• Hurricane Katrina exposed ‘deeper tragedy’ of inequality, says Obama

    Hurricane Katrina exposed ‘deeper tragedy’ of inequality, says Obama

    Aug 27, 2015 11:29 PM EDT

    ... and in the face of hardship, good people come together to lend a hand and, brick by brick, block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood, you build a better future. And that, more than any other reason, is why I have come back here today. JUDY WOODRUFF: Mr. Obama was in ...

  • Why Greece should follow Germany's walk, not its talk

    Why Greece should follow Germany's walk, not its talk

    Mar 24, 2015 07:47 PM EDT

    ... Fuels Financial Crisis Nothing could be further from the truth. And at the Ambrosetti meeting in northern Italy’s Cernobbio on Lake Como last week (what William Safire called an “elitist” version of Davos), we heard some better arguments from Richard Koo, of the Nomura Research Institute in Japan, Greek ...

  • Will new manufacturing ease Mississippi's 'psychosis of poverty?'

    Will new manufacturing ease Mississippi's 'psychosis of poverty?'

    Feb 06, 2015 10:21 PM EDT

    ... people started walking upright. They started thinking-- "Hey, you know, we build stuff that flies." JOHN LARSON: At 1102 Main Street, Joe Max Higgins runs the Link – the development group credited with attracting more than 5-billion dollars in new investment to the triangle. Higgins is the area’s larger ...

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    Conversation: What Makes Some Arts Buildings Successful and Others Not?

    Jul 13, 2012 03:45 PM EDT

    ... in cities across the country. They've been promoted as sources of civic pride, of rebuilding downtowns and as economic generators. A new study takes what it bills as the first systematic look at this trend. What makes some buildings successful and others not? The study is called Set in ...

  • Shields and Gerson on Michael Flynn’s Russia probe cooperation, GOP’s tax bill calculation

    Shields and Gerson on Michael Flynn’s Russia probe cooperation, GOP’s tax bill calculation

    Dec 01, 2017 11:25 PM EDT

    ... the time of Abraham Lincoln. It's not even small government. And it's not certainly balanced budgets. It's tax cuts. And it's tax cuts for those best off among us. Judy Woodruff: But to get back to your point, and to build on what Mark just said

  • Column: Six rules for rebuilding infrastructure in an era of ‘unprecedented’ weather events

    Column: Six rules for rebuilding infrastructure in an era of ‘unprecedented’ weather events

    Sep 09, 2017 07:19 PM EDT

    ... Aug. 25, there was little doubt that its impact would be devastating and wide-ranging. Unfortunately, Harvey delivered and then some with early estimates of the damage at over US$190 billion, which would make it the costliest storm in U.S. history. The rain dumped on the Houston area by ...

  • WATCH: Sen. Cory Booker says he will run in 2020 presidential race

    WATCH: Sen. Cory Booker says he will run in 2020 presidential race

    Feb 01, 2019 03:03 PM EDT

    The New Jersey Democrat, who is the second black candidate in a primary field that's already historically diverse, delivered his message of unity amid an era marked by bitter political division.

  • Flint water cost to rise as state ends subsidy

    Flint water cost to rise as state ends subsidy

    Mar 05, 2017 09:18 PM EDT

    In Flint, Michigan, residents still must use a filter to drink tap water, but the cost of that water will soon increase. The state is ending a subsidy program that reduced customers’ water bills after Flint's water was contaminated with lead in 2014. Michigan Radio reporter Steve Carmody joins Hari Sreenivasan from Flint to discuss.

  • Medicare woes: Why the meds your doctor prescribes are outrageously expensive

    Medicare woes: Why the meds your doctor prescribes are outrageously expensive

    Jul 01, 2015 06:10 PM EDT

    If there's one area of Medicare that needs fixing it's how doctors prescribe medications and the Medicare rules under which we pay for them. While your doctor should know better than to prescribe you a drug that costs an arm and a leg, don't forget that she is floating in a Big Pharma sea with...

  • Split power is the new normal in American politics

    Split power is the new normal in American politics

    Jan 07, 2015 02:52 PM EDT

    Today in the Morning Line: Just two presidents in the last 50 years have not experienced a Congress fully controlled by the opposition party 16 of the 24 times the opposition party has fully controlled Congress have been in just the last 70 years. This new normal means compromise is necessary to overcome gridlock. The...