Oct 08 Building Tools for Democracy at the Political Hackathon Photo by Alex Bruns/PBS NewsHour How do you measure the effectiveness of a politician? How can you tell if the new voter identification laws will affect your ability to vote? What are your chances of being frisked by a… Continue reading
Oct 08 Romney Will Turn Focus to Middle East Foreign Policy By Terence Burlij President Obama and Mitt Romney will meet in exactly two weeks for their third and final debate, a faceoff that will focus exclusively on foreign policy and national security issues. But the GOP presidential nominee has decided not to wait… Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch Assessing Differences Between Obama's, Romney's Foreign Policy Platforms President Obama and Mitt Romney have traded barbs on foreign policy while remaining vague about specific proposals. Judy Woodruff talks to former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy and Duke University's Peter Feaver on how the United States should… Continue watching
Oct 05 Shields and Brooks on Biden vs. Ryan, MLB Playoffs By Hari Sreenivasan It's another episode of the Doubleheader, where we talk about the sport of politics and the politics of sports with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. Tonight's semi-serious topic is how our two… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch Shields and Brooks on Biden vs. Ryan, MLB Playoffs Hari Sreenivasan chats with Shields and Brooks about next week's vice presidential debate. Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch Shields and Brooks on Close Congressional Races, Obama's Debate Performance Shields and Brooks on Close Congressional Races, Obama's Debate Performance… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch Missouri Senate Seat in Play as Akin and McCaskill Fight for the Middle Missouri Senate Seat in Play as Akin and McCaskill Fight for the Middle… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch National Unemployment Falls Below 8 Percent, But Economic Recovery Still Far Off National Unemployment Falls Below 8 Percent, But Economic Recovery Still Far Off… Continue watching