Sep 22 Readers Respond on the Question of Poverty in the U.S. My blog post last week raised questions about whether most journalists understand what life is like for the tens of millions of Americans who are living in poverty. It provoked quite a few comments. I had started thinking… Continue reading
Sep 22 The Daily Frame An ink and wash illustration shows defense attorney Caleb Sidney Carlton, left, and defense witness Carolyn Bryant during the trial of her husband, Roy Bryant, and J.W. Milam in the Tallahatchie County courthouse in Sumner, Miss., on Sept. 22, 1955. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch Denzel Washington on Dropouts: ‘Most Dangerous Time’ for Kids Right After School Denzel Washington on High School Dropouts, At-Risk Youth… Continue watching
Sep 21 Easy As Pie: Inequality In Downloadable Charts EmbedVideo(1266, 482, 304); Editor's Note: We've been looking at inequality quite a bit lately. In the piece 'Land of the Free, Home of the Poor,' we used a trio of pie charts broken down into five quintiles… Continue reading
Sep 21 ‘Last Train Home’ Goes on Long Journey With Chinese Migrant Workers By Saskia de Melker This week on the NewsHour, "Last Train Home," a documentary that looks at the annual migration of millions of factory workers for the Chinese New Year, will be airing as part of our partnership with The Economist Film Project. Jeffrey… Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch ‘Give Smart’ Offers New Look at Charitable Giving 'Give Smart' Offers New Look at Charitable Giving… Continue watching
Sep 21 Authors Explore How to ‘Give Smart’ to Charities When Every Dollar Counts Even in a sluggish economy, Americans still give away billions of dollars to charitable causes. With this in mind, Judy Woodruff spoke with the authors of a new book aimed at making charitable giving more effective. Titled "Give… Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch Live at 2 p.m. ET: Google CEO Testifies in Senate Antitrust Hearing The Google logo at company headquarters; Photo by Robert Galbraith-Pool/Getty Images Google CEO Eric Schmidt is set to testify Wednesday afternoon before a Senate subcommittee that will ask him whether the Internet giant is unfairly hurting competitors by boosting… Continue reading
Sep 21 The Daily Frame An art installation entitled "REDDRESS" by South Korean artist Aamu Song sprawls across the floor at London's York Hall. Photo credit: Carl Court/ AFP/ Getty Images. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch ‘Heart of a Soldier’ Opera Chronicles Heroism, Love Amid Tragedy of 9/11 Rick Rescorla saved lives during the Vietnam War, and again on 9/11, but he lost his life as a result. His story, told in the book "Heart of a Soldier" by James Stewart, has been recast as an opera in… Continue watching