Politics Jan 22 In both parties, 2016 front-runners go on the attack As voting draws near, Republican front-runners Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz escalated their rivalry by questioning one another’s conservative credentials, while the GOP establishment railed against both. Meanwhile, Democrat Hillary Clinton went after Sen. Bernie Sanders over Obamacare, and…
Politics Jan 22 Brooks and Marcus on GOP backlash to Trump and Cruz, Clinton-Sanders practicality debate New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including a new divide opening up between American conservatives over the popularity and electability of Donald Trump and Sen. Ted…
World Jan 22 Inside the fight to save the bananas we know (and love) A deadly fungus, known as Panama disease, is decimating banana plantations around the world and threatens to wipe out the most common species, the Cavendish banana. Scientists in Honduras are working to create a resistant banana before the disease hits…
Arts Jan 21 A human guinea pig explains why you should experiment in life Journalist and author A.J. Jacobs has been called a "human guinea pig," a title he earned.
Nation Jan 21 The NFL's newest coach, a game-changing hire for women The Buffalo Bills announced Wednesday that they have hired the first full-time female coach in NFL history. Kathryn Smith is the team’s new special teams quality control coach, and comes to the job with 13 years of NFL experience with…
World Jan 21 What the Litvinenko assassination accusation means for the Kremlin A British investigation is pointing the finger at the Russian state and President Vladimir Putin for the 2006 assassination of a former spy and defector. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Steven Lee Myers of The New York Times and Michael McFaul,…
World Jan 21 Russian security service blamed for defector's high-profile death The findings of a British inquiry into the demise of former Russian spy and high-profile defector Alexander Litvinenko were released Thursday, concluding that Litvinenko’s 2006 death by polonium poisoning was the result of a Russian government operation, likely personally approved…
Politics Jan 21 Rand Paul shares his secret to winning Iowa With a two-week countdown to the first voting in Iowa, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., joins Gwen Ifill to discuss which special group of voters he’s working to win over, breaking through the Donald Trump media domination, plus…
Economy Jan 21 Hotbeds of genius and innovation depend on these key ingredients What kind of environment spawns genius? That’s the question Eric Weiner tackles in his latest book, “The Geography of Genius,” in which Weiner journeys around the world and through time, from Plato’s Athens to Leonardo da Vinci’s Florence, to find…
Health Jan 21 Why these anti-smoking TV ads are working Five years ago, the Centers for Disease Control launched the first federal education campaign against smoking. Today the government says it has helped 400,000 smokers quit for good. In a series of TV ads called "Tips From Former Smokers," Americans…