isn't, for sale.

	Aug. 18, 2011 America Remembers 9/11: Your Answers on What's Changed in 10 Years As the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks draws closer, The PBS NewsHour and our public media colleagues have been seeking out your views on what's changed in the United States over the past decade.

	Aug. 17, 2011 Woodruff: The Income Gap, Right Under Our Noses Knowing the PBS NewsHour was planning a series of reports on income inequality in America, launched with economics correspondent Paul Solman's excellent report on Tuesday, my ears have been attuned lately to news about the growing gap in the United States between rich and poor.

	Aug. 10, 2011 Mobile Slaughterhouse Helps Wash. State Farmers Meet Demand for Local Food With the popularity of local food on the rise, Washington state farmer Cheryl Ouellette raises pigs to meet the demand. However, small farmers often can't process their own meat. A mobile slaughterhouse program brings a USDA-licensed facility to farms to benefit farmers, animals and "locavores." Sabrina Register of KCTS reports.



	JULY July 26, 2011 From Ball and Chain to Cap and Gown: Getting a B.A. Behind Bars What college is tougher to get into than Harvard, Princeton or Yale? Bard College. Not the campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., but the one behind bars in five Empire State prisons. The privately funded Bard Prison Initiative is putting convicts through a rigorous B.A. program that would challenge even the smartest Ivy Leaguers.

	July 25, 2011 Changing the World: One Idea at a Time Meet the top winners in the "Technology 4 a Better World" campaign by Ashoka's Youth Venture, a global organization supporting youth social entrepreneurs, and electronic retailer, Best Buy.

	July 15, 2011 Is Flogging a Better Option Than Prison? A new book by Peter Moskos is as provocative in name as in substance. "In Defense of Flogging" is just that: a spirited, albeit reluctant defense of the punishment already employed in Singapore and Malaysia. We're about to interview Professor Moskos here on Making Sen$e. What questions would you like me to ask him?

	July 14, 2011 Frustration, Deadlock Dominate Talks on Lifting Debt Ceiling If the threat of a credit rating downgrade from Moody's Investors Service and a warning of possible "financial calamity" from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke doesn't bring congressional leaders and President Obama closer to an agreement, what will?

	July 12, 2011 Clock Is Ticking on Debt Ceiling Agreement After yet another meeting at the White House Monday, the bipartisan group of congressional leaders charged with hammering out a deal with President Obama agreed to meet again on Tuesday.

	July 4, 2011 Report: Female Journalists Facing More Risks, Intimidation Abroad A new report sheds light on sexual attacks on journalist working overseas. Margaret Warner discusses the findings with Lauren Wolfe of the Committee to Protect Journalists.



	JUNE June 29, 2011 The Socio-Economic Significance of Food Deserts What difference does living in a food desert make? Is it simply a matter of inconvenience? If food deserts only mean that people need to walk farther or rely on public transportation in order to buy healthy foods like fruits and vegetables, is that so bad? In a word, yes.

	June 25, 2011 New York Governor Signs Same-Sex Marriage Bill Into Law; Supporters Rejoice Celebrations erupted in the streets of New York on Friday, after a late night vote in the state legislature sent a same-sex marriage bill to Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign into law.

	June 22, 2011 Students in 'Dropout Factory' Schools Explore Why Kids Quit Nationally, about 70 percent of U.S. students graduate on time with a regular diploma, according to data compiled by Education Week. For Hispanic and African American students, the proportion drops to about 50 percent.

	June 21, 2011 Slide Show: The World's Biggest Refugee Hot Zones More than 80 percent of the world's 15.4 million refugees are hosted in some of the world's poorest countries, according to new 2010 data released this week by the U.N. High Commission on Refugees.

	June 17, 2011 'Unlikely Brothers' Chronicles Forging of a Unique Bond for 2 Men Siblings don't always have to share a mother or a father to forge a lasting bond. Human rights activist John Prendergast and "little brother" Michael Mattocks speak with Gwen Ifill about the highs and lows of their unlikely "brotherhood" and their new book.

	June 17, 2011 Could Saudi Women's Driving Protest Usher in Social Reforms? Videos posted on YouTube Friday showed several Saudi Arabian women driving in Riyadh and other cities -- a direct violation of a religious ban that prohibits women to drive a car or obtain a drivers license. Judy Woodruff discusses the protests' impact with blogger Hala Al-Dosari and Arab Reform Bulletin Editor Michele Dunne.

