Nation Sep 25 Billionaires' influence on politics not just an American phenomenon Darrell West, the vice president and director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, has a new book that examines the increasing political activism of very rich donors. PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown sat down with West…
Politics Sep 25 Eric Holder to resign as U.S. attorney general U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will be stepping down from his position at the Justice Department. President Barack Obama made the announcement at a press conference at the White House on Thursday afternoon.
World Sep 24 Slain French hostage was 'full of enthusiasm' Herve Gourdel, a 55-year-old mountain guide, was abducted on Sunday as he was hiking the remote Djura Djura mountains of northern Algeria. He was killed by extremists in a video released Wednesday that YouTube quickly pulled off the Internet.
World Sep 21 Activists celebrate World Rhino Day across the globe Conservationists across the globe are marking World Rhino Day on Monday, a day focused on five species of rhino, including black, white and Sumatran rhinos.
Arts Sep 19 What's your favorite Ken Burns film? As "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History" wraps tonight on PBS, we were wondering, out of the 25 films Ken Burns has created, which would you recommend if you could only pick one?…
Education Sep 19 Should our sports heroes also be our role models? We asked students from around the country: should our sports heroes also be our heroes in real life?…
World Sep 16 Israeli military says mortar from Gaza hit Israel BREAKING: Israeli military says mortar fired from Gaza hits southern Israel, first time since war's end.— The Associated Press (@AP) September 16, 2014 According to the Associated Press, the Israeli military says mortar fired from Gaza exploded…
World Sep 13 Video purports to show beheading of British aid worker by Islamic State Islamic State militants released a video on Saturday which purports to show the beheading of British aid worker David Cawthorne Haines, the Associated Press reports.
Politics Sep 12 Bill Clinton: Putin's media control enables him to hang on to power President Bill Clinton thinks that Vladimir Putin won’t be able to deny the hit that U.S. and European sanctions will have on Russia, but his control of the media will enable him to hang on. In an interview with PBS…
Nation Sep 12 Clinton: I'm not sure that we'll ever eliminate domestic violence, but America is making headway Domestic violence affects a "staggering" number of women around the world, President Clinton said when asked about the national reaction to the Ray Rice video in an interview with PBS NewsHour on Friday. "The reaction to the Rice incident show's…