Sep 30 Case on the Latest Case-Shiller Housing Numbers - In Verse! Karl 'Chip' Case of the Case-Shiller Housing Index has long been among our most treasured sources. Today, he graces us with more of his music -- the muse of poetry having inspired him to write on the… Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 'Baseball Gods' Wind Down Regular Season With Dramatic Twists Major League Baseball ended its regular season Wednesday with a dramatic series of games that left the Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves out of the playoffs. Jeffrey Brown speaks with sportswriter John Feinstein about the season thus far,… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch Red Sox, Braves Strike Out in Wild Card Chase The final night of Major League Baseball's regular season -- known as "Wild Card Wednesday" -- ended with four teams vying for two spots in the postseason. Jeffrey Brown reports on the dramatic final innings and the dramatic defeats for… Continue watching
Sep 26 Remembering Wangari Maathai, First African Woman Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to save Kenya's forests, died Sunday after a long battle with ovarian cancer. In 1977, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement to plant trees in… Continue reading
Sep 21 Foreclosures Are Rising - and in the Wrong Places for Overall U.S. Economy Home in foreclosure; Getty file photo After months of declines, foreclosures were up again in August by about 7 percent compared to July. That's not good news to anyone hoping for an economic turnaround. But look closer at where… Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch Ex-NCAA Official: Student Athletes Aren't Workers, Shouldn't Be Paid In response to Monday's interview with historian Taylor Branch about the idea of college students who play sports being paid, the NCAA made available Joe Crowley, a historian, former member of NCAA committees and former president of the University of… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch Staff Sgt. Discharged by Don't Ask, Don't Tell: 'I Should Be Flying Planes Now' The Pentagon officially ended its "don't ask, don't tell" policy on Tuesday. Judy Woodruff discusses the change with two gay service members: former Air Force Staff Sgt. David Hall, who hopes to re-enlist after being kicked out because of the… Continue watching
Sep 20 The End of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' By Dan Sagalyn // As of Tuesday, gay troops will no longer have to hide their sexual orientation for fear of being drummed out of the military. Six months ago, President Obama repealed the law that forbid gays from openly serving and… Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch The End of Don't Ask Don't Tell For more on this story, go to www.pbs.org/newshour… Continue watching
Sep 20 Must-Read List: Understanding the Netflix Split It might not end quite as badly as the "New Coke" marketing campaign once did. But Netflix's announcement that it will split its video service into two separate operations -- with a renamed DVD-by-mail service that will now be called… Continue reading