Jul 13 New U.S. AIDS Strategy Aims to Reduce New Infections by 25% The Obama administration on Tuesday released a wide-ranging domestic AIDS policy plan that aims to reduce the annual number of new HIV infections by 25 percent by 2015 and calls for more targeted efforts to slow the spread of… Continue reading
Jul 13 Political Strategists React to Polling on Immigration, Look Ahead to Midterms The latest Pew Research numbers found widespread public support not only for Arizona's controversial new immigration law, but also for comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to citizenship for those here illegally. Immigration is already shaping up to be… Continue reading
Jul 13 Capturing Tiffany's Color and Light By Tom LeGro The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is exhibiting more than 180 examples of the artist's work in an exhibit called "Tiffany: Color and Light.' The collection shows Tiffany's ability to use layering and a wide breadth of colors to create… Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch Fighting Poverty in Kenya by Selling Water Pumps to Poor Farmers Spencer Michels reports on the story of how a California man sees the chance to increase access to clean water in Kenya through the use of foot-pumps. Continue watching
Jul 12 Weekly Poem: 'The Picketwire' By Tom LeGro David Mason, who appeared on the NewsHour in April, was named Poet Laureate of Colorado earlier this month by Gov. Bill Ritter. Continue reading
Jul 09 Conversation: Director Amir Bar-Lev Tells 'The Tillman Story' in New Documentary By Molly Finnegan Army Ranger Pat Tillman died in April 2004 in Afghanistan. Initially, the Army said the former NFL star was killed by enemy fire. Five weeks later, it was revealed that Tillman died from friendly fire. Continue reading
Jul 08 Scenes From Haiti, 6 Months After the Earthquake By Talea Miller An estimated 1.5 million Haitians were displaced in January's earthquake. Six months later, the majority of that population is still living in tent settlements and the medical infrastructure is still fragile. A reporting team from the PBS NewsHour, including… Continue reading