Aug 19 Watch How Will Market Volatility Affect U.S.-Chinese Economic Relations? Vice President Biden tried to shore up Chinese confidence in the U.S. economy on Friday, telling President Hu Jintao that when it comes to China's investments in the U.S., "You have nothing to worry about." Jeffrey Brown discusses U.S. and… Continue watching
Aug 19 Is Economic Inequality a Big Deal? By Paul Solman // With our inequality coverage (watch Land of the Free, Home of the Poor and Americans Facing More Inequality, More Debt and Now More Trouble?) topping the "Most Watched" chart here at the Online NewsHour, we thought we'd… Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch Is Economic Inequality a Big Deal? A debate on whether economic inequality is or isn't a big deal, a clear and present danger… Continue watching
Aug 19 Is Economic Inequality a Big Deal? EmbedVideo(1290, 482, 304); With our inequality coverage (watch Land of the Free, Home of the Poor and Americans Facing More Inequality, More Debt and Now More Trouble?) topping the "Most Watched" chart here at… Continue reading
Aug 19 How Many Americans Have Money on the Line Amid All the Market Volatility? Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday in New York; photo by Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images In an unstable time, the Dow Jones industrial average has become something of an economic zeitgeist checker. Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch Major Investor CalPERS Rides out Big Waves in Markets With Calm Approach Thursday's market drop marked the fifth time in just two weeks that the Dow Jones industrial average rocketed up or down by several hundred points in one trading session. Spencer Michels reports on how the California Public Employees' Retirement System,… Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch Negative Headlines Continue to Spook Investors, Markets Around Globe The Dow Jones industrial average lost 419 points Thursday, driven by a barrage of bad economic data including a drop in existing home sales in July for the third time in four months. Ray Suarez discusses the U.S. and global… Continue watching
Aug 18 America Remembers 9/11: Your Answers on What's Changed in 10 Years As the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks draws closer, The PBS NewsHour and our public media colleagues have been seeking out your views on what's changed in the United States over the past decade. Some of you have… Continue reading
Aug 18 Getting High for Less: Easier Access to Better, Cheaper Heroin Cripples Small Towns By Elizabeth Shell By Paul Solman, Kelly Chen and Sarah Svoboda Black tar heroin. Photo via the City of Wichita police department. Note: We've been exploring economic inequality in America this week, and thought it an opportune moment to share something… Continue reading
Aug 18 Getting High for Less: Easier Access to Better, Cheaper Heroin Cripples Small Towns By Paul Solman Black tar heroin. Photo via the City of Wichita police department. Note: We've been exploring economic inequality in America this week, and thought it an opportune moment to share something we had hoped to post the last time… Continue reading