Oct 06 'Prosecutor' Looks Behind-the-Scenes at the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court meets people in the remote village of Zumbe, D.R. Congo, the site of a brutal massacre. Photo courtesy Sheila Velez, White Pine Pictures On Thursday's NewsHour, we feature an… Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Obama: Congress Needs to Explain Opposition to Jobs Plan President Obama's Oct. 6 press conference on jobs and the economy… Continue watching
Oct 06 Obama to Congress on Jobs Bill: 'This Is Not a Game' EmbedVideo(1691, 482, 304); Updated 3:11 p.m. | President Obama challenged members of Congress to vote for his $450 billion jobs plan or explain why not. "This is not a game," he said. "They need to do something," he… Continue reading
Oct 06 The Palin Primary Begins By David Chalian Perhaps the most astonishing part of Sarah Palin's decision not to seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination is how easily and completely it was overshadowed by the death of Steve Jobs. It was three years ago, on the eve of… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch Supreme Court Considers Case on Discrimination in Religious Schools Supreme Court Considers Case on Hiring, Firing in Religious Schools… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch Dems Pitch New Plan to Fund Jobs Bill: A Tax on Millionaires Democratic leaders in the Senate proposed a surtax on millionaires on Wednesday to pay for President Obama's jobs bill. Jeffrey Brown discusses the move and its prospects with WNYC Radio's Todd Zwillich. Continue watching
Oct 05 Reid Pitches Tax on Those Making More Than $1 Million to Fund Jobs Plan Updated 8:00 p.m. ET with correction CAPITOL HILL | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has proposed replacing the tax increases offered by President Obama to pay for the president's $447 billion dollar jobs package with a surtax on… Continue reading
Oct 05 Woodruff: Comparing Wall Street Protesters to the Tea Party By Judy Woodruff Fair or not, I keep comparing this week's protests on Wall Street and against corporate interests across the country with the tea party movement that first gained national attention in late 2008 and early 2009. We watched back in the… Continue reading
Oct 05 Perry's $17 Million Fundraising Haul File photo by Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. The good news for Rick Perry is that there is finally good news for Rick Perry. After weeks of playing defense on substance (Social Security, immigration) and style (three successively weak… Continue reading
Oct 05 Local Issues Trump National Politics as Tomblin Wins in West Virginia Photo of Earl Ray Tomblin via Facebook. All politics may not have been local in West Virginia on Tuesday, but it was local enough for Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. The Democrat, who took over as governor 11… Continue reading