Sep 09 Growing Up in a 9/11 World For young people who have grown up in the shadow of the 9/11 attacks and an economic crisis, there's no shortage of questions about the future. Continue reading
Sep 09 Conversation: ‘Rebirth’ Tells Stories of Healing After Attacks By Molly Finnegan From 2002 to 2009, director Jim Whitaker and a film crew chronicled the lives of five people who were directly impacted by the attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11 for a new documentary, "Rebirth."… Continue reading
Sep 09 San Francisco Opera Sets 9/11 to Music The San Francisco Opera is presenting "Heart of a Soldier," based on James B. Stewart's book about 9/11 hero, Rick Rescorla. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch Conversation: ‘Rebirth’ Director Jim Whitaker A conversation with Jim Whitaker about the new documentary, 'Rebirth.'… Continue watching
Sep 09 Job Seekers React to President Obama’s Speech President Obama addresses a joint session of Congress Thursday to preview his jobs plan. A day after President Obama's big jobs speech, we checked back in with a group of unemployed Chicago-area workers to get their reaction… Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch Join a Live Chat about the New Documentary ‘The Learning’ For more information go to www.pbs.org/newshour… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch ‘The Submission’ Imagines 9/11 Memorial With an Alternate History What if a jury selected a design for the new 9/11 memorial and then discovered that its architect was a Muslim? A new novel, "The Submission," by Amy Waldman, explores that imagined scenario. Jeffrey Brown and the author discuss her… Continue watching
Sep 08 What Job Seekers Are Hoping to Hear in Obama’s Jobs Speech When President Obama outlines his jobs plan Thursday evening before a joint session of Congress, many of America's unemployed will be listening for specifics that will help them out of the unemployment line and into a… Continue reading
Sep 08 Preview of ‘America Remembers 9/11’: Reading by Poets Billy Collins, Nancy Mercado By Tom LeGro For our "America Remembers 9/11" special program, we invited two poets -- Billy Collins and Nancy Mercado -- to each read a poem to mark the anniversary. Continue reading
Sep 08 Joel Meyerowitz Documented Ground Zero ‘Aftermath’ Photographer Joel Meyerowitz spent months at Ground Zero, amassing roughly 8,000 images of the destruction and the heroic recovery efforts. Continue reading