Feb 17 Photo: Washington's false teeth By News Desk https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/435447570140106752 Historian Michael Beschloss shares this photo of one set of President Washington's false teeth. Mount Vernon has a wonderful writeup of the first president's complete dental history, noting that "When Washington was inaugurated President in 1789, only one… Continue reading
Feb 17 Kerry calls climate change the world's 'most fearsome' destructive weapon By Matthew Lee, Associated Press AKARTA, Indonesia — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called climate change perhaps the world's "most fearsome" destructive weapon and mocked those who deny its existence or question its causes, comparing them to people who insist the Earth… Continue reading
Feb 17 New political TV ads can target individual homes By Philip Elliott, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The days when political campaigns would try to make inroads with demographic groups such as soccer moms or white working-class voters are gone. Now, the operatives are targeting specific individuals. And, in some places, they can reach those… Continue reading
Feb 16 Watch Despite what you think, Presidents Day doesn't include Lincoln By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 16 What's your story of long-term unemployment? By Elisabeth Ponsot When the federally funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program expired on Dec. 28, 1.3 million Americans lost their long-term unemployment insurance -- a number that continues to rise as people across the country exhaust regular state benefits. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch Union suffers significant loss in Tennessee By PBS News Hour Workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee voted to reject what would have been United Auto Workers’ first successful organization of workers at a foreign automaker in the South. Jim Efstathiou of Bloomberg News speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about the… Continue watching
Feb 15 Army sees steep increase in soldiers forced out for misconduct By Kayla Ruble The number of U.S. soldiers forced to leave the army for crimes and misconduct has risen sharply in recent years, according to an Associated Press report released on Saturday. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch California's historic drought strains towns and farms in Sonoma County By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch Closing the Gap: Mayor Michael Nutter on strengthening state, federal partnerships to fight poverty By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch News Wrap: Volcanic eruption in Indonesia forces evacuation of 100,000 By PBS News Hour Continue watching