Jun 07 Will You Work Forever? EmbedVideo(6642, 482, 304); Video shot and produced by David Pelcyger Next week, PBS NewsHour will launch an interactive project on the so-called "death of retirement." Many of us will continue to work well past the traditional retirement… Continue reading
Jun 07 Obama Administration Defends Surveillance Programs By Christina Bellantoni A look inside the NSA Threat Operations Center located at Fort Meade, Maryland. "They quite literally can watch your ideas form as you type." That's the memorable closing quote from an unnamed "career intelligence officer" who provided the Washington Post… Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 'Bad to the Very End': Author Reflects on the Long, Deadly Road to WWII Victory 'Bad to the Very End': Author Reflects on the Long, Deadly Road to WWII Victory… Continue watching
Jun 06 Rick Atkinson on Understanding the 'Morally Indefensible' Actions of WWII By Larisa Epatko Knowing what we know now, says author Rick Atkinson, it might be easy to judge the actions taken during World War II, such as the deplorable treatment of black soldiers and the firebombing of inhabited cities. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch Honoring Civil Rights Hero Medgar Evers, Warrior for U.S. on More Than One Front Honoring Civil Rights Hero Medgar Evers, Warrior for U.S. on More Than One Front… Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch Top Brass Reject Overhauling Military Justice System to Reduce Sexual Assault Top Brass Reject Overhauling Military Justice System to Reduce Sexual Assault… Continue watching
Jun 04 Live Chat With Jeffrey Brown Forty years ago, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer reporting on the Watergate scandal laid the groundwork for what would become the MacNeil/Lehrer Report, known today as the PBS NewsHour. Jeffrey Brown interviews ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro. Over the next… Continue reading
Jun 04 Military Calls Sexual Assault 'Like a Cancer' WASHINGTON -- Military leaders said Tuesday that sexual assault in the ranks is "like a cancer" that could destroy the force, but they rejected far-reaching congressional efforts to strip commanders of some authority in meting out justice. Seated side-by-side at… Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch Senate's Hearing on Sexual Assaults in Military By Larisa Epatko Top military brass, military lawyers and victims' advocates testified on Capitol Hill Tuesday on the issue of sexual assaults in the military. Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch Frank Lautenberg, Senate's Last WWII Veteran, Remembered as a 'Fighter' Frank Lautenberg, Senate's Last WWII Veteran, Remembered as a 'Fighter'… Continue watching