• What will come from the unusual, on-camera immigration meeting?

    What will come from the unusual, on-camera immigration meeting?

    Jan 09, 2018 11:50 PM EST

    ... from it, I'm joined by our own John Yang and Lisa Desjardins. And thank you for being here. And, John, I'm going to start with you. I have been in Washington a long time. I have covered a lot of meetings. This one was different. John Yang: Absolutely ...

  • Opinion: Why your alarmism over Trump is dangerous for democracy

    Opinion: Why your alarmism over Trump is dangerous for democracy

    Oct 19, 2017 02:15 AM EST

    ... We are confronted daily not simply with outrage, but a kind of end-of-worldism: America is on the brink of dictatorship; Trump is going start World War III; the president’s access to the nuclear codes might actually destroy the universe; if he manages to control his impulses, then ...

  • Column: 5 tips on how to stretch your donation dollars

    Column: 5 tips on how to stretch your donation dollars

    Sep 04, 2017 07:28 PM EST

    ... in the relief effort. Support established nonprofits Sometimes new groups sprout up to respond to catastrophes like the ones now unfolding in Texas that seem tailor-made for supporting people in distress but have some shortcomings. When I studied the philanthropic response after the 9/11 attacks, I found that ...

  • Shields and Brooks on the Senate health care bill unveiled, Trump’s tape clarification

    Shields and Brooks on the Senate health care bill unveiled, Trump’s tape clarification

    Jun 24, 2017 12:11 AM EST

    ... HARI SREENIVASAN: And to the analysis of Shields and Brooks. That's syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. David, let me start with you. Let's start talking about the health care plan that the Senate rolled out this week. You surprised at what ...

  • This outsider artist in Baltimore has 5,000 pieces of art in his home

    This outsider artist in Baltimore has 5,000 pieces of art in his home

    Apr 06, 2017 08:51 PM EST

    ... have created large-scale murals in several city parks, so brightly colored and filled with fantastical creatures they are impossible to miss. Soon, they’ll start a program to make art with kids in recreation centers and schools in a “satellite visionary experience”; in the second floor of their house ...

  • While Trump talks tough, U.S. quietly cutting nuclear force

    While Trump talks tough, U.S. quietly cutting nuclear force

    Mar 19, 2017 01:42 PM EST

    ... the deployed ICBM arsenal at its smallest size since the early 1960s. In 2014, President Barack Obama's administration announced the planned ICBM reduction to tailor the overall nuclear force, including bombers and nuclear-armed submarines, to the New START accord that the U.S. and Russia sealed in 2010 ...

  • Is Trump’s revised travel ban constitutional?

    Is Trump’s revised travel ban constitutional?

    Mar 07, 2017 01:18 AM EST

    President Trump signed a new executive order that restricts travel from six Muslim majority countries after a first attempt was shot down by the courts. Will the new order pass legal muster? Jeffrey Brown gets debate from Neal Katyal, a former acting solicitor general under President Obama, and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, about...

  • One million U.S. students could be studying Mandarin by 2020

    One million U.S. students could be studying Mandarin by 2020

    Aug 19, 2016 04:28 PM EST

    In 2009, there were only 10 Mandarin dual-language programs in the United States. Now there are nearly 200.

  • On cutting-edge voter data, Trump critically behind Clinton

    On cutting-edge voter data, Trump critically behind Clinton

    May 30, 2016 04:40 PM EST

    PHILADELPHIA — Donald Trump trails Hillary Clinton by months, even years, in using fast-evolving digital campaigning to win over voters, data specialists working with the GOP say.

  • How one Minnesota school district handles a rising immigrant population

    How one Minnesota school district handles a rising immigrant population

    Mar 23, 2016 07:30 PM EST

    The United States is now home to the largest number of foreign-born black people in its history and many are K-12 students enrolled in public schools. This presents unique challenges for the school districts that welcome them.