Apr 23 Yeltsin, First President of Russian Federation, Dies By Admin, PBS News Hour Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who helped steer the final collapse of the Soviet Union and the creation of the Russian Federation, died Monday of heart failure at the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. He was 76. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch Authors Debate Effects of Globalization on Society As more U.S. jobs are shipped overseas, Americans grow worried over job security and worker rights. Authors Thomas Friedman and Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., discuss opposing views on the globalization of the economy and its both beneficial and harmful effects. Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch Capitalism in Cuba By PBS News Hour Paul Solman reports from Cuba on the growing role of capitalism in the country's socialist system. Continue watching