World Dec 31 Watch What Will History Books Have to Say About 2012? Judy Woodruff talks to presidential historians Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith about the events from 2012 that will live on in the history, including Hurricane Sandy, the 2012 elections, a mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., China's new leadership, and…
World Dec 31 What Story in 2012 Changed the World for You? The aftermath of hurricane Sandy in Rockaway Beach, N.Y. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Monday Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith look back on 2012 and discuss which moments will be the most likely to be remembered.
Nation Dec 31 New Year’s Eve Across the World We're tracking Instagram photos tagged with #NYE to see how people around the world are ringing in the New Year. Zoom in and out on the map below to travel the globe and take a look at celebrations of…
Politics Dec 31 It’s So Easy to Say Goodbye to These Six Political Ad Archetypes of 2012 EmbedVideo(5343, 482, 304); "The Welder"—or specifically the welder in political ads—is one character we're happy to say goodbye to in 2013. All images and sounds were pulled from 2012 campaign ads. You can hear ads from Rick Santorum, Newt…
Dec 28 Shields and Brooks: Best Political Gaffes of 2012, NFL Playoff Predictions By Christina Bellantoni Mark Shields and David Brooks agreed on one thing in our year-end Doubleheader Friday: that the gaffes that defined 2012 were primarily from Republicans. I was filling in for Hari Sreenivasan, who is enjoying a break for… Continue reading
Dec 28 Some of the Best and Oddest Photos of 2012 From runways to rooftops, refugee camps to campaign stumps, this slide show offers a smattering of images that caught our eye in the last 12 months. Some of the photos were of familiar scenes, such as presidential candidates stumping… Continue reading
Dec 27 Miles O’Brien: Crawling in Sewage, Sleeping With Dolphins in 2012 EmbedVideo(5319, 482, 304); Over the past year, Miles O'Brien has jogged, drank and slept on the job. He's suited up, strapped in and goofed off. He swam with dolphins to study sleep, played ball with chimps, tracked radiation… Continue reading
Dec 27 What Have We Learned From the Dropout Crisis? In Clark County, Nevada, Chaparral High School's turnaround program had administrators going door-to-door to bring dropouts back to the classroom. Photo by Mike Fritz/PBS NewsHour. Here's a statistic we've reported on all year: One in four students drops out… Continue reading
Dec 26 In Photos: Comparing Washington, D.C. in 1913 and Today A hundred years ago, the streets of Washington, D.C., were packed with women demanding the right to vote. The women -- some of them farmers, doctors, actresses and students -- traveled far distances in some cases to march… Continue reading