	June 17, 2011 Saudi Women Take the Wheel to Protest Religious Ban on Driving Some Saudi Arabian women coordinated through social media to get behind the wheel Friday in protest of a religious ban on them driving legally. Judy Woodruff reports on the women who risked arrest to fight for new rights.

	June 15, 2011 KaBOOM! Celebrates 15 Years of Promoting Play The Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization KaBOOM! is working to put play back on society's priority list.

	June 10, 2011 New Alabama Immigration Law Tougher Than Arizona's SB-1070 Measure With the stroke of a pen, Alabama's Gov. Robert Bentley signed into law this week a bill described on all sides of the immigration debate as the toughest enforcement measure in the country to date.

	June 7, 2011 To Combat Human Rights Abuses, California Company Looks to Computer Code Spencer Michels reports on a California nonprofit using high-tech tools to document patterns of brutality and combat human rights abuses across the globe.

	June 7, 2011 30 Years of HIV/AIDS: Progress, but No Answer This week marks 30 years that the HIV virus has been with us.

	June 6, 2011 AIDS at 30: In Early Years, Uncertainty Fueled Fear and Confusion When AIDS began sweeping through communities in the early 1980s, little was known about the disease -- except its deadly cost.

	June 6, 2011 The Key To a Successful Life? The Dunedin study, which followed 1000+ babies born at one New Zealand hospital between 1972-73, recently released a paper with the finding that self-control was also linked to financial health. We went to Duke University last week to interview the study's associate director, Terri Moffitt, about the findings.

	June 3, 2011 Excerpt: Kevorkian on First Assisted Suicide in 1990 In this excerpt from a June 1990 NewsHour interview, Kevorkian explains and defends his actions in his first assisted suicide case, which involved Janet Adkins, a Portland woman with Alzheimer's disease.



	MAY May 16, 2011 Activists Look Back on 50th Anniversary of Freedom Rides Helen Singleton and Joan Mulholland, both participants in the Freedom Rides of 50 years ago, sat down with Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how they became involved in the movement.

	May 10, 2011 Obama Makes Immigration Reform Pitch in El Paso President Obama traveled to El Paso, Texas, Tuesday to renew his call for reforming immigration law, praising the work his administration has done in securing the border with Mexico and touting citizenship opportunities for some illegal immigrants already in the country.

	May 10, 2011 In New Film, Director of 'Hoop Dreams' Confronts Chicago's Violence The new documentary, "The Interrupters," by director Steve James follows three individuals who try to protect their Chicago communities from the kind of violence they themselves were once complicit in.

	May 5, 2011 In Calif. Town, Prison May Fix One Employment Problem, But Create Another The small California farm town of Mendota is struggling to diversify its economy, which revolves around seasonal agricultural work that creates times of very high unemployment. University of California, Berkeley student Alissa Figueroa reports on one solution that could also create a big problem for farms and their workers.



	APRIL April 28, 2011 For President Obama, 'Birther' Issue Is a Teachable Moment For years now, conspiracy theorists have stoked false rumors about President Obama's place of birth. On Wednesday, the president called their bluff, and in doing so, attempted to shift the country's focus back to more serious issues.

	April 7, 2011 NAACP Report Says Shift in Funding Toward Prisons 'Failing Us' A new report from the NAACP shows states are devoting increasingly larger portions of their budgets to prisons, while education gets smaller and smaller portions. Judy Woodruff discusses the report with NAACP President Benjamin Jealous and Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.

	April 5, 2011 A Young Vet and His Dog In this web exclusive video, we profile 26 year old Chris Goehner, who deployed twice to Iraq. He's one of the 18 1/2 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan vets who have suffered from PTSD or major depression since coming home. Today, Goehner's PTSD is under control thanks to a Labrador-Retriever mix service dog named Pele.



	MARCH March 30, 2011 Tea Party Poses a Dilemma for Boehner in Budget Battle As the clock ticks once again toward the government shutdown deadline - April 8 - the NewsHour asked Todd Zwillich, Washington correspondent for the Takeaway radio program from Public Radio International and WNYC, to explain the influence of the Tea Party-inspired Republican freshman in the House of Representatives.

	March 25, 2011 To Combat Human Rights Abuses, California Company Looks to Computer Code Spencer Michels reports on a California nonprofit using high-tech tools to document patterns of brutality and combat human rights abuses across the globe.

	March 18, 2011 Photographer Documents Wisconsin's Disappearing Taverns as a 'Cultural Identity' Jo Garrett of Wisconsin Public Television reports on tavern culture, a rapidly disappearing hallmark of Midwestern community identity that one photographer has set out to document.

