Mar 06 Watch 7:52 50 years on, veterans find healing by returning to Vietnam to help By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch 5:34 News Wrap: Ferguson fires three for racist emails following DOJ report By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 06 Why Americans are obsessed with telling their own stories By Qi Wang, OZY We Americans are obsessed with telling our life stories. And it's not just politicians and celebrities (Did you know that former President Jimmy Carter wrote eight memoirs?). Stories aren't just for the famous; there are memoirs written by ordinary… Continue reading
Mar 06 From homeowner to homeless, meet a victim of Florida's ongoing foreclosure crisis By Simone Pathe Florida's foreclosure crisis isn't over. David, whose last name we're not using, used to have a job, a paycheck and a roof over his head. But days after he handed over the keys to his house for cash, he found… Continue reading
Mar 06 What's the state of assisted suicide laws across the U.S.? By Stephen Fee Since last fall, the laws governing assisted suicide -- even in states where the practice is legal -- have continued to evolve. Continue reading
Mar 06 Reminder: we're going to lose an hour of sleep this weekend By News Desk Most Americans will set their clocks 60 minutes forward before heading to bed Saturday night, and most smart phones should update automatically. Daylight saving time officially starts Sunday at 2 a.m. local time. Continue reading
Mar 06 Facebook chat: How to raise a lifelong reader By Nora Daly PBS NewsHour recently held a Facebook chat on the benefits of reading aloud with Pam Allyn, founding director of LitWorld, Dr. Perri Klass, national medical director of the nonprofit Reach Out and Read, and Maggie McGuire, vice president of Scholastic’s… Continue reading
Mar 06 Wages are sore spot on strong February jobs report By Simone Pathe Despite harsh winter weather, the economy added 295,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate fell to its lowest since mid-2008. Those are signs of a recovering labor market that the Federal Reserve might use to justify an interest rate… Continue reading
Mar 06 LGBT anti-discrimination bill passes Utah test By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — A Republican-controlled Senate committee in the Utah Legislature offered its unanimous and at times emotional support for a proposal to protect gay and transgender individuals as the landmark measure passed its first test. Continue reading
Mar 06 Anniversary of Selma march rekindles Ferguson comparisons By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press WASHINGTON — In only a few minutes on national television, the beatings of civil rights marchers by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, dragged the inhumanity of Southern segregation into America’s living rooms as never before. Continue reading