Apr 29 After Coming Out, Jason Collins Gets Support from Across the NBA Sports Illustrated's May 6 cover features NBA center Jason Collins, who is openly gay. Jason Collins made headlines this morning as the first male athlete from a major U.S. professional league to announce that he is gay. The NBA… Continue reading
Apr 29 Runners Draw Strength from Each Other as They Honor Boston Bombings Victims The shock of the April 15 attacks at the Boston Marathon affected Americans nationwide, but runners couldn't sit still for long. By the next morning, runners in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Charleston and countless other cities all woke up with the… Continue reading
Apr 26 Shields and Brooks on Bush Legacy, NFL Draft By Hari Sreenivasan The musings of syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks return in this, another episode of the Doubleheader, where we tackle the sport of politics and the politics of sport. Our captains of civility… Continue reading
Apr 26 Judy Woodruff Recounts Day President Reagan Was Shot EmbedVideo(6320, 482, 304); March 30, 1981 was a routine day for Judy Woodruff as she traveled with the press pool to cover a speech by President Ronald Reagan, two months into his presidency, at the Washington Hilton. Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch Public Feeling Pain of Delays, House Passes Bill to End Furloughs at the FAA Public Feeling Pain of Delays, Congress Passes Bill to End Furloughs at the FAA… Continue watching
Apr 26 Non-Citizens Would Earn Legal Status Under Immigration Bill, Meissner Says EmbedVideo(6319, 482, 304); Doris Meissner, director of the Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute, says the current proposed immigration bill offers "earned legalization" rather than amnesty. Provisions in an immigration reform bill introduced earlier this month would… Continue reading
Apr 25 How Well Do You Know Your Presidential Libraries? The George W. Bush Presidential Center marks the thirteenth library dedicated to a president. Whether you've been to one, all or none, test your skills and see how well you know (or can guess) what's inside the presidential libraries. Continue reading
Apr 25 Judy’s Notebook: Witnessing the Events in Boston From 5,000 Miles Away By Judy Woodruff Kauai, Hawaii. Photo by Judy Woodruff/PBS NewsHour. When the events at the Boston Marathon unfolded last week, I was about as far away as one could be, and still be in the U.S. Yes, halfway across the Pacific Ocean, in… Continue reading
Apr 24 ‘W-Visa’ Would Enable Lower-Skilled Foreigners to Legally Work in U.S. EmbedVideo(6297, 482, 304); Doris Meissner, director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute, says a proposed W-Visa category would for the first time allow low-skilled foreigners to legally work in the U.S. The United States… Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch Book Examines the Blurring Line Between Soldiers and Spies Since 9/11 Attacks Book Examines the Blurring Line Between Soldiers and Spies Since 9/11 Attacks… Continue watching