Nov 14 Spitzer Drops Immigrant Driver’s License Plan By Admin, PBS News Hour New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday he was abandoning a bid to issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants amid strong opposition to the plan. The controversial proposal stirred national debate over U.S. immigration policies. Continue reading
Nov 13 Study: Income Gap Grows Between Black, White Families By PBS News Hour Black children born to middle-class parents in the 1960s are far more likely than whites to have slipped down the socioeconomic ladder into poverty, according to a study published Tuesday. Continue reading
Nov 06 Mukasey Nomination Advances to Full Senate Vote By PBS News Hour The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted 11-8 in favor of Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey, sending his nomination to the Senate floor and virtually ensuring his confirmation. Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch Plan to Provide Illegal Immigrants with Driver’s Licenses Stirs Debate Recent proposals to allow illegal immigrants to apply for driver's licenses and auto insurance have added a new layer to the debate over immigration rights in America and surfaced as an issue on the presidential campaign trail. Experts examine the… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch Poet Reflects on Family and a Trip to the World Series Poet Karen Zaborowski Duffy has been a high school English teacher for 20 years. She's been a Philadelphia Phillies fan for even longer. Although her beloved team is not in this year's World Series, she shares a poem about being… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch Seattle Poetry Publisher Finds Method to Adapt to Changing Cultural Times Copper Canyon Press, a Seattle area poetry publishing firm, started out as a small enterprise where employees bound books by hand and sold them out of their cars. Today, government and foundation grants allow the press to bring lesser-known poetry… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Welcomes First Maestra Marin Alsop was recently appointed to conduct the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as the first woman head of a major American orchaestra, as traditionally defined by budget size and other factors. Jeffrey Brown profiles Alsop's work in music. Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch British Author Lessing Wins Nobel Prize for Literature British author Doris Lessing was named winner of the Nobel Prize for literature on Thursday. A George Washington University literature professor discusses Lessing's contributions to her craft. Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch Album Reveals Behind-Scenes Activities at Auschwitz Camp In January 2007, a photo album arrived at the Holocaust Museum that gave an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the Auschwitz complex where more than 1 million people were killed. The pictures show the everyday lives of the guards and their… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch Foreign Policy Analysts Debate Iraq at UVA Top foreign policy analysts debated the war in Iraq on Thursday night. Margaret Warner moderated the Iraq debate at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. Continue watching