Oct 18 Frontline’s ‘Lost in Detention’ Examines Immigration Policy Enforcement By Saskia de Melker // A year-long investigation by Frontline and the American University Investigative Reporting Workshop examines the current U.S. immigration enforcement system and stories of hidden abuse in detention centers. The Obama administration has deported or detained more immigrants than… Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch Frontline’s ‘Lost in Detention’ Examines Immigration Enforcement For more on this story go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/… Continue watching
Oct 18 In Vegas, Stakes Are High as Republicans Set for Fifth Debate in Six Weeks By David Chalian The 2012 Republican candidates will debate Tuesday night in Las Vegas. Photo by Melina Mara/Pool via Bloomberg/Getty Images. Two new polls out Monday help demonstrate why the 2012 battle for the Republican nomination has thus far felt like a campaign… Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch Outside Super PACs Poised to Dominate 2012 Spending When it comes to financing presidential campaigns, the money raised by individual candidates may count less in the 2012 election than past contests. Gwen Ifill discusses the potential might of the new super PACs with Tara Malloy of the Campaign… Continue watching
Oct 17 California ‘Dream Act’ Offers Undocumented Students Path to Higher Education By Saskia de Melker // On October 8 California governor Jerry Brown signed Bill AB131 into law, enabling undocumented students who meet state residency requirements to have access to state public funds for higher education. It is the second half of legislation known as… Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch California Dream Act Offers Undocumented Students Path to Higher Education For more on this story, go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/… Continue watching
Oct 17 Occupy Wall Street Movement Expands to International Cities By Saskia de Melker Following weeks of protests in New York and other cities in the United States, demonstrators took to the streets in locations around the world in similarly fashioned protests over the weekend, resulting in hundreds of arrests. Continue reading
Oct 17 Obama’s Bus Tour Rolls On Despite Death of Jobs Bill By David Chalian President Obama is kicking off a bus tour Monday to try to sell his jobs plan. Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images. President Obama heads out on the road Monday to kick off his three-day "American Jobs Act" bus tour… Continue reading
Oct 14 Shields and Brooks on Herman Cain, Occupy Movement, Detroit, iPhone 4S By Hari Sreenivasan In this week's edition of The Doubleheader, syndicated columnist Mark Shields, New York Times columnist David Brooks and I chat about Herman Cain's surge in recent polls, the merits of his 9-9-9 plan (see the fact-check of… Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch The Doubleheader: Cain, Occupy, Detroit, 4S David Brooks, Mark Shields and Hari Sreenivasan discuss Herman Cain's 9-9-9 proposal… Continue watching