Mar 23 Remembering Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson By Gwen Ifill Regular NewsHour viewers know that, from time to time, the broadcast likes to note the passing of notable people -- from famous entertainers to men and women of letters to consequential world leaders. We introduced you to one of… Continue reading
Mar 23 Spotz Rows Into History, Raises Thousands for Clean Water Projects Seventy days, five hours and 22 minutes. That's how long it took 22-year-old Katie Spotz to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean in a high-tech rowboat -- part of a fund-raising effort that also set a new record. Fresh… Continue reading
Mar 23 On Tuesday’s NewsHour… OBAMA SIGNS HEALTH CARE BILL | President Obama signed the health care reform bill into law today. Ray Suarez reports on the day of triumph for the Democrats. For a Republican perspective, Judy Woodruff speaks with Sen. Jon Kyl… Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch News Wrap: Clinton Visits Mexico to Address Drug Violence In other news Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton led a U.S. delegation to Mexico for talks on the escalating drug violence that killed two Americans in recent weeks and accusations of sexual abuse by Catholic leaders in the U.S. Continue watching
Mar 22 On Monday’s NewsHour… LANDMARK HEALTH BILL HEADS FOR PRESIDENT'S DESK | House Democrats have sent a historic health care overhaul bill to President Obama. NewsHour Congressional Correspondent Kwame Holman reports. And then for more on how the legislation will impact Americans in the… Continue reading
Mar 22 Weekly Poem: ‘Achilles’ By Jason Breslow British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy wrote "Achilles" after English soccer player David Beckham suffered a season-ending injury last week. Beckham, 34, was headed for what would have likely been his last World Cup this summer. Continue reading
Mar 19 Shields and Brooks on Immigration Reform and NCAA Upsets By Hari Sreenivasan While most of the political attention in Washington in focused squarely on the fate of the health reform bill, demonstrators are planning rallies in Washington this weekend to bring more attention to the seventh anniversary of the U.S. Continue reading
Mar 19 On Friday’s NewsHour… FINAL PUSH FOR HEALTH CARE | Democrats are counting the votes in the run-up to a possible vote on health care reform this Sunday. NewsHour correspondent Kwame Holman reports on President Obama's continued attempts to rally the public and the… Continue reading
Mar 19 Jay Rosen on SXSW, Future of News Context, Prophecy of ‘Max Headroom’ This year, none of us here at the @Newshour were lucky enough to get to #SXSW (that's Twitter shorthand for the South by Southwest conference/festival/gathering in Austin, Texas), so we lived vicariously through the posts of some… Continue reading
Mar 18 NCAA Bracketology: The Science Behind March Madness It's a beautiful, sunny day here in Washington. But there are more than a few people turned away from their office windows, preoccupied with a much smaller orange orb. In case you hadn't heard, it's March Madness time. Continue reading