Jul 25 Despite Skeptics, Feinberg Enthusiastic to Put $20B Oil Disaster Fund to Work BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. | At 7 a.m. Saturday, Kenneth Feinberg stood in front of a standing-room only crowd at the municipal building in Bayou La Batre, Ala., and told people "I am your lawyer." He didn't get… Continue reading
Jul 23 Shields and Brooks on ‘Inception’ of Tea Party Caucus, Michael Steele, Movies By Hari Sreenivasan In another color-coordinated edition of the “extra-extra, read-all-about-it” segment we do with Mark Shields and David Brooks on The Rundown, the columnists weigh in on what the new Tea Party Caucus could mean for Republicans. Our duo also… Continue reading
Jul 23 Conversation: Lisa Cholodenko, Director of ‘The Kids Are All Right’ By Molly Finnegan At the center of the new film "The Kids Are All Right" is a loving, average family: two kids and two parents. In fact, two moms, Jules and Nic, played by Julianne Moore and Annette Bening. When their older daughter… Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch ‘Globish’ Author Explains How English Has Taken Root Worldwide "Globish" Author Robert McCrum explains to Ray Suarez why the English language went global and how it has become the first worldwide language. Continue watching
Jul 22 Exclusive | Axelrod: Administration, Media Did Sherrod a ‘Great Disservice’ By Judy Woodruff _pap_embed_custom('news01s41b7qf06',482,304,""); President Obama spoke by phone Thursday with fired U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, expressing regret for her firing and hoping she will accept the offer of a new position at the agency. The call helped… Continue reading
Jul 22 Oil and Arguments in the Gulf New Orleans fishing guide Ryan Lambert (Photo: Joanne Elgart Jennings) There is a charm about New Orleans; a feeling and a culture that is unique. But in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and now the big oil spill, there… Continue reading
Jul 22 Tonight on the NewsHour: The Legal Battle Over Arizona’s Immigration Law Crowds gathered Thursday outside a federal courthouse in Phoenix as lawyers for the Department of Justice ask U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton to stop Arizona's controversial new immigration law from going into effect on July 29. The law makes… Continue reading
Jul 22 A Tough Road Ahead for Detroit, Other Industrial Metropolises By Dante Chinni Detroit skyline. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images DETROIT | It's long been said that when the U.S. economy gets a cold, this city, with its reliance on the auto industry, gets pneumonia. The last few years have raised the… Continue reading