May 11 Watch Prime Minister Gordon Brown Cedes Office to Conservative David Cameron Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain's Labor Party resigned his position as the two opposition parties reached an agreement to form a government, following last week's inconclusive national election. Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch U.K. Prime Minister Candidates Square Off over Foreign Policy Three top candidates for prime minister in Britain's tightly contested parliamentary election shared the stage to discuss foreign policy in the second of three televised political debates. Simon Marks reports from London on the political footing for the three parties… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch UK Candidates Look to Sway Voters with Premier TV Debate As Britain's three candidates for prime minister wage heated campaigns ahead of the May election, Simon Marks reports from London on the politics behind the country's very first American-style public debate. Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch Census Pushes Americans’ Participation as Deadline Looms As the deadline for the 2010 census nears, Jim Lehrer talks to U.S. Census director Robert Groves about the challenges of counting the U.S. population and the trends the new data might show. Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch Examining the ‘Life and Constitution’ of Antonin Scalia Gwen Ifill speaks with author Joan Biskupic about her new biography, "American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia."… Continue watching
Nov 04 Watch TV, Radio Talkers Shaping Political Discourse in U.S. Jeffrey Brown examines the impact of television and radio talk show hosts and how they affect the way Americans think about politics. Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Obama Speaks to Students in High-profile Address Ray Suarez gets reactions from teachers, parents and students to President Barack Obama's back-to-school address, which created controversy among some groups. Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch Polarization in Politics Leaves Progress on Party Lines Amid congressional funding battles and veto showdowns with the White House, partisan power struggles appear to be as prevalent as ever in American politics. An expert panel examines the polarization divide and assesses how lawmakers might better bridge the partisan… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch Hunter Outlines Iraq Strategy, Immigration Plan In the newest in a series of interviews with presidential candidates, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., details his ideas for handling illegal immigration in the United States and discusses how his experiences as a veteran shape his views on Iraq war… Continue watching
Jun 01 Cultural Conservatives Give Top GOP Candidates Tepid Reviews By PBS News Hour Evangelicals and other social conservatives have yet to throw their support behind one presidential candidate, and many are finding themselves dissatisfied with their party's earlier front-runners. Continue reading