Sep 30 Watch Mexico's Violent Drug War Wreaks Havoc on Innocent Lives Just south of the U.S. in Mexico, a ruthless drug war is taking a heavy toll on residents' lives on both sides of the border. Essayist Richard Rodriguez reflects on the increasingly unmanageable conflict. Continue watching
Sep 26 Congress Passes Mental Health Parity Legislation By PBS News Hour After slogging through Congress for nearly a decade, legislation on the fair treatment of mental health conditions reached a critical milestone this week when it cleared both houses of Congress. Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch Amy Tan, San Francisco Opera Take Novel From Page to Stage Spencer Michels reports on how best-selling author Amy Tan's darkest family secrets from China became the focal points for a world-premiere opera in San Francisco. Continue watching
Sep 16 Tribe Divided Over Providing Water to Illegal Migrants Crossing Indian Land By PBS News Hour On Aug. 31, Tohono O'odham tribal members Mike Wilson and David Garcia were ordered by tribal official Veronica Harvey to take down water stations for migrants passing through Tohono O'odham reservation on the Arizona-Mexico border. Continue reading
Aug 26 Health Insurance Rates Rise, Poverty Unchanged in 2007 By PBS News Hour The number of people without health insurance in the United States fell last year for the first time since the beginning of the Bush administration, according to a report released by the Census Bureau Tuesday on poverty, income and health… Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch Something Old, Somthing New in California Weddings California's State Supreme Court decreed same-sex marriage legal in May and thousands of gay couples have headed to the altar this summer. Essayist Anne Taylor Flemming reflects on the old and the new in this wave of nuptials. Continue watching
Aug 22 Environmental Movement Finds New Supporters Among Evangelicals By PBS News Hour With gas prices and global warming playing an ever-increasing role in the national discourse, some evangelical churches have begun to focus their faith in a new direction -- on environmentalism. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch 'Bang on a Can' Showcases Inventive Classical Music For the past several years, classical music composers have gathered to share their more eclectic scores at the "Bang on a Can" festival in North Adams, Mass. Jeffrey Brown explores the origins of the event. Continue watching
Aug 15 Native Americans Walk to D.C. for Political Boost By PBS News Hour A recent five-month, 8,300-mile journey across 26 states gave Native Americans a chance to voice the concerns of tribes across the country -- and to launch a coordinated movement to intensify the community's presence on Washington's political radar. Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch Author Takes a New Look at America's Old History By tracing the paths of European settlers in the 16th century, Tony Horwitz tells the history of America's colonization of the new world during an oft-forgotten century. Ray Suarez discusses Horwitz's new book, "A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the… Continue watching