Sep 11 NewsHour goes on the road with the Poet Laureate .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } PBS NewsHour kicks off a… Continue reading
Sep 11 The NewsHour Vault: This day in history By News Desk EmbedVideo('1491', '514', '320'); Poet Billy Collins reads "The Names," his tribute to the victims of 9/11 and their family members. This video was part of the NewsHour's coverage of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Continue reading
Sep 11 Help identify faces in the crowd from 9/11 By News Desk "Time" is asking people to help identify Patrick Witty's incredible photo of onlookers just as the Twin Towers collapsed. I took this photo 12 years ago today, just as the South Tower collapsed. Help me identify the… Continue reading
Sep 11 Blind? You can get a gun permit in Iowa Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images A controversial Iowa state law prohibits denying the right to carry a gun based on physical ability, including blindness. To do otherwise, supporters claim, is illegal discrimination based on disability. Continue reading
Sep 11 Can you swim? James Bond’s submarine car Lotus Esprit auctioned for $1 million .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } The car that converted into… Continue reading
Sep 11 America’s underground adopted children trade Photo by Ben Nguyen/Flick Many parents spend years waiting to adopt a child, but some decide to give up their newest family members days after receiving them. An investigative report released Monday exposes the vast underground network of… Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch Exhibit of War Photography Pulls Between the Aesthetics and Horror of Conflict Exhibit of War Photography Pulls Between the Aesthetics and Horror of Conflict… Continue watching
Sep 10 Telling the Stories Behind the Images of ‘WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY’ By Victoria Fleischer Dmitri Baltermants, 1912-1990 Attack — Eastern Front WWII, 1941 Gelatin silver print, printed 1960 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Gift of Michael Poulos in honor of Mary Kay Poulos, 1997, © Russian Photo Association, Razumberg Emil Anasovich. Continue reading
Sep 09 From the NewsHour Vault: This Day in History .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } The NewsHour… Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch The Connection: Combating Homelessness From Bogota, Columbia to Columbia, S.C., Hari Sreenivasan reports on the drastically different ways communities are responding to homelessness within their borders. Continue watching