Aug 20 Unplanned Aberration: How Mosque Discussion Got Derailed If the camera had continued rolling Monday night at the NewsHour after I completed a segment on the debate over the so-called Ground Zero mosque, you would have seen me beating my head against the anchor desk. I am not… Continue reading
Aug 20 Conversation: Director Yael Hersonski Puts New Lens on 'A Film Unfinished' In 1942, a Nazi crew arrived in Warsaw, Poland to begin filming in the Jewish ghetto, just months before its razing and the deportation of its terrorized inhabitants. In her new movie, "A Film Unfinished," Israeli filmmaker Yael Hersonski attempts… Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch Civil War Prison Camp Uncovered in Rural Georgia This week archaeologists unveiled the discovery of a Confederate prison camp in a rural part of Georgia. This story is part of a project called NewsHour Connect, where the best of public broadcasting from around the country is showcased. Rickey… Continue watching
Aug 19 On Thursday's NewsHour... CONCERN OVER TALIBAN AIDING PAKISTANIS | The United Nations, the U.S. and other countries have pledged to pick up the pace of getting more aid to Pakistani flood victims. Concern is growing from President Asif Ali Zardari warned that… Continue reading
Aug 19 Thursday: Combat Troops Leaving Iraq; Jobless Claims Reach 500,000 Seven years and five months after the start of the war in Iraq, the last American combat troops have been making their way out of the country. Troops from the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, moved across the… Continue reading
Aug 19 The Morning Line: Misconceptions About Obama's Faith on the Rise By David Chalian It's quite easy to imagine President Obama itching to get up to Martha's Vineyard with his family Thursday afternoon and kick back for 10 days. He's got a relentless unemployment rate to battle, an upcoming fall campaign season in which… Continue reading
Aug 18 On Wednesday's NewsHour... PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT AND FLOODS | Flooding has displaced 12 percent of Pakistan's population so far and at least 1,500 people have died. As the need for aid worsens, new questions are being raised on whether the government can handle… Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch Debate Lingers Around Proposed Mosque Near Ground Zero The debate over whether a mosque should be built near Ground Zero continues to stir passions. President Obama said he had "no regrets" for weighing in on the controversy Wednesday. Jeffrey Brown gets perspectives from columnists Eugene Robinson and Ross… Continue watching
Aug 18 Mom Says the Darndest Things: 10 Questions for Kelly Oxford By Tom LeGro Kelly Oxford started writing an anonymous blog more than seven years ago after spending a lot of time online reading sites about child-rearing. What she found were places where fellow mothers could communicate with each other, but they just weren't… Continue reading
Aug 17 Bobby Thomson's Famous Home Run: 'Scripted Like a Movie' For generations of baseball fans, Bobby Thomson's dramatic 9th-inning home run off pitcher Ralph Branca in the deciding game of the 1951 National League playoffs remains one of the sport's most iconic moments. With the announcement that Thomson died… Continue reading