Jan 22 NRA Leader Wayne LaPierre Responds to Obama's Inaugural Address EmbedVideo(5535, 482, 304); Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association, responded Tuesday to President Barack Obama's second inaugural address. The president was inaugurated in Washington just one day before. LaPierre criticized the president for using… Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch How Will Obama Address Economy, Equality and Partisanship in Second Term? How Will Obama Address Economy, Equality and Partisanship in Second Term?… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch Inauguration Over, President Obama Launches Second Term Progressive Agenda Inauguration Over, President Obama Launches Second Term Progressive Agenda… Continue watching
Jan 22 Roe v. Wade's Influence Felt on 1992 Abortion Case By Victoria Fleischer // Today marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark decision Roe v. Wade. On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the due process clause of the 14th Amendment extends to a woman's decision to have an abortion. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch NewsHour Roe vs Wade 1992 The NewsHour with MacNeil/Lehrer, dedicated the entire show to the court’s decision. Continue watching
Jan 22 Covering History: College Journalists Take on the Inauguration The PBS NewsHour presents: InaugBlog - Behind the Scenes from NewsHour University on Vimeo. Produced by Ed Madison, assistant professor at the University of Oregon To cover the 57th presidential inauguration, NewsHour hosted 15 student journalists… Continue reading
Jan 22 Obama Outlines Incomplete 'Journey' in Sweeping Start to Second Term President Obama gives his inaugural address Monday. Photo by Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images. President Obama took a place in history Monday as the second commander in chief to take the oath of office four times, and paused… Continue reading
Jan 22 U.S. Air Force Band Gives Honor to President, Motivates Military EmbedVideo(5512, 514, 320); After weeks of planning, hundreds of members of the U.S. Air Force Band and Honor Guard stationed in the Washington, D.C., area are set to march down Pennsylvania Avenue to play for President Barack Obama… Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch News Wrap: House GOP Ready to Raise Debt Ceiling Though Mid-May In other news Tuesday, House Republicans readied to vote on a plan to raise the nation's debt ceiling through May 19th. Rep. Paul Ryan said they wanted to shift focus to making major spending cuts. Also, parts of the Midwest… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch In Honor of Obama Inauguration, Spoken Word Artist Conjures Power of 'Change' In Honor of Obama Inauguration, Spoken Word Artist Conjures Power of 'Change'… Continue watching