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Supreme Court Tackles Debate Over Affirmative Action

By Admin, PBS News Hour

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in two highly anticipated University of Michigan affirmative action cases that may prove to be the most important civil rights debate before the high court in decades.

Anti-War Protests Continue With Large Crowds in N.Y.

Demonstrators took to the streets in cities across the United States Saturday to protest the war in Iraq, with over 100,000 people marching against the war in New York City.

Supreme Court Rules for Protesters in Civil Disobedience Case

By Admin

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that anti-abortion activists did not break federal racketeering and extortion laws in their protests outside abortion clinics, ending an injunction that barred the groups from interfering in clinic business.

Supreme Court Sides With Inmate’s Claims of Jury Racial Bias

By Admin

The Supreme Court sided Tuesday with an African American inmate on Texas' death row who claimed that prosecutors used racial practices to stack the jury in his capital murder trial with whites.

Africa in Transition

Journalist Lynne Duke reflects on her work and life while based in African nations in turmoil and transition.

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War Poets in World War I

Arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown reports on an unusual exhibition in Great Britain that looks back at the poetry written by soldiers in World War I.

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Book Conversation: James “Scotty” Reston

Terence Smith talks to John Stacks, author of "Scotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American Journalism," about James "Scotty" Reston, the late New York Times columnist.

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World Mourns Loss of Space Shuttle Crew

Family members and communities around the world mourned the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia's crew of seven on Monday as the investigation into what caused the spacecraft to disintegrate and fall to earth continued.