Biography & Profiles
To The Contrary
Representative Loretta Sanchez talks with To the Contrary about sexual assault in the military. Continue
American Experience
Laugh along as comedy giant Mel Brooks shares stories about his personal life and career. 5/20/2013 Continue
To The Contrary
Some parents have complained over the updates given to the characters from the famous board game, Candy Land, saying they, along with other characters aimed at young girls, are overly sexualized. Continue
To The Contrary
First, the NAACP fights for climate justice. Then, flame retardants: the dangerous chemicals in your couch. Continue
PBS NewsHour
The order of service reflected all she believed in: faith, patriotism and duty. From Parliament to St. Paul's Cathedral, thousands gathered respectfully, including many who still vehemently dislike the Iron Lady. Independent Television News' Garry Bibbon and Jeffrey Brown report on the mourners and protesters. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Six black horses pulled the union jack-draped casket of Britain's influential and controversial former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to her funeral service Wednesday complete with military honors. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Monday's Boston Marathon bombings left three dead, and more than 150 people injured. Continue
To The Contrary
Ukranian topless feminists protest Islam. Margaret Thatcher's polarizing legacy. Count Me In focuses on female veterans building business leaders. Continue
PBS NewsHour
While Britain prepares to honor and bury former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, her death has incited mixed reactions from the British public and not everyone has been mourning. Alex Thompson of Independent Television News reports on celebratory street parties and increased downloads of a Judy Garland song. Continue
FRONTLINE
In the most recent of his critically lauded autobiographical films, Marian Marzynski explores his own wartime childhood and the experiences of other child survivors, teasing out their feelings about Poland, the Catholic Church, and the ramifications of identities forged under circumstances where survival began with the directive "never forget to lie." Continue
To The Contrary
Sexual Assault in the military is on the rise. The debate on women freezing their eggs. Behind the Headlines: International Surrogacy. PANELISTS: Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Hadley Heath, Avis Jones-DeWeever, Tara Setmayer Continue
To The Contrary
First, women in power fight being stereotyped as overly harsh. Then, a Saudi filmmaker makes history with her film, Wadjda. And, students fight sexual assault with social media. Continue
Tavis Smiley
The writer and her Oscar-winning actress-mom describe how an encounter at a summer camp many years ago transformed both their lives forever. Continue
To The Contrary
Senate Republicans and some rural-state Democrats rejected a proposal to expand background checks on gun sales. Gun control advocates and grieving families vow to continue fighting for their cause. Continue
PBS NewsHour
The order of service reflected all she believed in: faith, patriotism and duty. From Parliament to St. Paul's Cathedral, thousands gathered respectfully, including many who still vehemently dislike the Iron Lady. Independent Television News' Garry Bibbon and Jeffrey Brown report on the mourners and protesters. Continue
PBS NewsHour
The funeral of Britain's former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in London on Wednesday brought out dignitaries and protesters alike. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Pioneering comic Jonathan Winters brought his own brand of wild, improvisational stand-up to television in the 1950s, and continued to perform for nearly five decades. Winters died Thursday at the age of 87. Jeffrey Brown remembers the comedian with a look back at his career and an interview excerpt with Jim Lehrer from 1999. Continue
PBS NewsHour
The death of Margaret Thatcher, whose leadership had global ramifications, has opened up old wounds for some British citizens. For more on the controversial legacy of Britain's "Iron Lady," Gwen Ifill talks with Time magazine's assistant managing editor Rana Foroohar and John Burns, London bureau chief for The New York Times. Continue
PBS NewsHour
In 1981 Jim Lehrer and Robin MacNeil interviewed Margaret Thatcher, then prime minister, about the civil war in El Salvador. Plus Judy Woodruff talks to George Shultz and James Baker, two former secretaries of state who worked closely with Thatcher. Kim Campbell, Canada's first and only female prime minister, also weighs in. Continue
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