Apr 30 The Defense of Marriage Act By PBS News Hour The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is a federal law designed to give states the right to refuse recognition of a same-sex marriage approved by another state. It also defines marriage as a union between a man and woman for… Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch Essay: Connecting the Dots Essayist Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune looks for some dots to connect. Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch Essay: Military Families Guest essayist Frank Schaeffer, whose latest book is "Faith of Our Sons: A Father's Wartime Diary" offers some thoughts about those who send troops to war. Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Essay: Matters of Fact Essayist Roger Rosenblatt considers truth and movie-making. Continue watching
Apr 14 South Africans Go to Polls; Land Redistribution Key Issue Some 20 million South African voters went to the polls Wednesday for the country's third parliamentary election since the end of the brutal white-dominated apartheid rule in 1994. Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch Black Market Movies Hollywood is preparing a new offensive against pirates, but not the ones on the big screen. Jeffrey Kaye reports on recent film-industry initiatives to stamp out counterfeit copies of the major studio motion pictures. Continue watching
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