Mar 21 Watch Poet Responds to Lists of Americans Killed in Iraq Poet and Vietnam veteran Wyatt Prunty responds in verse to the NewsHour's broadcast of photos of American soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue watching
Mar 20 Supreme Court Rejects Cigarette Award Case By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court on Monday decided not to review a $50 million punitive damage award that lower courts in California enforced upon cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris USA. Continue reading
Mar 15 U.N. Approves Human Rights Council Against U.S. Wishes By PBS News Hour Members of the U.N. General Assembly ignored U.S. opposition and voted overwhelmingly to establish a Human Rights Council. Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch California Prisons Wary of Desegregation Plan After the Supreme Court ruled penal desegregation unconstitutional, California is slowly implementing a plan to integrate its racially segregated prisons. Continue watching
Mar 14 Cowboy Poets Gather to Share Works By newshourpoetry Cowboy poets gather at the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nev., to share stories in verse by and about the women and men who still live the western life of rodeos and ranching. Continue reading
Mar 14 Cowboy Poets Gather to Share Works By newshourpoetry Cowboy poets gather at the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nevada to share stories in verse by and about the women and men who still live the western life of rodeos and ranching. Continue reading
Mar 14 Virginia Bennett Gathers With Other Cowboy Poets to Celebrate Life on the Range By newshourpoetry Cowboy poets gather at the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nevada to share stories in verse by and about the women and men who still live the western life of rodeos and ranching. Continue reading
Mar 14 Virginia Bennett By newshourpoetry Poet Virginia Bennett reads some of her poems. Continue reading