Politics Jan 27 Ahead of Big Speech, A Look at How Obama’s Approval Rating Is Faring President Obama's overall approval rating has slipped over the first year of his presidency. However, on the cusp of his first State of the Union address, it's his fellow Democrats who probably need to worry more about how voters view…
World Jan 27 Shelter, Help for Amputees Among Pressing Challenges in Haiti Ray Suarez is reporting from Haiti for the NewsHour. The Rundown blog caught up with him between stories to get his thoughts on what he is seeing as the country struggles with the rebuilding process. Watch Ray’s Tuesday report…
Politics Jan 25 State of the Union: Submit Your Reactions to the President’s Address // The NewsHour offered special live coverage of President Obama's State of the Union address at 9pm ET on Jan. 27, including the analysis of Mark Shields and David Brooks. We're also trying a few new things online to add…
World Jan 25 Chavez’s Controversial Moves to Jumpstart Economy In recent weeks President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has devalued the currency, which in turn has spurred a rush on shopping for imported goods because retailers will inevitably raise prices. In response, the government has shut down or taken over…
Nation Jan 22 How Much Media Is Too Much Media for Kids? _pap_embed_custom('news01s395aqd89',482,304,""); Seven hours and 38 minutes -- that's how long the average young person spends either online, watching TV or otherwise consuming media in a typical day, according to a study released this week from the Kaiser Familiy Foundation.
Politics Jan 21 Farnsworth Honored for ‘The Judge and The General’ Tonight, NewsHour alumna Elizabeth Farnsworth will be honored with one of this year's prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for her work as co-director/producer of "The Judge and the General" -- a documentary on the judge who indicted Augusto…
Politics Jan 20 Is Unemployment in Massachusetts to Blame for Coakley’s Loss? _pap_embed_custom('news01s392cqd89',482,304,""); As the GOP's Scott Brown prepares to head to Washington after his victory in the Massachusetts Senate race, Dante Chinni of the Patchwork Nation project stopped by the Rundown Wednesday to discuss the issues driving the unexpected…
World Jan 18 Salvation Army Disaster Chief: ‘Not One More Day Without Food’ For an update on earthquake relief distribution and the security situation in Haiti, we checked back this afternoon with Bob Poff, an emergency relief coordinator with the Salvation Army in Port-au-Prince. "There's definitely a sense of anxiousness as there's unrest…
World Jan 15 Journalist: Anger, But No Violence Seen in Haiti We caught up again Friday with freelance journalist Ansel Herz, a radio reporter who has been living in Haiti for the last four months. He addressed various reports of violence increasing in the streets of Haiti. "I've seen no weapons…
World Jan 14 NPR Reporter: Relatively Minor Injuries Proving Fatal for Quake Victims NPR correspondent Carrie Kahn called us late this afternoon from Haiti, where she has been covering treatment of quake victims and the frantic search for survivors in the hills around Port-au-Prince. She described American doctors' saying their patients…