Mar 08 Obama speaks out against voter ID laws as barrier to voting By Associated Press President Barack Obama says voter ID laws can be a barrier to voting, and the government needs a revitalized Voting Rights Act to police ballot box discrimination. Continue reading
Mar 08 Steps of history retraced at 'Bloody Sunday' commemoration By Associated Press The Bloody Sunday 50th anniversary commemoration continued Sunday with gatherings and other events in Selma before a group retraces the steps that helped secure equal voting rights 50 years ago. Continue reading
Mar 08 Obama: Selma represents living history lesson for daughters By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Barack Obama had said he was taking his daughters to Selma to "remind them of their own obligations."… Continue reading
Mar 08 Bill Clinton defends foundation's foreign funding By Ken Thomas, Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press Former President Bill Clinton defended his foundation's acceptance of donations from foreign governments on Saturday, pointing to the track record of his global philanthropy as Hillary Rodham Clinton nears an announcement on a 2016 presidential campaign. Continue reading
Mar 08 FDA approves first biosimilar drug for distribution in the U.S. By Triana Kalmanoff The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first biosimilar drug for distribution in the United States, the agency announced on Friday. Continue reading
Mar 08 Obama says he learned of Clinton's private email account through news reports By Associated Press President Barack Obama says it was through news reports that he first learned that Hillary Rodham Clinton used a private, nongovernment email account while serving as his secretary of state. Continue reading
Mar 07 Unarmed black teen fatally shot by Madison police By Daniel Costa-Roberts A white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teen in Madison, Wisconsin Friday night, sparking protests in the state capital. Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch 22:39 PBS NewsHour Weekend full program March 7, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, March 7, 2015, 50 years after civil rights marches in Selma, Ala., a look at the ongoing battle over voters rights. Later, an expert weighs in on what's behind the CIA's restructuring. And, in our… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch 3:34 How much have voting rights changed since the first march on Selma? By PBS News Hour Chief Washington Correspondent for CNBC and political writer for the New York Times John Harwood joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how voting rights have changed the political landscape since the first march on Selma in 1965. Continue watching
Mar 07 Pres. Obama in Selma: 'Our march is not yet finished' By Jay Reeves, Darlene Superville, Associated Press On the 50th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" march that erupted in police violence on Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge, President Barack Obama praised the figures of a civil rights era that he was too young to know. He called them… Continue reading