Nov 04 Watch The Doubleheader: Super Committee In Trouble and the LSU v. ‘Bama Showdown Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the dim prospects for the Super Committee… Continue watching
Nov 04 Watch Shields, Brooks on Americans’ Pessimism, Scandal’s Impact on Cain Candidacy Shields, Brooks on Americans' Pessimism, Cain's Candidacy… Continue watching
Nov 04 Democrats Claim to Have ‘Breeze’ at Their Backs in Quest to Regain House By Quinn Bowman In a confident but cautious pitch to reporters Friday at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, DCCC Chairman Rep. Steve Israel said his party has a "gentle breeze at our backs" as they try to win 25 seats from… Continue reading
Nov 04 Condoleezza Rice Tells Her Story When former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice walked into our interview at her publisher's office in New York this week, she was as composed as ever -- happy to be out of Washington and now free to tell her… Continue reading
Nov 04 Unemployment Barely Budges in October, Rate Ticks Down to 9% By David Chalian People wait in line for a job fair in New York City last month. Photo by Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg via Getty Images. President Obama's presence at the G20 in France and his work there with European partners to help bring the… Continue reading
Nov 03 Jobs Bills Fail in Senate Amid More Partisan Mud-Slinging As Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain finds himself immersed in allegations of sexual harassment, the government of Greece nears collapse and 14 million Americans are out of work, it's business as usual on the Senate floor with… Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch ‘Crime After Crime’ Examines Battered Woman’s Struggle to Leave Prison "Crime After Crime" traces efforts to free Deborah Peagler from prison 20 years after she was connected to the murder of the man who abused her and forced her into prostitution. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project… Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch Rice on Bush Years: ‘We Were Under a lot of Stress and Strain’ In a new memoir, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice details her experiences during turbulent times around the world while serving in the George W. Bush administration. Gwen Ifill and Rice discuss "No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years… Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch Will a Generational Divide Define 2012 Election? With the 2012 presidential election a year away, the Pew Research Center examines the state of the American electorate and the divisions that fall along age lines. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch Census: 1 in 15 Americans Among the Poorest of the Poor New Census data out Thursday show that one in 15 Americans now lives in extreme poverty and earns less than half of the official poverty line. Jeffrey Brown discusses the spread of poverty and the implications for families and communities… Continue watching