Apr 12 Watch 4:29 What’s Hillary Clinton’s vision for her presidential bid? By PBS News Hour Hillary Clinton announced her 2016 presidential bid on Sunday. For more on her run for the presidency, Dan Balz, chief political correspondent for The Washington Post, joins Hari Sreenivasan. Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch: Hillary Clinton says ‘I’m running for president’ in online video By News Desk In a video posted to YouTube on Sunday, Hillary Clinton announced her official run for president. Watch the full video. Continue reading
Apr 11 In historic meeting, Obama and Castro vow to turn page on relations By Jim Kuhnhenn, Josh Lederman, Associated Press The leaders of the United States and Cuba held their first formal meeting in more than half a century on Saturday, clearing the way for a normalization of relations that had seemed unthinkable to both Cubans and Americans for generations. Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch 4:28 Photographer Gordon Parks’ hunt for childhood friends reveals 1940s black life under segregation By PBS News Hour One of the most celebrated African-American artists of his time, Gordon Parks, is the subject of a photography exhibition at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts that focuses on the realities of life under segregation during the 1940s. WGBH's Jared… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch Why the battle over guns is being fought at the state level By PBS News Hour At the NRA’s annual convention, potential Republican presidential candidates took to the stage to try and woo one of the party’s biggest constituencies: the gun lobby. To discuss the politics of guns and how the debate is playing out on… Continue watching
Apr 10 What does Hillary Clinton believe? Where the candidate stands on 12 issues By Rachel Wellford, Lisa Desjardins Hillary Rodham Clinton owns a singular resume: first lady, senator and secretary of state. She is also a lawyer who worked on the Watergate investigation and a four-decade veteran of campaigns. Add two-time presidential contender. Here is a look at… Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch 8:03 IMF chief Lagarde on Greece, China and the uneven global recovery By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 09 Obama prepares for historic encounter with Castro By Josh Lederman, Associated Press PANAMA CITY — Turning the page on a half-century of enmity, President Barack Obama signaled Thursday he will soon remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, boosting hopes for improved ties as he prepared for a… Continue reading
Apr 08 You probably benefited from slave labor today By P. J. Tobia There are 21 million people worldwide living as slaves. Some of their work ends up in your home and on your plate. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 9:51 How a bystander’s video revealed the truth about a police shooting in South Carolina By PBS News Hour Continue watching