Dec 13 Watch 3:17 Behind USAID's failed attempt to infiltrate Cuban hip-hop By PBS News Hour This week the Associated Press revealed that the U.S. government attempted and failed to co-opt the hip-hop scene in Cuba to "spark a youth movement against the government." Trish Wilson of the Associated Press joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington, D.C… Continue watching
Dec 13 Thousands protest police killings in Washington, New York City By Corinne Segal Thousands marched in New York City and Washington, D.C. on Saturday in two of the largest protests this year against fatal shootings by police. Continue reading
Dec 13 Stopgap spending bill clears Senate, goes to Obama By Associated Press Congress has sent President Barack Obama a short-term spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through Wednesday and avert a government shutdown. Continue reading
Dec 13 CIA lied about torture, Senate report suggests By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press The Senate report has exposed years of such CIA misrepresentations that seem designed to boost the case for the effectiveness of brutal interrogations. Continue reading
Dec 13 2016 contenders quiet on police shootings protests By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Since grand juries in Missouri and New York declined to indict white police officers in the deaths of two black men, protesters nationwide have demanded a reckoning and an acknowledgment that "black lives matter." Yet so far, there are few… Continue reading
Dec 13 House Democrats, then Senate Republicans object to spending bill By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press First it was objections by House Democrats that stood in the way of passage of a $1.1 trillion catchall spending bill. Now it's the Senate Republicans' turn, specifically Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah. Continue reading
Dec 13 Marches to protest police killings planned in DC, New York By Associated Press Protesters plan to converge on the nation's capital on Saturday to help bring attention to the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police and call for legislative action. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 11:59 Shields and Brooks on the CIA interrogation report, spending bill sticking points By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government and the Senate’s investigation of the CIA’s interrogation methods. Continue watching
Dec 12 Gwen's Take: Selma -- then and now By Gwen Ifill There is a shock of recognition in the scenes that begin and end “Selma,” the elegiac new work by filmmaker Ava DuVernay. Even if you know only a little about your history, the events surrounding the 1965 Selma to Montgomery,… Continue reading
Dec 12 Video: Comparing Bush's 2006 claims about CIA interrogation to what we know now By Margaret Myers In a 2006 speech to the nation, President Bush outlined the U.S.’s successes in capturing and questioning high-level terrorists involved with the 9/11 attacks. The president also lauded the contributions of intelligence officers in their quest to bring those responsible… Continue reading