Oct 13 Watch News Wrap: NATO Forces in Afghanistan Take Heavy Casualities NATO forces took heavy casualties after six troops were killed in three separate attacks, bringing the total of deaths to 34 for the month of October in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Oct 13 Robert Putnam to Answer Your Questions on 'American Grace' By Paul Solman UPDATE | Oct. 18, 2010 Robert Putnam has answered some of your questions here. On Monday's NewsHour, I interviewed public policy professor Robert Putnam of "Bowling Alone" fame about his massive new study of religion, six years in… Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch Despite Religious Roots, Americans Struggle to Understand Others' Beliefs As part of the PBS series "God in America," Ray Suarez looks at what Americans know and don't know about religion and each other. Continue watching
Oct 12 On Tuesday's NewsHour... RESCUE EFFORTS FOR CHILEAN MINERS | Jonathan Franklin of the Washington Post reports on the rescue efforts to free the 33 trapped Chilean miners from the scene at the San Jose Mine. SUPREME COURT WATCH| Marcia Coyle of… Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch News Wrap: Judge Orders Injunction for 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips ordered the military stop enforcing its ban on openly gay troops and issued a worldwide injunction against the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Continue watching
Oct 12 More From Robert Putnam on 'American Grace' By Elizabeth Shell // On Monday's broadcast, correspondent Paul Solman interviewed Robert Putnam, a Harvard public policy professor and one of the co-authors of "American Grace," on religion in America. The full interview delved into many more topics than there was time… Continue reading
Oct 12 Judge Issues Injunction on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' By News Desk A federal judge in California has issued a worldwide injunction against the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, putting a hold on the military's ban on openly gay troops. The Associated Press reports that U.S. Department of Justice… Continue reading
Oct 12 Tuesday: Rescue Approaches for Chilean Miners; Fort Hood Hearings Begin Rescue operations for the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for more than two months could begin as soon as midnight Tuesday. Below ground, the miners are preparing as well -- they've been sent shampoo and new clothes through… Continue reading
Oct 11 On Monday's NewsHour... FORECLOSURE FALLOUT | As the possibility of a nationwide moratorium on foreclosed home sales looms, the securities industry and Financial Markets Association has warned that such a moratorium would prove very harmful to the housing industry. Jeffrey Brown talks to… Continue reading
Oct 11 A Closer Look at the Influence of Religion in America When I wrote my 2006 book "The Holy Vote" I thought I was writing about the end of something, not the beginning. It looked like openly religious politics, the voter appeals intertwined with religion, and the alliance of one… Continue reading