Aug 26 Thursday: U.N. Reviewing Taliban Threat; N. Korea's Kim Jong-Il in China Pakistani villagers evacuate Sajawal in Sindh province on Thursday. Photo by Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images. The United Nations says it is reviewing security measures for its aid workers in Pakistan, the BBC reports, after a warning of new threats from… Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 'Revolutionary' Ultra Light Car Aims for an X Prize Could a new ultra light car that promises to get 100 miles per gallon change the way we drive? Judy Woodruff reports on a group of mechanics and engineers who want to change modern day cars and win the $5… Continue watching
Aug 25 The Ninth Ward, 5 Years After Hurricane Katrina By Betty Ann Bowser, Lea Winerman Betty Ann Bowser looks at what has changed in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans -- and what hasn't -- since Hurricane Katrina devastated the area five years ago. Continue reading
Aug 25 On Wednesday's NewsHour... GEN. ODIERNO ON IRAQ SECURITY | A series of roadside bombs were set off in cities across Iraq, killing more than 50 people and wounding dozens of others. It is unknown whether the attacks have any connection with each other,… Continue reading
Aug 25 Law & Disorder: The Missteps of NOPD After Katrina By Hari Sreenivasan We talked this week with A.C. Thompson, one of the reporters from ProPublica who has been investigating the New Orleans Police Department in the years since Hurricane Katrina. He has been exploring reports of specific acts of excessive force… Continue reading
Aug 25 After Katrina, Richard Misrach Captured Writing on the Wall By Molly Finnegan Photographer Richard Misrach went to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina to capture images of the messages people had left on buildings and cars in graffiti when they didn't have any other way to express themselves. His… Continue reading
Aug 25 Wednesday's Art Notes By Molly Finnegan In today's arts and culture headlines, Wyclef Jean loses his bid to run for office in Haiti. Continue reading
Aug 25 Wednesday: Bombings in Iraq Kill 50; New Monsoons Threaten Pakistan A U.S. soldier looks at the scene of a car bombing in the city of Kirkuk, one of a series of apparently coordinated attacks across Iraq on Wednesday. Marwan Ibrahim/AFP/Getty Images. Bombers and gunmen launched a series of… Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch Islam Struggles for Understanding, Place in U.S. Religious Mosaic The debate on whether to build a mosque near Ground Zero has become a touchy subject for many and raised questions over U.S. views on Islam. Gwen Ifill gets three perspectives from the Rev. Welton Gaddy of The Interfaith Alliance,… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch How Is Islam Viewed in America Today? With several new polls illustrating a divide over American attitudes toward Islam, PBS stations sampled opinions across the U.S. Continue watching