Jun 29 Watch 6:44 News Wrap: Puerto Rico struggles with $72 billion in debt By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Puerto Rico’s governor warned the island can’t pay its debt, and hopes to defer payments as it negotiates. Also, Louisiana and Mississippi ended holdouts on issuing same-sex marriage licenses in the wake of the Supreme… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 5:33 Uncertainty is certain as Greece grapples with debt crisis By PBS News Hour Greece is facing great uncertainty on the eve of a debt default and ahead of a national referendum next Sunday. Judy Woodruff talks to Greg Ip of The Wall Street Journal about the potential consequences for Greece and the Eurozone,… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 4:11 On brink of default, Greece imposes cash crunch By PBS News Hour The Greek government closed all banks and made ready to default on a major debt payment after bailout talks with international creditors collapsed over the weekend. Greeks lined up at ATMS and rushed to gas stations, but were met with… Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch 9:17 Already suffering Greece struggles with flood of migrants By PBS News Hour As Greece grapples to reach a deal with international creditors to avoid bankruptcy, the country is also being hit hard with a surge of arriving migrants – straining scant resources even further. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from the island… Continue watching
Feb 21 Obama’s 2015 budget trades compromise for partisan flavor By Terence Burlij, Simone Pathe President Barack Obama’s forthcoming 2015 budget will not include a proposal to trim Social Security benefits, offered last year in an attempt to draw Republican support for a potential “grand bargain” on deficit reduction. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch Under Austerity, Greeks Feel Unfolding Social and Humanitarian Crisis Under Austerity, Greeks Feel Unfolding Social and Humanitarian Crisis… Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch No Laughing Matter: A Look at the European Debt Crisis Through Cartoons Lee Buchheit, a lawyer who helped mastermind Greece's debt restructuring earlier this year, and investor Hans Humes explain the wrangling behind-the-scenes of Europe's debt crises to economics correspondent Paul Solman, all with a little help from some cartoonists. Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch Congress Returns to Washington to Aim For Balanced Budget in Lame-Duck Session Congress Returns to Washington to Aim For Balanced Budget in Lame-Duck Session… Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch With Election Over and Time Running Out, Washington Shifts Focus to Fiscal Cliff With Election Over and Time Running Out, Washington Shifts Focus to Fiscal Cliff… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch From Fiscal Cliff to Immigration Reform, What Will the Next Four Years Bring? From Fiscal Cliff to Immigration Reform, What Will the Next Four Years Bring?… Continue watching