Sep 16 Watch News Wrap: Pope Begins U.K. Visit Amid Uproar Over Abuse Scandal In other news Thursday, the Pope began a visit to Britain with his strongest admission about how the Catholic Church failed to deal decisively with sexual abuse by priests. Continue watching
Sep 16 1 in 7 Americans Lived in Poverty in 2009, New Census Data Show Updated 3:48 p.m. ET Driven by the recession, the percentage of Americans who live in poverty and the percentage of those who live without health insurance both rose in 2009, according to data released Thursday by the Census… Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch In Cuba, Hints of Dramatic Change Emerge from Fidel Castro Margaret Warner speaks with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic magazine and Latin America analyst Julia Sweig, who met with Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro in Havana and discussed the shortcomings of the island nation's economic system. Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Baja’s Tourism Suffers Amid Mexico Drug War A drop in tourism and manufacturing has left the Mexican state Baja, California, with a struggling economy. Jose Luis Sierra of New America Media reports on how the drug war and recession have played a role. Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Greenspan Speaks Out Against Bush Era Tax Cuts A voice from the past weighed in on the ongoing debate of the Bush Era Tax Cuts. Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, said the country cannot afford to keep the tax cuts at a time of… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Drug War Casts a Shadow on Mexican Bicentennial Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan talks with Ray Suarez about Mexico's bicentennial celebrations amid the backdrop of ongoing drug war violence and economic woes. Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch Government Allowing Lehman Collapse Still Mysterious 2 Years Later The 2008 downfall of financial giant Lehman Brothers prompted global efforts to avoid another international financial crisis. Two financial reporters, John Cassidy and Andrew Ross Sorkin, talk about what we've learned in the two years since Lehman's collapse and what's… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch Shields and Brooks Examine ‘Islamaphobia,’ Obama’s Midterm Tax Cut Debate Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze this week's top political stories, including recent anti-Muslim rhetoric in the U.S. and the debate over extending Bush-era tax cuts. Continue watching
Sep 10 Obama: Economy Growing Again, but Progress ‘Painfully Slow’ By News Desk President Obama said Friday at a nationally televised news conference that economic progress has been “painfully slow,” but investments in business, education and technology will help make America more competitive in the global economy. “While the economy is growing again…the… Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch GOP Congressman: Restrained Spending Buoys U.S. Economy Gwen Ifill gets a Republican view on President Obama's latest economic proposals from Illinois congressman Peter Roskam. Continue watching