Mar 02 Watch Growing Grassroots While the national media have concentrated on the Democratic presidential candidates, the Bush campaign has been quietly working on building a sophisticated database of supporters to assist the campaign in finely targeting issue-based appeals. Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch In Memoriam: Daniel Boorstin Historian, author and frequent NewsHour guest Daniel Boorstin died last weekend in Washington, D.C. The NewsHour remembers Boorstin with a look at the interview he gave Jim Lehrer in 1987, when he retired as librarian of Congress. Continue watching
Feb 27 U.S. Mulls Sending Marines to Haiti By PBS News Hour Three warships with 2,000 Marines are ready to sail to Haiti, where armed rebels are seeking President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's ouster, as the Pentagon considers its options for dealing with the crisis. Continue reading
Feb 27 Church Studies Show More Than 10,000 Reported Abuse Cases Two highly anticipated studies documenting molestation problems in the U.S. Catholic Church, released Friday, reported 10,667 cases of assault on minors from 1950 to 2002. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch Robert Bennett A Catholic review board on Friday released a report on molestation problems in the U.S. Catholic Church, finding more than 10,000 cases of assault on minors from 1950 to 2002. Margaret Warner discusses the findings with the review board's research… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch Church in Crisis In a new report, a Catholic review board called bishops' inability to stop decades of sexual abuse against minors "shameful."… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Offensive Behavior After several women accused University of Colorado football players of raping or sexually assaulting them at recruitment parties, a special prosecutor will be named to launch an investigation into whether the university used alcohol and sex parties to recruit star… Continue watching
Feb 25 High Court Upholds State Ban on Religion Scholarships By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court upheld Wednesday government scholarship restrictions that bar any taxpayer money for college students who pursue a degree in theology, an important legal marker in the rules of church-state separation. Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch The Passion Mel Gibson's controversial new film, "The Passion of the Christ," about the final hours in the life of Jesus Christ is prompting mixed reviews and strong debate among religious communities. Continue watching
Feb 23 U.S. Marines Head to Haiti to Guard Embassy By PBS News Hour Fifty U.S. Marines left for Haiti on Monday to protect the American Embassy and diplomats as armed rebels overran the country's second-largest city, Cap-Haitien, and threatened to attack the capital, Port-au-Prince. Continue reading