• What it’s like to be a veteran of a war that never ends

    What it’s like to be a veteran of a war that never ends

    May 26, 2017 11:25 PM EST

    ... ordnance disposal technician, EOD, we call it, the bomb squad. After my last Iraq tour, I was worn out mentally and physically. But my EOD brothers and sisters were dying, and I needed to stay to protect them. Such a feeling provides intense meaning, but also, in the forever war ...

  • How the GOP health care bill is fueling Democratic opposition

    How the GOP health care bill is fueling Democratic opposition

    May 08, 2017 11:39 PM EST

    ... s right. And the Kushner organization has apologized for any misunderstanding or any impression that could be left that she was trying to use her brother's position. Jared Kushner has said that he will not involve himself in anything involving these visas as they're considered. This is a ...

  • Corporations go overseas to avoid U.S. taxes

    Corporations go overseas to avoid U.S. taxes

    Apr 29, 2017 09:19 PM EST

    ... SABGA: Veronique de Rugy is a Senior Fellow with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University -- a conservative think tank partially funded by the Koch Brothers. She says corporate taxes ultimately fall on workers. VERONIQUE DE DERUGY: Economics 101 -- we know now that the person writing the check is not ...

  • Immigration crackdown fears fuel uncertainty for undocumented students

    Immigration crackdown fears fuel uncertainty for undocumented students

    Apr 25, 2017 11:23 PM EST

    ... immigrants in her free time. YAEL: I feel privileged to be here at UCLA. When I think about my future, unfortunately, everything seems really uncertain right now. KAVITHA CARDOZA: For high school senior Elena, classes are a refuge. ELENA, Undocumented High School Student: I motivated myself to take challenges, like ...

  • After life-shattering loss, Sheryl Sandberg reaches out to others in grief

    After life-shattering loss, Sheryl Sandberg reaches out to others in grief

    Apr 24, 2017 11:22 PM EST

    ... first died, I thought it was my fault. The initial report said he'd died of head trauma from falling off an exercise machine. My brother's a neurosurgeon, and he told me that wasn't true. When we got the autopsy, we realized he had died of a cardiac ...

  • Did Obamacare help or hurt you?

    Did Obamacare help or hurt you?

    Mar 23, 2017 09:27 PM EST

    ... his knees. He was left scarred and could only eat through a tube, but he survived. Today, he loves to play video games, especially Mario Brothers and Lego Dimensions, and will celebrate his 10th birthday this June. Annually, his medical bills for hospital visits and a dozen medications add up ...

  • GOP push on health plan; conservatives, Democrats oppose it

    GOP push on health plan; conservatives, Democrats oppose it

    Mar 08, 2017 03:10 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — Over the strong objections of key conservatives and Democrats, House Republican leaders are forging ahead with a health care plan that scraps major parts of the Obama-era overhaul. The House Ways and Means Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee intended to convene what were expected to be marathon sessions Wednesday to start...

  • Conservative backlash threatens to sink new GOP health bill

    Conservative backlash threatens to sink new GOP health bill

    Mar 06, 2017 11:51 PM EST

    A powerful conservative backlash threatened to sink the new Republican health care bill less than 24 hours after its launch, even as President Donald Trump began trying to sell the legislation as the long-promised GOP cure for Obamacare.

  • ‘This is a story that won’t let us go’: New book revisits racial injustice of Emmett Till’s murder

    ‘This is a story that won’t let us go’: New book revisits racial injustice of Emmett Till’s murder

    Mar 04, 2017 12:48 AM EST

    In “The Blood of Emmett Till,” author Timothy Tyson revisits the history of a notorious killing by revealing new details from the woman at the center of the allegations that led to Till’s murder and the acquittal of his murderers. Tyson sits down with Jeffrey Brown for a book conversation.

  • Conservatives learn dealing with Trump can be complicated

    Conservatives learn dealing with Trump can be complicated

    Feb 23, 2017 02:42 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — For the past eight years, thousands of conservative activists have descended on Washington each spring with dreams of putting a Republican in the White House.