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
Mar 18 On Thursday's NewsHour... HEALTH BILL'S IMPACT ON U.S. DEFICIT | President Obama delayed plans for an overseas trip again so he could stay and lobby for votes for health care reform. Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports. For more, Jeffrey Brown speaks with… Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch Duncan Wants NCAA to Stress Academics with Athletics As basketball fans hail the arrival of the March Madness tournament season, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said he wants the NCAA to exclude teams from post-season play unless 40 percent of their players finish degrees. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch March Madness Fervor Hides Low Graduation Rates As the annual college basketball tournament known as March Madness begins, there is a proposal to block men's college basketball teams that don't graduate at least 40 percent of their players. Judy Woodruff talks to a sports journalism professor for… Continue watching
Mar 17 Undecided Democrats Caught in Crossfire of Health Reform Ads As Democratic lawmakers work to push health care legislation over the finish line, millions of dollars are being spent on television ads in the districts of Democratic members who could cast the deciding vote. Evan Tracey, president of Campaign… Continue reading
Mar 17 On Wednesday's NewsHour... FULL COURT PRESS FOR HEALTH CARE | President Obama and House Democratic leaders gained some new momentum Wednesday in their bid to push through health care reform. NewsHour Congressional Correspondent Kwame Holman reports on the day's developments and then for… Continue reading