• How the transgender community finds a voice through speech therapy

    How the transgender community finds a voice through speech therapy

    Mar 30, 2016 08:27 PM EDT

    For Caroline Temmermand, who spent 2.5 years doing speech therapy at George Washington University’s transgender voice clinic, changing her voice was a question of personal comfort. “After [my family] found out I was transgender, and I started presenting as the person I am, I wanted them to feel ...

  • With all Cuba watching, Obama offers hopeful possibilities in speech

    With all Cuba watching, Obama offers hopeful possibilities in speech

    Mar 22, 2016 11:47 PM EDT

    ... including a major address to the Cuban people. John Yang reports. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I believe in the Cuban people. JOHN YANG: In the final speech of his historic visit, President Obama laid out a future of possibilities, but no guarantees. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I have come here to bury ...

  • Meet El Sexto, the performance artist pushing for free speech in Cuba

    Meet El Sexto, the performance artist pushing for free speech in Cuba

    Mar 22, 2016 08:25 PM EDT

    ... for his strong belief in freedom of expression for all Cubans. Here are a few times Maldonado has challenged Cuba on the issue of free speech: 1. Painted graffiti on public walls in Havana. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7zOxH1-iYw Some of Maldonado's earliest projects began with ...

  • Trump calls Iran 'biggest sponsor of terrorism' in AIPAC speech

    Trump calls Iran 'biggest sponsor of terrorism' in AIPAC speech

    Mar 21, 2016 11:31 PM EDT

    Video by PBS NewsHour WASHINGTON — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is focusing on Iran as he delivers a highly-anticipated foreign policy speech in Washington. Trump tells a gathering of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee: "Iran is the biggest sponsor of terrorism around the world." Trump has been ...

  • Pro-Israel policy conference nervously awaits Trump speech

    Pro-Israel policy conference nervously awaits Trump speech

    Mar 21, 2016 12:32 PM EDT

    ... other communities, comparisons of Trump to Hitler and Mussolini have clouded their impressions. Some have announced they will protest Trump, if not by disrupting his speech, by walking out. Others have said the speech will be an important opportunity to hear Trump explain his views. The debate has played out ...

  • Watch full speech: Romney calls Trump a 'phony'

    Watch full speech: Romney calls Trump a 'phony'

    Mar 03, 2016 01:09 PM EDT

    Watch Mitt Romney's full speech at the University of Utah on Thursday. SALT LAKE CITY — Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Thursday that the prospects for a safe future are "greatly diminished" if Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee for president. Speaking at the University of Utah, Romney ...

  • The secret to Trump's stump speech success

    The secret to Trump's stump speech success

    Mar 01, 2016 05:49 PM EDT

    ... trade deficit. “We’re gonna start winning. We’re not gonna lose. We’re going to win. ” he said. At this point in his stump speech, which was indistinguishable from dozens of speeches this reporter has covered over the past several months, Trump turned his focus to his wealth. He ...

  • Speeches earning Clinton millions remain allusive to voters

    Speeches earning Clinton millions remain allusive to voters

    Feb 07, 2016 02:52 AM EDT

    ... again Friday after her promise to review the issue. Last month, she laughed and turned away when a reporter specifically asked for transcripts of her speeches to Goldman Sachs. "I don't think voters are interested in the transcripts of her speeches," Joel Benenson, Clinton's pollster, told reporters Friday ...

  • Speeches that earned Clinton millions remain a mystery

    Speeches that earned Clinton millions remain a mystery

    Feb 05, 2016 11:36 PM EDT

    ... on Friday after her promise to review the issue. Last month, she laughed and turned away when a blogger specifically asked for transcripts of her speeches to Goldman Sachs. "I don't think voters are interested in the transcripts of her speeches," Joel Benenson, Clinton's pollster, told reporters Friday ...

  • President Reagan's speech to a nation reeling after Challenger disaster

    President Reagan's speech to a nation reeling after Challenger disaster

    Jan 28, 2016 05:51 PM EDT

    ... focusing on the disaster. It would be months before NASA scientists would learn the below-freezing temperatures compromised the rockets' rubber O-rings. Discussing her speech last year, Noonan said Reagan needed "to do a speech that is aimed at those who are 8 years old, and those who are ...