Sep 16 Flamboyant Executive of Possibly Defective Military Body Armor Convicted of Fraud Paul Solman: Another day, another update to follow the Mott’s applesauce strike. This, an update to one of our rare NewsHour investigative reports — on arguably deficient body armor for our troops, and corruption in the contracting process. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch In Cuba, Hints of Dramatic Change Emerge from Fidel Castro Margaret Warner speaks with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic magazine and Latin America analyst Julia Sweig, who met with Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro in Havana and discussed the shortcomings of the island nation's economic system. Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Baja's Tourism Suffers Amid Mexico Drug War A drop in tourism and manufacturing has left the Mexican state Baja, California, with a struggling economy. Jose Luis Sierra of New America Media reports on how the drug war and recession have played a role. Continue watching
Sep 15 France to Raise Retirement Age: Is it An 'Au Revoir' to the Good Life? Protests in France. Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images Perhaps it is "au revoir" to the good life. Why else would thousands of French men and women be on the streets protesting what seems like a small change in the… Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Greenspan Speaks Out Against Bush Era Tax Cuts A voice from the past weighed in on the ongoing debate of the Bush Era Tax Cuts. Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, said the country cannot afford to keep the tax cuts at a time of… Continue watching
Sep 15 Wednesday: U.S., Iraqi Forces Kill 7; Middle East Peace Talks Continue U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a joint raid in Fallujah early Wednesday, killing seven people, Iraqi officials said. The raid comes two weeks after President Obama declared the end of combat operations in Iraq. Insurgents have intensified their strikes… Continue reading
Sep 14 President Obama Pushes Accountability in Back-to-School Remarks With most U.S. schools now back in session, President Barack Obama relayed a message to American students Tuesday that nothing is beyond their reach as long as they're willing to dream big, work hard and stay focused on their… Continue reading
Sep 14 Update | Mott's Strike Settled: Workers Returning to Apple Sauce Factory By Paul Solman There was considerable viewer interest in last week's story on increased U.S. productivity being caused by a reservoir of unemployed workers, allowing firms to pressure workers to toil longer and harder for the same or lower wages. Our… Continue reading
Sep 14 Update | Mott's Strike Settled: Workers Returning to Apple Sauce Factory Paul Solman: There was considerable viewer interest in last week's story on increased U.S. productivity being caused by a reservoir of unemployed workers, allowing firms to pressure workers to toil longer and harder for the same or lower wages. Continue reading
Sep 14 Can We Both Feed the World in a Sustainable Way and Feed it Quality Food? Question: As a society, we in America seem proud of our desire to help others, and that is of course laudable. In recent years, there is a movement toward more environmentally-friendly food for a number of reasons, nutritional and otherwise. Continue reading