Oct 27 Woodruff: Being Thankful for a Free Press By Judy Woodruff For the past 21 years, I've been privileged to be part of an amazing organization called the International Women's Media Foundation. A group of women reporters and I came together to get it off the ground in 1990. With… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch Gibson Guitars Under Investigation Jeffrey Brown talks to Anita Wadhwani of the Tennessean about the case against Gibson. Continue watching
Oct 27 Gibson Guitars Under Investigation By Tom LeGro An unlikely culprit has stirred up controversy in the music community: The Lacey Act, legislation aimed to curb illegal logging. Based on suspicions that the Gibson Guitar Corporation violated the act by importing illegal wood, federal agents raided the company's… Continue reading
Oct 27 The Cain Conundrum By David Chalian Presidential candidate Herman Cain. Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images. He is leading in the national polls. He is running a close second to Mitt Romney in the critical early states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida. Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch Super Committee Considers Spending Cuts, Tax Hikes as Deadline Looms With its Thanksgiving deadline drawing ever closer, the congressional deficit "super committee" held a rare public hearing Wednesday over its debt negotiations, but there have been few signs of progress in the members' efforts to cut more than $1 trillion… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch Obama's Student Loan Relief Plan: How Helpful Would it Be? President Obama outlined a plan to speed up help for millions of Americans struggling with the cost of higher education. Gwen Ifill discusses the president's effort to ease the burden of student loans with "Generation Debt" author Anya Kamenetz and… Continue watching
Oct 26 Flat Taxes: How Would GOP Plans Affect Different Community Types? By Dante Chinni Texas Gov. Rick Perry; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images As the early stages of the 2012 campaign progress, a new question has come into play: Are the rich really different? Or, more specifically, should they be treated differently in the U.S. tax… Continue reading
Oct 26 Romney Steps in Ohio Labor Fight, Endorses Collective-Bargaining Limits By Quinn Bowman FAIRFAX, Va. | Mitt Romney made an about-face Wednesday during a campaign stop for Virginia Republicans and wholeheartedly endorsed an Ohio ballot measure that would restrict the right for public employees to bargain collectively. "With regards to question 2,… Continue reading
Oct 26 Romney Provides Fodder for Opponents After Ohio Visit By David Chalian Presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images. Mitt Romney stopped by an Ohio Republican Party phone bank on Tuesday to support a get-out-the-vote effort for an off-year, big ballot initiative in a couple of weeks. The support he… Continue reading
Oct 25 Perry's Last Bid to Regain the Right By Quinn Bowman Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Getty Images Texas Gov. Rick Perry came out of the gate in the 2012 Republican nomination process with a bang: After announcing his candidacy on Aug. 13, Perry dominated many of the polls by mid-September. His… Continue reading