	March 9, 2011 Laura Bush, Melinda Gates, CARE President on Women's Issues, U.S. Foreign Aid In recognition of International Women's Day this week, Judy Woodruff speaks with former first lady Laura Bush, Melinda Gates of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and CARE President Helene Gayle about issues facing girls and women around the world, and how programs to address those issues fit into the U.S. foreign aid picture.

	March 8, 2011 Slide Show: Women Show Solidarity at Events Around the Globe Women came together on March 8 to express a message of solidarity on International Women's Day by dancing in Iraq, protesting in Ivory Coast and dressing as men in Lebanon.

	March 8, 2011 The Congo and Beyond: Join a Live Chat on Empowering Women Join Hari Sreenivasan Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET for an online panel discussion, hosted by the PBS NewsHour and Independent Television Service (ITVS), about violence against women in the Congo and beyond.

	March 8, 2011 International Women's Day 2011 Dancing in Iraq, protests in Ivory Coast, women dressed as men in Lebanon and a fashion show in China are some of the ways women are expressing a message of solidarity on International Women's Day, March 8. This year's theme is "decent work for women."

	March 7, 2011 'Jail, No Bail' Idea Stymied Cities' Profiting From Civil Rights Protesters Fifty years ago, the "Jail, No Bail" strategy became a new tactic in the fight for civil rights. Watch an excerpt from a documentary produced by South Carolina ETV documenting the key moment in civil rights history.

	March 7, 2011 World Week Ahead: Libya's Revolt; Women's Issues; Guatemala Series Violence from nations as disparate as Libya and Guatemala will dominate the international week ahead for the NewsHour.

	March 7, 2011 Women's Rights Advocate Fights Impunity of Gender Crimes in Guatemala Norma Cruz heads Fundacion Sobrevivientes (the Survivors' Foundation) in Guatemala City. The foundation works to help victims of gender violence and pushes for prosecution of the crimes.



	FEBRUARY Feb. 24, 2011 President Obama's Views on Same-sex Marriage Are Evolving The news out of President Obama's Justice Department that the administration will no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court should come as no big surprise. Mr. Obama has long been publicly committed to legislatively repealing the 1996 law.

	Feb. 10, 2011 Census Data Start to Show Katrina's Long-Term Impact on New Orleans Long before last year's Census, it was clear that New Orleans was a changed city. A drive past the vacant homes in the Lower Ninth Ward five-plus years after Hurricane Katrina makes that clear. But the scope of the change is only becoming apparent now as the 2010 data begin to trickle out.

	Feb. 8, 2011 Republicans Rekindle Abortion Debate on Capitol Hill Throughout the 2010 midterm election cycle, one of the most familiar, and accurate, narratives was that social issues had played a very diminished role in the fight for control of Congress.



	JANUARY Jan. 19, 2011 China's 10 Largest Cities China's urban population has exploded in the last 20 years and more than 200 cities in China are expected to have a population of more than 1 million people by 2025.

	Jan. 17, 2011 Students Remember King's 'I Have a Dream' Speech In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., fourth graders gathered on the Lincoln Memorial's steps to commemorate his famous speech in 1963 and the nation's civil rights movement.

	Jan. 17, 2011 Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we have compiled archival videos, documentaries, commentaries, discussions and reports about his life, legacy and the Civil Rights movement.

	Jan. 12, 2011 In Arizona, Varying Views on Gun Ownership The Arizona shootings have renewed the debate over gun rights and restrictions and the easy access to weapons in some states.

	Jan. 11, 2011 For Some Young Men, a Dangerous Age for Mental Illness The shooting in Arizona has, once again, focused attention on a young man with possible mental illness who slipped through the cracks. But why is it that so many of these perpetrators are young men?

	Jan. 7, 2011 Sudanese in U.S. See Referendum Vote as New Hope for Homeland Sudan begins voting Sunday on a referendum that will decide whether the South will secede from the North. The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting has been reporting on the Sudanese diaspora in the U.S., their hopes for a new nation and the role they might play. Hear from some Sudanese in Washington, D.C.

	Jan. 3, 2011 U.S. Faces 'Explosion of Senior Citizens': Will Baby Boomers Strain Economy? In 2011 the first of 79 million Americans born between the end of World War II and the mid-1960s will turn 65, swelling the ranks of Medicare and Social Security recipients. Judy Woodruff looks at the implications with Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute and Ted Fishman, author of "Shock of Gray."

	Jan. 1, 2011 World Events of 2010 It was a year of earthquakes and volcanoes, floods and toxic spills, but 2010 also saw thwarted terrorist attacks and the joyous release of 33 miners in Chile from the Earth's rocky depths.