Aug 27 Shields and Brooks on Ken Mehlman's Revelation, Strasburg's Unifying Effect By Hari Sreenivasan Earlier this week, my old colleague Marc Ambinder wrote an article stating that the former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman has become more open about his homosexuality in recent weeks and months. It came as no shock… Continue reading
Aug 27 Slide Show: Long Road Ahead for Pakistan Flood Victims By Talea Miller, Jeffrey Kaye Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye has been reporting from Pakistan all week. He talks about his impressions from the ground and what's ahead for Pakistan's many flood victims. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch How Is Gulf Coast Mentally Coping With Devastation of Two Disasters? Physical damage from Hurricane Katrina is still evident in New Orleans while the psychological devastation is sometimes harder to detect. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser examines the mental impact of two disasters, Katrina and then the Gulf oil disaster, in… Continue watching
Aug 26 Louisiana to get $15 Million for Mental Health Services Tonight on the NewsHour, health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser will look at the mental health toll that the "double whammy" of Hurricane Katrina, followed by the oil spill, has taken on residents of Louisiana. Recently, BP announced that it… Continue reading
Aug 26 At Louisiana Forum, Questions on Oil Spill's Long-Term Impact By Tom Bearden So many questions, so few definitive answers. Last Saturday, I participated in the taping of a television program called "Louisiana Public Square." It's part of a monthly public affairs series that airs on the six non-commercial television stations that… Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 6:19 Anxiety, Cave-In Concerns Among Mental Hurdles for Chilean Miners The good news that 33 trapped Chilean miners were still alive was soon tempered by the possibility that they may not be rescued until Christmas. Judy Woodruff speaks with University of Southern California professor Lawrence Palinkas about the psychological hurdles… Continue watching
Aug 23 Judge Temporarily Blocks Federally Funded Embroynic Stem Cell Research A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Obama administration's guidelines expanding embryonic stem cell research. U.S. Chief District Court Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that government funding of embryonic stem-cell research violates a law -- known as the Dickey… Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch Inedible Eggs: How Future Foodborne Illness Could Be Avoided After a salmonella outbreak led to more than half a billion eggs being recalled, the head of the Food and Drug Administration said new measures must be taken to ensure food safety laws are enforced to prevent future problems. Jeffrey… Continue watching
Aug 23 On the Ground in Pakistan Amid the Flood Crisis By Jeffrey Kaye Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye is reporting for the NewsHour in Pakistan this week on the flood crisis there. Kaye gives Hari Sreenivasan an overview of his reporting plan and provides a written dispatch from Islamabad below. ISLAMABAD |… Continue reading
Aug 23 For Military Bastions, Iraq Troop Withdraw is Not the End By Dante Chinni Amid all the headlines of U.S. soldiers coming home from Iraq, it's tempting to think of military communities filled with happily reunited families preparing to pick up where they left off. That's been a dominant story of the past… Continue reading