Politics Oct 24 Obama makes renewed push for ‘common sense’ immigration reform EmbedVideo(7799); From the White House, President Barack Obama delivered a mid-morning speech Thursday calling on Congress to pass "common sense immigration reform." The president's remarks outlined various ways why the comprehensive immigration reform would be beneficial…
Politics Oct 24 Ifill and Woodruff rep the NewsHour on ‘The Colbert Report’ .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }The Colbert ReportGet…
Nation Oct 23 Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff to appear on ‘The Colbert Report’ Tonight! "The Colbert Report" Wednesday evening features our own Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff as they join host Stephen Colbert to discuss their roles as PBS NewsHour's first female co-anchor team. Tip of the hat to…
Politics Oct 21 President Obama addresses glitches with Healthcare.gov // As we reported in the Morning Line: President Barack Obama will address glitches with the online health insurance marketplace on Monday, fresh off a weeks-long battle over government funding and raising the debt limit that saw congressional Republicans…
Politics Oct 12 Will Congress allow a government default? The debt ceiling deadline is growing closer and there is still no sign of a deal in Washington. Will Congress allow a government default? EmbedVideo(7702); Hari Sreenivasan talks to Meredith Shiner from Roll Call about the major…
Education Oct 11 Malala says assassination threats can’t weaken her cause EmbedVideo(7682); Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani schoolgirl, became well-known in 2009 when she wrote a series of published diary articles about the right to education, especially for girls. Last October, in the Swat Valley region of Pakistan, a Taliban…
World Oct 11 Malala says Nobel Peace Prize committee made the ‘right decision’ .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Sixteen-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai,…
Nation Oct 09 #healthcare Obama administration: You'll have to get coverage by Valentine's Day to avoid penalties for being uninsured: http://t.co/89f3hw8uO0 — The Associated Press (@AP) October 9, 2013…
Nation Oct 07 Supreme Court steps back into business with record-low approval ratings Image courtesy of Pew Research. SCOTUS returns to the bench today to record-low favorability ratings. According to analysis by Pew, only 48 percent of Americans had a favorable view of the court, while 38 percent had an unfavorable…
Poetry Oct 07 Poet Lorna Goodison reads ‘To Make Various Sorts of Black’ Painting by Lorna Goodison, from the private collection of Dan Kelly, photographed by Hugh Wright For a long time, poet Lorna Goodison thought her creative talents would lead to a profession in the visual arts. But "one day the painting…