World Mar 24 Journalist offers inside look at modern life in Iran Thomas Erdbrink, Tehran bureau chief for The New York Times, offers a rarely seen personal look at daily life in Iran, the first report in a series called Dispatch: Iran.
Arts Mar 24 Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti laments changing San Francisco Ninety-six-year-old Lawrence Ferlinghetti settled in San Francisco in the 1950s, where he opened the City Lights bookshop and publishing house. But today San Francisco is better known as a central hub of the tech boom than of countercultural creativity. Jeffrey…
World Mar 24 Afghan President Ghani: Partnership with U.S. 'revitalized' President Obama announced that the U.S. would scale back the pace of its promised troop pullout from Afghanistan, retaining current forces this year. Gwen Ifill interviews President Ashraf Ghani about thawing relations with the U.S., potential changes in how Pakistan…
Health Mar 24 The Medicaid bill that doesn't go away when you die Medicaid is thought of as free health insurance for the poor, but federal law requires that recipients pay for the costs of long-term care. And when patients die, Medicaid charges the expenses to the leftover assets in their estates, sometimes…
World Mar 24 Why was the German jet flying so low and so fast? What happened to the Germanwings Airbus that crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday? Shortly after reaching its cruising altitude, the airplane began a dangerously fast descent over mountainous terrain, but no distress call was issued. Alan Diehl, an aviation…
World Mar 24 News Wrap: Obama says Israeli-Palestinian peace improbable In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama declared the Israeli-Palestinian peace process all but over, in the wake of pre-election comments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he appeared to rule out endorsing a Palestinian state. Also, forces loyal…
World Mar 24 No distress call by Germanwings plane that crashed in Alps A passenger jet traveling from Spain to Germany crashed in the French Alps this morning, and all 150 people on board are presumed dead. The steep and rocky terrain poses a major challenge for search crews, but one black box…
Episode Mar 23 PBS NewsHour full episode March 23, 2015 Tonight on the program, we take a look at Ted Cruz's announcement that he will run for president; the first Republican to do so. Also: Yukiya Amano of the nuclear watchdog IAEA talks on the Iran deal, Shaken Baby Syndrome…