Oct 28 On Thursday's NewsHour: Esperanza Spalding By Tom LeGro, Anne Azzi Davenport In this extended interview, Jeffrey Brown talks to Esperanza Spalding about the inspiration to her song, "Little Fly."… Continue reading
Oct 28 Foreclosure Issues Elicit Strong Debate Name: John Magill Question: In response to your Oct.14 article on foreclosures and specifically the woman who may lose her New York home but had taken $500,000 out of it. I know she had a $6,000 water main break… Continue reading
Oct 28 From 'Yes We Can' to 'Yes We Can, but...' President Obama appears on Wednesday's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart." Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images. For the White House, the closing days of the midterm campaign is all about turning out key blocks of the Democratic base. Looking… Continue reading
Oct 27 California's Fiorina Asserts Accountability to Voters, Not GOP Quick: Which Republican running for the U.S. Senate is telling anyone who'll listen: "I don't owe the Republican Party a thing ... I will be accountable to the voters ... because they are the ones that will send me to… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch History Lessons: Midterms as Political Referendum Jim Lehrer gets historical perspective on the 2010 midterms from Professor Beverly Gage of Yale University and Richard Norton Smith, a scholar-in-residence at George Mason University. Continue watching
Oct 27 Ad Buys Show Mainly Republicans, Not Democrats, are Running on Reform With less than a week left to go before Election Day, a new round of ads is hitting TV screens targeting health care reform and the politicians who voted for it. The ads are the latest salvo in… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch Colorado, Illinois Senate Races May Prove Critical In Colorado and Illinois, Senate candidates are in a dead heat. Gwen Ifill talks with political watchers Floyd Ciruli and Carol Marin. Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch Candidates Ramp Up Campaigns in Final Stretch Six days before the midterm elections, candidates are making their arguments to voters in final debates and airing a slew of new campaign ads. Continue watching
Oct 27 Pensions Pose Major Challenge for Governments Worldwide From France to San Francisco, pension reform is hot. What once was an arcane, wonky topic has become a political and social flashpoint in elections and - as in France - in the streets. Across the nation,… Continue reading
Oct 27 Your Mortgage Questions Answered: Consumer Lawyer Max Gardner Editor's Note: In Show Me the Mortgage, Paul Solman talked to "the dean of the bankruptcy bar," North Carolina lawyer Max Gardner, about the possibly fraudulent paperwork banks are under investigation for using. Gardner answers viewer and reader… Continue reading