Nov 28 Watch Essayist Reflects on the Act of Taking a Life NewsHour Essayist Richard Rodriguez talks about suicide and the public and private faces of this act. Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch Composer Steve Reich Discusses His Work Steve Reich, a pioneer in tape music and American minimalism, has established himself as one of the "first generation" composers of our time. Jeffrey Brown interviews Reich about his work. Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch Holocaust Museum Exhibit Spotlights Suffering in Darfur Photographs of Darfur are being projected on the exterior walls of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., in an attempt to spotlight the plight of people in that region of Sudan. Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch Thanksgiving About Gathering of Traditions, Essayist Says Throughout the years, the Thanksgiving Day meal has evolved along with time and location. An essayist discusses the blending of traditions during this holiday and the meaning for her family. Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Illicit Drug Trade Fuels Afghan Economy Officials say the drug trade in Afghanistan threatens efforts to create a strong central government and rebuild the country's economy, in a year when production of the poppy crop increased by 59 percent. ITN correspondent Alex Thomson reports on the… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Novelist Richard Ford Discusses Latest Work, ‘The Lay of the Land’ Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Ford's latest work, "The Lay of the Land," deals with protagonist Frank Bascombe as he prepares himself for a Thanksgiving family dinner after the 2000 election. Jeffrey Brown discusses the novel with the author. Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch Thousands Attend Groundbreaking for MLK Memorial Thousands of people, including dignitaries and civil rights leaders, gathered Monday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to mark the groundbreaking of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial. Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch Essayist Reflects on Breaking Out of Boxes in Society Gender, race and nationality are identities that we are born into, but essayist Clarence Page reflects on our self-imposed boxes and what happens when we try to break out of them. Continue watching
Nov 08 Court Hears Arguments on ‘Partial-birth’ Abortion Ban By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments on the federal late-term abortion ban, the first major abortion issue before a more conservative court now that Samuel Alito has replaced retired justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Continue reading
Nov 06 Robert Wrigley Reads Election Day Poem ‘Partisan’ Robert Wrigley, Professor of English at the University of Idaho, casts his vote in the county fair building in a peaceful corner of rural Idaho, but that has not enabled him to escape the anger or passion of partisanship. Continue reading