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
Oct 31 Watch Essayist Shares Spooky Tales for Halloween NewsHour Guest Essayist Julia Keller shares some graveyard tales for Halloween. Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch Essayist Reflects on Burgeoning U.S. Population After it Passes 300 Million The U.S. population recently hit 300 million and is still growing. Guest essayist Nancy Gibbs of Time Magazine reflects on the changing landscape of the U.S. Continue watching
Oct 25 New Jersey High Court Clears Path for Gay Marriages By PBS News Hour The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that homosexuals are entitled to the same rights as heterosexuals, but left it up to the state legislature to legalize same-sex unions. Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch Essayist Reflects on America's Coffee Fixation The National Coffee Association found in 2000 that 54 per cent of the adult population of the United States drinks coffee daily and that among coffee drinkers the average consumption is 3.1 cups of coffee per day. Essayist Julia Keller… Continue watching