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…
Politics Oct 03 Obama calls on Boehner: 'End this shutdown right now' EmbedVideo(7615); President Barack Obama warned Americans that the economy will suffer if a "reckless Republican shutdown" continues. At a construction company in Rockville, Md., Thursday, the president held his first press event outside the White House that focused…
Nation Oct 02 Judy Woodruff featured in new 'Women Rule' series PBS NewsHour has long known women rule. After all, our co-anchors and our executive producer are all women. Still, it's nice to see others recognizing the sentiment. POLITICO, in partnership with Google and The Tory Burch Foundation, recently began a…
Nation Oct 02 The role of men in a 'Wonder Women' world In a web exclusive interview, Jeffrey Brown talks to Debora L. Spar, who explains why women and men must invite each other to have conversations about uncomfortable subjects in order to improve workplace relations between the sexes. From professor at…