Jun 19 Fragile Cease-fire Between Israel and Hamas Takes Effect By PBS News Hour The truce between Israel and Hamas took effect on Thursday, with both sides halting fighting in the Gaza Strip. But even as it begun, the truce between the two warring sides is said to already be in jeopardy. Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch Poetry Program Gives Prisoners Unexpected Voice For more than 30 years, poet and professor Richard Shelton has traveled to a high security prison in Arizona to run a program that encourages prisoners to write and read poetry. Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch Young Brazilian Musicians Try to Go Global Linguistic, political and economic barriers stand between Brazil's most popular acts and global recognition. NewsHour special correspondent Simon Marks caps a series of reports from Brazil by looking at the music scene. Continue watching
Jun 05 World Leaders Pledge to Ease Food Crisis After Political Squabbling By PBS News Hour World leaders at a United Nations food summit pledged Thursday to reduce trade barriers and boost agricultural production to combat the food crisis that is spreading hunger and violent unrest across the globe. Continue reading
Jun 02 Education Issues Weigh on Tribal Voters in South Dakota, Montana By PBS News Hour With sizeable populations in the last two states to vote in the Democratic primary, Native American voters have emerged as a highly sought-after voting bloc ahead of Tuesday's voting in Montana and South Dakota. Continue reading
May 30 Watch Growing Internet Use in China Reflects Changing Society Last month, China passed the United States in the number of people online. The growing Internet use has given the Chinese a chance to see how the rest of the world views them, and is helping shape the attitudes of… Continue watching
May 30 Watch Extended Interview: Magazine Editor Hung Huang While reporting in China in May, Margaret Warner spoke to Hung Huang, CEO of China Interactive Media Group and editor of the lifestyle magazine iLook, about the state of media freedom in China today. Continue watching
May 30 Watch Extended Interview: Former Ambassador Wu Jianmin While reporting in China in May, Margaret Warner spoke with Wu Jianmin, China's former ambassador to France, now professor at China Foreign Affairs University, about the state of freedom in his country today. He begins by talking about the gap… Continue watching
May 30 Watch Extended Interview: Google China President Kai-Fu Lee As part of a reporting trip to China in May, Margaret Warner spoke with Kai-Fu Lee, a Chinese-American who's president of Google China, about the gap in perceptions that exists between Chinese and Americans. Continue watching
May 27 Watch Achebe Discusses Africa 50 Years After ‘Things Fall Apart’ A half century after Chinua Achebe penned 'Things Fall Apart', Jeffrey Brown discusses Africa's ongoing story with the famed author. Continue watching