• 5 important stories that were lost in last week's news overload

    5 important stories that were lost in last week's news overload

    Feb 20, 2017 10:30 PM EST

    ... specific timelines for its missions. Comparatively, this would be a rushed addition to a long-planned orbit around the moon, experts told the Post. Experts at a House Committee Hearing on NASA last week showed enthusiasm for the project. But NASA itself is at a crossroads, as The Atlantic wrote ...

  • U.S. has ‘unwavering’ commitment to NATO, Pence says

    U.S. has ‘unwavering’ commitment to NATO, Pence says

    Feb 18, 2017 10:05 PM EST

    ... its actions in Ukraine and elsewhere." This is exactly what they wanted to hear.  We'll see whether they believe it. SREENIVASAN:  Europe is also at a crossroads right now.  We all remember that the United Kingdom decided to depart the E.U., the Brexit event.  We’ve got a ...

  • Obama in Kenya says country at 'crossroads'

    Obama in Kenya says country at 'crossroads'

    Jul 26, 2015 04:04 PM EST

    NAIROBI, Kenya -- Declaring Kenya at a "crossroads" between promise and peril, President Barack Obama on Sunday pressed the nation of his father's birth to root out corruption, treat women and minorities as equal citizens, and take responsibility for its future. Closing his historic visit with an address to the ...

  • What challenges remain for Selma 50 years since march?

    What challenges remain for Selma 50 years since march?

    Mar 10, 2015 12:01 AM EST

    ... civil rights movement that came to define Selma. Fifty years after protesters crossing the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge here changed the civil rights tide for a nation, Selma finds itself at a crossroads again, this time between success and stagnation. Georgia Congressman John Lewis, who, as a young organizer, had ...

  • Obama challenges Arab and Muslim states to fight violent extremism in U.N. address - Part 1

    Obama challenges Arab and Muslim states to fight violent extremism in U.N. address - Part 1

    Sep 24, 2014 11:13 PM EST

    ... correspondent Margaret Warner is in New York for the U.N. gathering. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States: We come together at a crossroads between war and peace, between disorder and integration, between fear and hope. MARGARET WARNER: That stark statement headlined the president's address on a ...

  • Explore the future of higher education with Hari Sreenivasan

    Explore the future of higher education with Hari Sreenivasan

    Aug 22, 2014 10:20 PM EST

    ... will share five of stories he found as part of a week-long look at how America is rethinking the college experience. The series comes at a time when many believe higher education is at a crossroads. During the week of Aug. 25, PBS NewsHour will explore that crossroads with ...

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    Embracing Difference: Telling Other People's Stories Well

    Apr 05, 2013 11:43 AM EST

    ... because someone else had opened them. I just had to walk through. This is what I have now found on the other side. Journalism is at a crossroads. We have stories to tell, but many of our audiences have stopped listening to us because they can tell we're not ...

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    As Farmers Age, Japan Rethinks Relationship With Food, Fields

    Jun 12, 2012 10:29 PM EST

    ... is done by hand on small plots of land that have been cultivated by the same families, sometimes for centuries.  But,today, Japanese agriculture is at a crossroads.  Japan's farmers, like 71-year-old Yurinori Mori and his wife, Fukiko, are getting old.  And their children and grandchildren are ...

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    In Ohio, How 2 Counties' Economic Paths Diverged Over 30 Years

    Mar 15, 2011 11:53 PM EST

    In Ohio, How 2 Counties' Paths Diverged Greatly Over 30 Years

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    Shooting of Rep. Giffords Pauses Partisan Rhetoric in Washington

    Jan 10, 2011 01:30 PM EST

    The flag flies at half-staff outside the Capitol in memory of the victims of Saturday's shooting in Arizona that killed six people, including a federal judge, and gravely wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images. A week that looked to be full of heated partisan rhetoric as Republicans work to repeal the...