Nov 09 Paterno Says He Will Retire as Penn State Head Coach at End of Season Joe Paterno receives a plaque celebrating his 409th career win on Oct. 29, 2011 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images. Legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, in the middle of his… Continue reading
Nov 08 Politics, Democracy, Anarchy – Does the World Owe Greece? A national flag of Greece flies outside the Greek stock exchange in Athens. Photo by Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg via Getty Images. In Greece last summer for the NewsHour, we interviewed a plain-spoken, candid economist named Manos Matsaganis. As… Continue reading
Nov 08 Politics, Democracy, Anarchy – Does the World Owe Greece? A national flag of Greece flies outside the Greek stock exchange in Athens. Photo by Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg via Getty Images. In Greece last summer for the NewsHour, we interviewed a plain-spoken, candid economist named Manos Matsaganis. As… Continue reading
Nov 04 The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on Supercommittees, Honey Badgers By Hari Sreenivasan Now that baseball season is over, where will syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks spend their leisure hours? They'll likely be back to the heavy lifting of political news. In our "sport of politics" section… Continue reading
Nov 04 Army General Calls for Changing Name of PTSD By Dan Sagalyn Some members of the Army hope that renaming Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, as an injury will encourage more soldiers to seek help. Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch Afghanistan Sees Uptick in ‘Targeted Violence’ as Bombs Kill More Than 20 A suicide bomber blew up a checkpoint Monday in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and then three gunmen seized control of a building near the United Nations refugee office. Ray Suarez discusses the latest attacks on high-profile targets and concerns over the Afghan… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch A Life Under Fire: Combat Photographer Captures, Carries Wounds of War Combat Veteran Captures Impact of War One Picture at a Time… Continue watching
Oct 27 Military Photographer: ‘The Medic Could Not Get There Fast Enough’ Generations of Stacy Pearsall's family have worn uniforms: Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. So it probably wasn't much of surprise when she asked her parents to join the Air Force at the age of 17. She is a… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch ‘The Medic Could Not Get There Fast Enough’ Military Photographer: 'The Medic Could Not Get There Fast Enough'… Continue watching
Oct 27 Leading Media Executive Bo Jones to Join MacNeil/Lehrer Productions as President and CEO Long-time Washington Post executive, Boisfeuillet (Bo) Jones Jr. has been named President and CEO of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, effective at the beginning of 2012. Mr. Jones has served 32 years with The Washington Post as Vice President and Counsel, President and… Continue reading