• TV pioneer Mary Tyler Moore was a modern woman’s role model

    TV pioneer Mary Tyler Moore was a modern woman’s role model

    Jan 26, 2017 12:30 AM EST

    ... bring to the fore in the culture, in popular entertainment? CYNTHIA LITTLETON: I think the show very famously made references to her taking birth control bills, made references to her spending the night with dates, made a very early reference to a character, a guest star character being gay as ...

  • How the Panama Canal helped make the U.S. a world power

    How the Panama Canal helped make the U.S. a world power

    Aug 15, 2014 10:32 PM EST

    ... Panama in the 1970s. Work recently began on a substantial expansion effort that will allow the canal to accommodate modern cargo needs. PBS NewsHour recently interviewed several regional experts to discuss the canal’s first 100 years, and to get a sense of what’s ahead. Ovidio Diaz-Espino grew ...

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    Boehner: 'We're Nowhere' on Fiscal Cliff

    Dec 03, 2012 02:14 PM EST

    ... to raising taxes on the top 2 percent of wage earners. "There's no path to an agreement that does not involve Republicans acknowledging that rates have to go up for the wealthiest Americans," Geithner said on CBS's "Face the Nation." The dueling appearances by the top Republican in ...

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    If the US Budget Were a Family's, We'd Be Hopeless

    Nov 16, 2012 04:34 PM EST

    ... on all sorts of wealth that a family cannot. It is troubling that we have not, in recent years, used our wealth to pay our bills -- having spent far more than we ask our citizens to pay for -- and made up the difference by borrowing. But lenders must think we ...

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    The Greek Crisis: Why Super Mario Draghi Can't Save Europe

    Nov 08, 2012 05:51 PM EST

    ... its solid assets back to the private sector, thereby extracting our euro injections and returning prices to their former levels. Alternatively, we can pay higher rates on reserves and, thereby, keep the injected money in the banks and out of the economy's blood stream." My preferred nickname for the ...

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    Deleveraging, Like Breaking Up, Is Hard to Do

    Oct 24, 2012 06:36 PM EST

    A pressman inspects the roll out of $20 bills at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving. Photo by PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/GettyImages. By Merle Hazard It's time to announce the winner of our song contest. This past summer, with Paul's help, I asked you for economic song ...

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

    Jul 13, 2012 03:45 PM EST

    Anyone paying attention to American cultural life has noticed a boom of art-centered buildings in cities across the country. A new study by the Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago takes what it builds as the first systematic look at this trend.

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    Winners and Losers in Home Mortgage Modification

    Nov 25, 2010 11:17 PM EST

    Paul Solman follows up with questions and reaction surrounding mortgage modifications.

  • This is what Jeff Sessions just said about free speech

    This is what Jeff Sessions just said about free speech

    Sep 26, 2017 04:40 PM EST

    Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday during a speech at Georgetown University that the Department of Justice would renew its commitment to "enforce federal law, defend free speech, and protect students’ free expression from whatever end of the political spectrum it may come."

  • Examining Biden's 5-part plan to tackle rising violent crime rates

    Examining Biden's 5-part plan to tackle rising violent crime rates

    Jun 23, 2021 10:55 PM EST

    President Joe Biden is renewing his push to curb the current rise in violent crime, including homicides, in the United States. With a special focus on crime involving guns, Biden laid out his proposals, such as investing in police and community violence intervention programs, in a public address Wednesday. White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor reports.