• In poet John Keats’ letters, a man full of life just before he died

    In poet John Keats’ letters, a man full of life just before he died

    Nov 20, 2017 11:18 PM EST

    ... to listen to the symphony of the Autumn world. Anne McCarthy, Penn State University - "This living hand, now warm and capable" The Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge claimed to have predicted John Keats’ death almost two years before it happened. The two poets met then on Hampstead Heath, in the ...

  • GOP tax bill would be broadest tax code rewrite in 30 years

    GOP tax bill would be broadest tax code rewrite in 30 years

    Nov 03, 2017 12:34 PM EST

    ... today's seven personal income tax brackets into just four: 12 percent, 25 percent, 35 percent and 39.6 percent. —The 25 percent rate would start at $45,000 for individuals and $90,000 for married couples. —The 35 percent rate would apply to family income exceeding $260,000 and ...

  • Senate votes to debate GOP health care bill

    Senate votes to debate GOP health care bill

    Jul 25, 2017 07:28 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — With Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie, the Senate voted by a hair Tuesday to start debating Republican legislation to tear down much of the Obama health care law. The vote gives President Donald Trump and GOP leaders a crucial initial victory but launches a weeklong ...

  • Deep in coal country, West Virginia patients speak out about GOP health bill

    Deep in coal country, West Virginia patients speak out about GOP health bill

    Jul 11, 2017 11:23 PM EST

    ... country better. But if we ain't got that medical, we won't have nothing. And that's how people in Mingo County live. JERINEL TAYLOR, Patient, Williamson Health & Wellness Center: My name is Jerinel Taylor. I'm 58 years old. I have diabetes. You have to have the medication ...

  • Senate GOP leaders hope for health care vote next week

    Senate GOP leaders hope for health care vote next week

    Jul 11, 2017 12:01 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — Republican leaders are hoping to stage a climactic vote on their health care bill next week, though internal rifts over divisive issues like coverage requirements and Medicaid cuts leave the timing and even the measure's fate in question. "We need to start voting" on the GOP bill scuttling ...

  • A public housing project where healthy living is the foundation

    A public housing project where healthy living is the foundation

    Jul 07, 2017 11:37 PM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: But first: an experiment in rethinking public housing that encourages healthier living by changing the larger environment for residents. Jeffrey Brown reports from Denver. JEFFREY BROWN: At age 71, Noel Taylor says she's become more active and health-conscious than ever before. NOEL TAYLOR, Mariposa Resident ...

  • Writing a bill in private by either party is not unusual

    Writing a bill in private by either party is not unusual

    Jun 20, 2017 10:57 AM EST

    ... not the original bill. I think that's the difference. The general parameters of the bill were widely known." Democrats said they were planning to start forcing procedural votes to slow the Senate down, making floor speeches and taking other steps to call public attention to McConnell's effort. Democrats ...

  • 19 summer books that will keep you up all night reading

    19 summer books that will keep you up all night reading

    May 26, 2017 09:00 PM EST

    y Lizzy Goodman Just like every other twenty-something, I moved to New York right around the time all these bands were getting their start. Despite their annoying attitudes, it was pretty magical and electric feeling. Maybe it was the music? Maybe it was just that I was living in ...

  • Few people can name five female artists -- can you?

    Few people can name five female artists -- can you?

    Mar 30, 2017 09:28 PM EST

    Can you name five female artists? Most people can't.

  • House Republicans will try again on health care bill, Paul Ryan says

    House Republicans will try again on health care bill, Paul Ryan says

    Mar 28, 2017 04:13 PM EST

    House Speaker Paul Ryan offered no timeline, and leaders haven't resolved how to overcome the deep GOP divisions that crumpled their legislation last week.