Dec 05 Celebrate the end of Prohibition with a drink today .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Universal Newsreel clip via the… Continue reading
Dec 05 Live Chat: Gwen Ifill answers your questions Do you have questions for Gwen Ifill ? Join her for a live chat, hosted by PBS' Washington Week, at 12 p.m. EDT Thursday. On the table: all things politics: Chat with Gwen Ifill of… Continue reading
Dec 05 Obama talks up minimum wage hike, health care law By Terence Burlij Fast food workers in 100 cities are expected to walk off the job in protest Thursday. In this file photo from April, a McDonald's worker chants during a protest for better wages in Harlem. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images President… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch Presidential approval ratings wane as millennials grow wary of ACA Presidential approval ratings wane as millennials grow wary of ACA… Continue watching
Dec 04 Harvard poll shows trouble for health care, frustration with politics among millennials A new poll from the Institute of Politics at Harvard suggests that encouraging young millennials to sign up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act is no easy sell. Continue reading
Dec 04 WATCH: Obama pitches ACA to youth at White House .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } President Barack Obama touted the… Continue reading
Dec 04 113th Congress on track to be least productive ever Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The 113th Congress is going down as the least productive group of Washington legislators in modern history. This session's Congressional inaction has only allowed 55 bills to become law this year, The Boston… Continue reading
Dec 04 Obama says income inequality is defining challenge for U.S. EmbedVideo(8161); President Barack Obama delivered remarks at the Center for American Progress on Wednesday. Video by PBS NewsHour WASHINGTON | Updated 12:40 p.m. EST -- President Barack Obama turned his focus Wednesday to the pocketbook issues that Americans… Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch News Wrap: Illinois moves to cut pension benefits, raise retirement age News Wrap: Illinois moves to cut pension benefits, raise retirement age… Continue watching
Dec 03 House approves 10-year extension on plastic gun ban Using a 3-D printer, a Texas man fabricated a working handgun from 15 plastic parts. Similar technological advances have renewed debate on the expiring ban against plastic firearms. Image courtesy of PBS NewsHour WASHINGTON -- With 3-D printers… Continue reading