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
Feb 18 Watch ‘Breathing Space’ Ray Suarez speaks with Heidi Neumark about her book, "Breathing Space: A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx." Neumark is the pastor of the Transfiguration Lutheran Church in the South Bronx, where the congregation is a mixture of Hispanics and… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch Mordicai Gerstein Jeffrey Brown speaks with longtime writer and illustrator of children's books, Mordicai Gerstein, who won the 2004 Caldecott Medal for "The Man Who Walked Between the Towers," a book about the French aerialist Philippe Petit, who strode a tightrope between… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch New Battleground Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming considers the grocery workers strike in Southern California. Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch Fab Four + 40 Essayist Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune looks back at the English invasion of the Beatles, 40 years after the Fab Four came to America. Continue watching
Feb 04 Massachusetts High Court Decision Clears Path for Gay Marriages By PBS News Hour In a major victory for Massachusetts' gay citizens, the state's supreme court declared Wednesday that same-sex couples are constitutionally entitled to full marriage rights, beyond the scope of rights civil unions allow. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch Dawn’s Early Light Essayist Richard Rodriguez reflects on how the influx of Mexican and Central American workers is changing the way Americans think of themselves. Continue watching
Jan 26 Supreme Court to Review Execution of Juvenile Killers By Admin The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider the constitutionality of imposing the death penalty on those who were under 18 when they committed their crimes. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch Jazz Master Nancy Wilson Jazz Vocalist Nancy Wilson talks about her career, her inspirations and the music industry today. Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch Citizen King On Martin Luther King's birthday, a documentary on PBS's "American Experience" looks at the last five years of his life. An excerpt is posted here. Continue watching