Health Dec 11 Patchwork Nation: Health Care System Buckles as Tourism Slows in Ore. In Lincoln City, Ore., where the local economy remains heavily dependent on tourism, many jobs lack health insurance. And when jobs become scarce, even more find themselves struggling to find care.
Arts Dec 11 Patchwork Nation: Looking for Treasures in Lincoln City Hand blown glass floats can still be found and made on Oregon's Central Coast. Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez tests his skill at creating his own.
Arts Dec 10 School Opens Doors with Second Language Learners in Focus The New America School in Eagle County, Colo., opened three years ago to educate the area's Latino high school students.
Economy Dec 09 Patchwork Nation: A Different View on Banking in ‘Tractor Country’ Farmers in Sioux Center managed to avert much of the financial crisis by keeping a close eye on their balance sheets.
Economy Dec 08 Patchwork Nation: Small Business Maintains Local Roots in Ann Arbor Zingerman's Community of Businesses have become a local institution in Ann Arbor, Mich. And even with the success, the owners want to keep it local.
Arts Dec 07 Patchwork Nation: The ‘Cities’ of Philadelphia As part of the kick-off to a series this week on the PBS NewsHour examining the communities of Patchwork Nation, project director Dante Chinni takes viewers on a drive down Germantown Ave., revealing the many "cities" that make up Philadelphia.
Arts Dec 07 Philadelphia’s ‘Love Letter’ Murals Spark Neighborhood Revival Originally started to combat a major graffiti problem, Philadelphia's Mural Arts program has become a successful tool for urban renewal.
Nation Nov 26 Reporter’s Podcast: Britain Launches Iraq War Inquiry A British inquiry opened this week looking into the country's participation in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Paul Davies of Independent Television News describes testimony that the Bush Administration mentioned Iraq on the day of the 9/11 attacks.
Health Oct 14 Is The Health Care Debate About Reform or Obama? A look at health care reform through Patchwork Nation shows that support for reform is still below 50 percent in 10 of 12 of the project's community types. And support may be just as much about the details of the…
Politics Oct 13 Russia Rebuffs U.S. for Tougher Action on Iran During a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the threat of more sanctions against Iran would be counterproductive.