Nation Aug 12 Watch Broken Bolts Is Latest Woe for Late, Over Budget and Earthquake-Prone Bay Bridge Broken Bolts Is Latest Woe for Late, Over Budget and Earthquake-Prone Bay Bridge…
Nation Jul 12 Watch News Wrap: In Cleveland, Kidnapping Suspect Castro Faces 977 Charges In other news Friday, Ariel Castro faces 977 charges for the kidnapping, rape and sexual abuse of three women that he allegedly held captive for a decade in the basement of his Cleveland home. Castro pleaded not guilty to an…
Education Aug 08 Watch Obama Orders Revamp of 'No Child Left Behind' Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Monday that President Obama would sign an executive order to allow schools who are falling short of No Child Left Behind to circumvent the law. Gwen Ifill discusses the policy shift with Justin Snider of…
Politics Mar 24 Watch Census Data Show Hispanic Boom; Blacks Leave Cities for South, Suburbs New census data on race and migration released this week show minorities accounted for 90 percent of the growth in the U.S. during the past decade. Ray Suarez discusses the new numbers with the Brookings Institution's William Frey, author Isabel…
Sep 13 Watch In Congo, Attitudes About Rape as a Weapon Remain Tough to Change Gwen Ifill talks with two experts familiar with the sexual violence that has occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the past decade. Continue watching
Dec 31 The Decade in Literature By Arts Desk Books in the aughts were not all for naught: there were mega novels (like Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections" and Junot Diaz's "The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"), a boom in book clubs, and the birth of the e-reader. Continue reading
Dec 31 The Decade in Film By Arts Desk From the fading dominance of the big screen to the prevalence of the small screen, the critical cinematic successes that came from abroad, and the return of the 3-D Hollywood blockbuster, we asked two critics to reflect on the films… Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch SEC Looks Inward at Regulators' Handling of Madoff Case The SEC chairman has criticized his own agency's failure to investigate warnings about Bernard Madoff, who is accused of a massive fraud scheme. Analysts examine the SEC's inquiry. Continue watching