Aug 04 Missouri Bans, While Washington Affirms Gay Marriages Missouri voters Tuesday widely approved a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, while in Washington state, a judge ruled Wednesday that same-sex couples may marry because prohibiting them would violate their constitutional rights. Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch Tough Talk: Bill Cosby Comedian Bill Cosby created controversy recently with pointed public criticism of parenting practices in certain African-American communities. Ray Suarez discusses Cosby's controversial comments with Dr. Alvin Poussaint, a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, a writer for the… Continue watching
Jul 14 Stem Cell Basics By PBS News Hour Some have declared the research to be morally repugnant. Others have said scientists have been wildly optimistic in their promises of how treatments may help patients. Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch Essay: Hating Clarence Page argues the mere act of judgment is regarded as hatred in modern-day street lingo. Page then asks, if anyone who offers a critique of another now can be called full-blown hater, is there any language left to identify… Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch War and Words: Winston Churchill Correspondent Jeffrey Brown explores the words of Winston Churchill at a new Library of Congress exhibition. Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch Musical Mission: Esa-Pekka Salonen Esa-Pekka Salonen, the young conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is trying to inject classical music with a fresh and exciting edge. Jeffrey Brown profiles the innovative music man and his efforts in Los Angeles. Continue watching
Jun 29 U.S. Warns 1 Million May Die in Darfur Without Immediate Aid Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Sudan Tuesday, hoping to pressure the Khartoum government to assist the delivery of aid to the war-torn Darfur region where U.S. officials worry 1 million people may die this year. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch Essay: Overexposed Essayist Roger Rosenblatt reflects on the release of photographs of inmate abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad and says that seeing is not always the only element in believing. Continue watching
Jun 22 Wal-Mart Sex Discrimination Suit Can Proceed, Judge Says A lawsuit charging Wal-Mart with sex discrimination will move forward, a federal judge decided Tuesday, making it the largest private civil rights case in U.S. history. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch Rembrandt’s Journey Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston reports on a major Rembrandt exhibition. Continue watching