Nation Jul 19 Turmoil in Libya: Five Months On It's been over five months since the Arab Spring first swept into Libya, shaking Colonel Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year grip on power and spawning a deadly civil war that has killed up to 15, 000 people, according the U.N. Human Rights…
Nation May 13 Jim Lehrer: The Video Highlights Jim Lehrer announced this week that he's stepping back from daily anchor and co-anchor duties on the PBS NewsHour - so we decided to take a look back at some highlights from his 52 years in journalism and his…
World Mar 17 Photographer Reflects on ‘Epic’ Libya Battles, Revolution in the Arab World // Photographer John Moore is no stranger to combat. As a member of an Associated Press team in 2005, he shared a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for coverage of the war in Iraq and he's done extended…
Arts Feb 09 Drawing and Hustling in Washington, D.C. Nikita Z. Murray sees dollar signs -- not faces -- when he sits down to draw a portrait. It's a Friday afternoon in Arlington, Va., and Murray is working the shopping mall food court.
Politics Jul 28 Arizona Dispatch: A Trip to the Border NOGALES, Ariz. | To everyone here, the border represents something different: a barrier to a better life, a reminder of harder times, childhood, a separation of family, access to cheaper goods, a gateway for the drug trade, security from…
Politics Jun 30 Video Vault: O’Connor, Thomas and Bork in the Confirmation Hot Seat As the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan continue, it remains to be seen what issues and moments will define the proceedings. On Tuesday, Kagan declined to comment on legal questions that "might some day come before the…
Politics Jun 25 Bork’s Lasting Impact on the Modern Supreme Court Confirmation Process With the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan set to begin, the Rundown turned to the NewsHour's regular high court analyst, Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal, for some historical perspective on the confirmation process…
Politics Jun 16 President Obama’s Response to Oil Disaster: Video Timeline Since the Gulf oil spill disaster began in April, President Obama's rhetoric has evolved as the crisis has grown - and as the administration faced calls for a stronger federal response. Watch a highlight reel of key moments in…
Nation Apr 30 Witness to the End, Photographer Reflects on Vietnam Thirty-five years ago, White House photographer David Hume Kennerly knew he was on the verge of capturing a historic moment. President Gerald Ford had convened an emergency meeting of the National Security Council in the Roosevelt Room and was poised…
Politics Mar 26 As With FDR, Supreme Court Could Be Obstacle to Obama’s Agenda Even as Congress puts the finishing touches on a sweeping overhaul to the nation's health care system, another hurdle may be looming for President Obama's signature domestic issue: The Supreme Court. So far, 14 state attorneys general have filed a…