Dec 27 Watch Some Companies Look to Combine Business with Social Conscience NewsHour essayist Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune examines efforts within industry to conduct "fair trade" practices. Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch Program Trains Unemployed to Become Chefs Programs around the country are combatting joblessness by employing new tactics. NewsHour reports on a program in Chicago that helps train unemployed people in the culinary field. Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch National Theater Celebrates ‘365 Days/365 Plays’ Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks wrote a play a day for 365 days beginning in November 2002. In commemoration of Parks' achievement, cities and communities across the nation are performing her plays one day at a time. Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Bill and Melinda Gates Reflect on Need for Global Philanthropy Bill and Melinda Gates, whose foundation seeks to address worldwide needs in areas including health and education, describe their initiatives and decision-making process. Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch The Many Legacies of Andrew Carnegie Philanthropist and businessman Andrew Carnegie left a lasting impression on the American landscape. Correspondent Paul Solman looks at Carnegie's life, including how he made and gave away his money. Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch Communities Divided after Meat Plant Immigration Raids Residents of Greeley, Colo., like many towns affected by raids on meat plants last week that led to the arrest of more than 1,000 allegedly undocumented workers, are debating the impact of immigrants on their communities. Continue watching
Dec 15 Galway Kinnell Reads From ‘Strong Is Your Hold’ By newshourpoetry Poet Galway Kinnell reads some of his poems from his collection "Strong Is Your Hold," and discusses the connection to a work by Walt Whitman. Continue reading
Dec 15 Galway Kinnell By newshourpoetry Poet Galway Kinnell reads some of his poems. Continue reading
Dec 15 Galway Kinnell on the Pleasures of Ordinary Things By Tom LeGro Poet Galway Kinnell reads "Why Regret?" a poem from his new book about "engaging ourselves with the common acts, the ordinary things, the other creatures."… Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch Galway Kinnell on the Pleasures of Ordinary Things Poet Galway Kinnell reads "Why Regret?" a poem from his new book about "engaging ourselves with the common acts, the ordinary things, the other creatures."… Continue watching