Feb 11 Do You Remember When the Voting Rights Act Passed? Tell Us Your Story Do you remember when the Voting Rights Act became law? How did that change affect your life and your community during the Civil Rights Movement? Call the PBS NewsHour Oral History Hotline at (703)594-6PBS to share your story. Continue reading
Feb 11 Obama Weighs Use of Executive Authority, Set for State of the Union By Christina Bellantoni President Obama is set to deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama is prepared to exert executive authority on a host of issues, from strengthening protections for gays, to toughening regulations… Continue reading
Feb 08 Shields and Brooks on Bush Family Email Hacking, Super Bowl Results By Hari Sreenivasan For our regular examination of the politics of sport and the sport of politics with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks, we tackle the revelation that members of the Bush Family had their email… Continue reading
Feb 08 White House Report: Maneuvers Ahead of Sequester Deadline President Obama urged Congress to take action to avoid sequester cuts with a short term budget fix at the White House on February 5, 2013. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. The next set of automatic budget cuts in the… Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch Shields, Brooks on Bush Email Hacking and Super Bowl Results Shields and Brooks on Bush Email Hacking and Super Bowl Results… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch Shields and Brooks on DOJ Drone Memo, Brennan Hearing, Syria Strategy Shields and Brooks on DOJ Drone Memo, Brennan Hearing, Syria Strategy… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch White House, Cabinet Split on What to Do About Civil War in Syria White House, Cabinet Split on What to Do About Civil War in Syria… Continue watching
Feb 08 Brennan Welcomes 'Discussion' About Drones, Defends Policy on Strikes Protesters hold signs as John Brennan arrives to testify at his confirmation hearing Thursday. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. As President Obama's choice to be the next director of the CIA, John Brennan faced tough questions Thursday at… Continue reading
Feb 07 A Look at Senate Appointees as Cowan Joins Their Ranks Vice President Joe Biden, right, swears in Senator-designate William "Mo" Cowan Thursday. Cowan will fill the senate seat vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry, left, until a special election in June. Also pictured are Sen. Elizabeth Warren, second… Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch California Shooter May Have Named Victims in Online List Ray Suarez talks with Frank Stoltze of Southern California Public Radio about the manhunt for Christopher Dorner, a former police officer believed to be on a deadly shooting spree. Dorner is thought to have killed the daughter of a police… Continue watching