Apr 16 Gwen’s Take: Debating the Debate By Gwen Ifill I got a lot of mail this week, almost all of it online, and much of it angry. The reason? I tried to tell both sides of a story. The occasion was our PBS NewsHour "Spotlight Series" in Tampa, Florida. Continue reading
Apr 16 Friday: Europe’s Travel Delays Worsen; Same-sex Partners Get Hospital Rights A woman at Erfurt Airport in Germany reads about the volcano that is disrupting travel across Europe. (Photo by Jens-Ulrich Koch/AFP/Getty Images.) The wide-scale disruption of air travel across much of Europe only got worse on Friday as… Continue reading
Apr 15 Full Video: Fla. Residents, Politicians Talk Taxes and Debt at Town Hall By News Desk TAMPA, Fla. | At a town hall meeting hosted by the NewsHour's Judy Woodruff, residents of West Central Florida asked federal, state and local government officials about the recession, partisanship, government spending and more. You can now watch the full… Continue reading
Apr 14 Spotlight City: Tax Day Town Hall in Tampa All week in Tampa, we've been exploring what Americans think about their government, including reactions to the foreclosure crisis, health care reform, federal spending and more. A pivotal part of our coverage: a town hall meeting where local residents were… Continue reading
Apr 14 Study Finds Big Drop in Global Maternal Deaths By Talea Miller The number of women dying from childbirth has dropped dramatically -- by about 35 percent -- around the world since 1980, according to a new study released Monday by the Lancet. Maternal deaths fell from more than 526,000 in… Continue reading
Apr 14 Among Florida Retirees, Anger Over Health Care Reform By Dante Chinni Clermont, Fla. - Mike Glantz has never been particularly politically involved. But the 70-something decided he was bothered enough by what's going on in Washington to organize a "tea party" meeting in this central Florida community. He booked time in… Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch Investors Help Bring Sanitation to Kenya’s Poor Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Kenya, where private capital is being used to help install toilets and sanitation facilities in the country's poorest areas. Continue watching
Apr 13 Spotlight City Highlights Floridians’ Varied Views on Health Reform By Lea Winerman NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser and producer Terry Rubin recently traveled to Tampa, Fla., to sample residents' range of opinions on the new health care reform law. Their story is part of the NewsHour's "Spotlight City"… Continue reading
Apr 13 ‘Frontline’ Explores the Politics of Health Care in ‘Obama’s Deal’ By Kwame Holman The “Frontline” report “Obama’s Deal” premieres Tuesday on PBS, giving viewers an in-depth insider’s view on the year-long, high-stakes health care reform debate. Producer Michael Kirk followed the twists and turns of the story as it… Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch Floridians Consider Health Reform’s Merits Our Spotlight City coverage in Tampa looks at how the government's expanded role in health care will affect the lives and livelihoods of four Floridians. Continue watching