Oct 07 Watch Out of many faces, one American portrait: Artist creates ‘facescape’ on the National Mall By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch What’s next in the legal battle over same-sex marriage? – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch Before ISIS: A history of beheadings to terrify, punish By PBS News Hour ISIS' release of yet another videotape showing the beheading of a western hostage has once again drawn international condemnation and refocused attention on the very practice. In fact, beheadings date back to ancient times, and today, they are hardly limited… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch Why adults are buzzing about YA literature By PBS News Hour Young adult literature has become a booming business and one of the fastest growing book categories for publishers in recent years, with more than 715 million books sold in 2013 -- mostly to adults. NewsHour Weekend's Tracy Wholf reports. Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch A doctor’s argument against living longer By PBS News Hour Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, an oncologist and one of the country's leading health care experts, says by age 75 he would opt out of medical treatments in order to not prolong his life in favor of letting nature take its course. Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch How a presidential candidate’s personal life changed political journalism By PBS News Hour When did the more intimate -- and sometimes sordid -- aspects of the personal lives of politicians become fair game for reporters? Matt Bai of Yahoo News says it was back in 1987, when presidential candidate Gary Hart’s extramarital dalliance… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch When to let go? Families of patients on life support face painful choice By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 30 Grammy-winning violinist Joshua Bell delights masses at DC subway concert By Victoria Fleischer, Anne Azzi Davenport Back in 2007, pedestrians hurried by without realizing that the busker playing at the entrance to a Washington, D.C., Metro stop was none other than the Grammy-winning Joshua Bell. Today, Bell set up at the entrance of Union Station, but… Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch How Detroit has streamlined its fight against blight By PBS News Hour Facing the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history, Detroit has adopted diverse solutions to give itself a facelift. The city is tackling blight and dilapidated homes with help from technology like smartphone apps and online crowdsourcing, and offering incentives to… Continue watching