Dec 05 Obama talks up minimum wage hike, health care law By Terence Burlij Fast food workers in 100 cities are expected to walk off the job in protest Thursday. In this file photo from April, a McDonald's worker chants during a protest for better wages in Harlem. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images President… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch Nat Geo’s female photojournalists capture and share visions of the world By PBS News Hour Nat Geo's female photojournalists capture and share visions of the world… Continue watching
Dec 04 Harvard poll shows trouble for health care, frustration with politics among millennials A new poll from the Institute of Politics at Harvard suggests that encouraging young millennials to sign up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act is no easy sell. Continue reading
Dec 04 Women of Vision: An intimate view of the world through the eyes of 11 female photographers By Arts Desk Stephanie Sinclair photographed Nujood Ali, who stunned the world in 2008 by obtaining a divorce at age ten in Yemen, striking a blow against forced marriage. Amy Toensing is a born storyteller. The photojournalist has traveled the world… Continue reading
Dec 04 Obama says income inequality is defining challenge for U.S. EmbedVideo(8161); President Barack Obama delivered remarks at the Center for American Progress on Wednesday. Video by PBS NewsHour WASHINGTON | Updated 12:40 p.m. EST -- President Barack Obama turned his focus Wednesday to the pocketbook issues that Americans… Continue reading
Dec 03 House approves 10-year extension on plastic gun ban Using a 3-D printer, a Texas man fabricated a working handgun from 15 plastic parts. Similar technological advances have renewed debate on the expiring ban against plastic firearms. Image courtesy of PBS NewsHour WASHINGTON -- With 3-D printers… Continue reading
Dec 03 Clive James on turning his ‘last time on earth’ into a writing wellspring By Ellen Rolfes Though many Americans know him through his columns for The Atlantic and the New York Review of Books, Clive James inhabits a much larger, diverse role in British culture. This man of letters is a journalist, a cultural… Continue reading
Dec 03 President to push positives of Affordable Care Act in new effort By Christina Bellantoni Seeking to move past the health care law's website woes, President Barack Obama, seen here Monday speaking about AIDS, will refocus the public's attention on broader benefits of the sweeping law. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images Consider it a sort… Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch David Hockney continues prodigious picture-making career by adopting new tech By PBS News Hour David Hockney continues prodigious picture-making career by adopting new tech… Continue watching
Dec 02 Author James McBride on Slavery, Humor and ‘Hee-Haw Chit Chat’ in ‘The Good Lord Bird’ By Arts Desk // James McBride talks to chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about interpreting the structures of slavery in his new book "The Good Lord Bird." "I had to create something that would allow people room to laugh at things they can't… Continue reading