Oct 02 Watch How a presidential candidate's personal life changed political journalism By PBS News Hour When did the more intimate -- and sometimes sordid -- aspects of the personal lives of politicians become fair game for reporters? Matt Bai of Yahoo News says it was back in 1987, when presidential candidate Gary Hart’s extramarital dalliance… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch Is the traditional taxicab an endangered species? By PBS News Hour Increasingly popular ride-sharing services have attracted customers at a rate that some say endangers the cab industry. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on the new surge of unregulated competition on the road. Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch AP History class standards spark fight over patriotism and censorship By PBS News Hour When the College Board established new national standards for Advanced Placement U.S. History courses, conservative members of the school board in Jefferson County, Colorado, called for changes to their local curriculum to promote patriotism and the free enterprise system and… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch Should Justice Ginsburg retire? Debating term limits for the Supreme Court By PBS News Hour When justices are named to the Supreme Court, they hold that seat for life. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 81, the oldest sitting justice and a powerful voice on the bench. Jeffrey Brown gets views from Erwin Chemerinsky of the University… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch Justices add cases on housing discrimination, political contributions By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court justices met to discuss some of the cases they will consider when the fall term begins Monday. The court is expected to weigh issues of housing discrimination, campaign contribution rules and a possible landmark case on same-sex… Continue watching
Oct 02 Supreme Court to hear employment and housing cases By Sam Hananel, Associated Press Did retailer Abercrombie & Fitch discriminate against a Muslim woman who was denied a job because her headscarf clashed with the company's dress code? That's the question in one of the 11 cases the Supreme Court said Thursday it will… Continue reading
Oct 02 Library of Congress obtains rare 1924 World Series footage By Justin Scuiletti As the San Francisco Giants prepare to play the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball's postseason Friday, the Library of Congress has made it possible to watch the Giants battle Washington 90 years ago -- in the World Series. Continue reading
Oct 02 Uber the unfair? Are ride-sharing firms exploiting deregulation? By Simone Pathe Ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft have responded to public demand in a way traditional taxi cabs have not been able to, says Hansu Kim, owner of San Francisco's third-largest taxi company. But that's come at the expense of passenger… Continue reading
Oct 02 MIT to study every tweet through $10 million deal with Twitter By Colleen Shalby Twitter is giving MIT access to every single tweet that has been sent in the social network’s eight-year history. Continue reading
Oct 02 Scandal and secrets contributed to end of Pierson's Secret Service tenure By Alicia A. Caldwell, Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — One lesson from Julia Pierson's short tenure as director of the agency that protects the first family: The Secret Service can't keep secrets from the president. Continue reading