Apr 09 Watch Remembering the Past Two people who have survived periods of horrific genocide have teamed up to speak about their experiences in the Holocaust and Rwanda, with the hope of preventing such acts from happening again. Jeffrey Brown speaks to David Gewirtzman and Jacqueline… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch Celebrating Writers Essayist Roger Rosenblatt celebrates the spring, when the Pulitzer Prizes and Poets & Writers magazine praise the craft of writers. Rosenblatt says this recognition comes as a welcome relief in a world where "the people, practices and institutions that conspire… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch ‘The Working Poor’ Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Shipler observed some impoverished working Americans and their families for years to research his new book, "The Working Poor." Ray Suarez speaks with Shipler about his book and the interlocking problems that challenge the climb out… Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch ‘The Tale of Despereaux’ Kate DiCamillo's novel "The Tale of Despereaux" won the 2004 Newberry Medal, an award given for children's literature. Jeffrey Brown speaks with DiCamillo about her award-winning novel. Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch Essay: Having It All Essayist Roger Rosenblatt explains that nothing succeeds like excess when it comes to satisfying the appetites of television viewers for reality programs like Donald Trump's "The Apprentice."… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch Essay: Imagine That NewsHour essayist Roger Rosenblatt wonders what to make of Mars. Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch Essay: Hard to Change Essayist Roger Mudd proposes a new constitutional amendment. Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch Essay: American Family NewsHour essayist Richard Rodriguez offers some thoughts about gay marriage. Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Hollywood Forever As Americans prepare for the Oscars on Sunday, essayist Richard Rodriguez shares his thoughts about life, death, memory and Hollywood. Continue watching
Feb 24 President Bush Endorses Amendment Banning Gay Marriage By PBS News Hour President Bush announced that he is in favor of amending the U.S. Constitution to ban marriages between same-sex couples. He said he would like to see an amendment "defining and protecting marriage as a union of a man and woman,… Continue reading