• Column: Trump wouldn't like the media coverage in Mexico, either

    Column: Trump wouldn't like the media coverage in Mexico, either

    Feb 18, 2017 02:20 AM EDT

    ... and income levels vary between the more prosperous north and the poorer south. Mexico City’s modern and colonial architecture, its buildings in vivid colors, make it among the world’s most visually interesting cities. The country seems hover between first world, with more and more cars and even canine ...

  • Column: How the backlash to globalization could hurt the middle class

    Column: How the backlash to globalization could hurt the middle class

    Feb 06, 2017 08:38 PM EDT

    ... like solar and wind offer some hope, but they're fundamentally unreliable. The sun doesn't always shine; the wind doesn't always blow. To make alternative energies a truly viable source of power production, the world needs a robust, cost-effective means of storing energy. And while there are ...

  • With inauguration looming, Trump continues to control hundreds of companies

    With inauguration looming, Trump continues to control hundreds of companies

    Jan 08, 2017 07:10 PM EDT

    ... handful of international deals and dissolved a few shell companies created for prospective investments. Still, he continues to own or control some 500 companies that make up the Trump Organization, creating a tangle of potential conflicts of interest without precedent in modern U.S. history. The president-elect is expected ...

  • U.S. poised to hit Obama's goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees

    U.S. poised to hit Obama's goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees

    Aug 04, 2016 09:24 PM EDT

    ... the large movements of refugees and migrants that stems primarily from conflicts in the Middle East and Africa. Obama would have been hard-pressed to make the case for other countries to do more with the U.S. failing to reach a goal that amounts to only about 2 percent ...

  • After the Orlando tragedy, putting the defiant act of survival into poetry

    After the Orlando tragedy, putting the defiant act of survival into poetry

    Jun 20, 2016 05:41 PM EDT

    ... through community service Just after completing that program, Jimenez says he exited a violent relationship and spent time on the Texas Gulf Coast trying to make sense of things. “I love going out in the wild alone, being around plants and birds. It’s where I am most reflective. I ...

  • Column: What the U.S. dollar's ups and downs mean for you

    Column: What the U.S. dollar's ups and downs mean for you

    Jun 08, 2016 07:22 PM EDT

    ... role as a reserve currency, its ups and downs link seemingly unconnected dynamics. Its movements affect everyone from Japanese investors and British intelligence analysts to Argentinian small business owners and American families. What forces are affecting the greenback — and more importantly, what do the moves mean for you? There are ...

  • World leaders urge action against terrorism at Nuclear Security Summit

    World leaders urge action against terrorism at Nuclear Security Summit

    Apr 02, 2016 04:54 PM EDT

    ... hand, known in diplomatic-speak as "gift baskets." Latin America and the Caribbean are now free of highly enriched uranium, the White House said, praising Argentina by name for converting its remaining stockpile into a less dangerous form. Fissile materials like highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium are necessary ingredients ...

  • Summit explores how to keep nuclear material away from terrorists

    Summit explores how to keep nuclear material away from terrorists

    Apr 02, 2016 12:14 AM EDT

    More than 50 world leaders met for the Nuclear Security Summit, which comes amid fears about terrorists acquiring destructive material, as well as North Korea's growing pace of nuclear tests and missile launches. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner offers some background, while Hari Sreenivasan talks to Matthew Bunn of Harvard University about what was...

  • Shields and Brooks on Trump-Cruz wife feud, ISIS terror in Brussels

    Shields and Brooks on Trump-Cruz wife feud, ISIS terror in Brussels

    Mar 26, 2016 12:22 AM EDT

    Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the terror attack in Brussels and the U.S. fight against the Islamic State, why President Obama was criticized for attending a baseball game, Ted Cruz’s call to patrol Muslim neighborhoods and a war of words...

  • Latest from Cuba: Cubans shocked by Castro's joint news conference with Obama

    Latest from Cuba: Cubans shocked by Castro's joint news conference with Obama

    Mar 21, 2016 02:33 PM EDT

    HAVANA -- The Latest on President Barack Obama's trip to Cuba.