Nov 18 Obama looks to halt Democratic dissent By Terence Burlij President Obama met with CEOs from across the health insurance industry at the White House Friday. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images President Barack Obama and his team are running out of time to fix the problems with the Affordable… Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch The GED gets a makeover: Will it make for better workers? For more than 70 years, the General Educational Development exam, or the GED, has been an important tool for those who didn't complete high school and immigrants looking to make inroads into higher education or secure better jobs. On Sunday,… Continue watching
Nov 16 Watch Controversial case opens up discussion of abortion in Chile On Saturday, we report from Santiago. Chile has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world, but the recent rape and impregnation of an 11-year-old girl has ignited a national debate on this previously taboo topic. Continue watching
Nov 16 Watch Eyewitness captures Polaroid of moment JFK was shot 50 years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, we hear from Mary Ann Moorman, an eyewitness at Dealey Plaza who shared her story with documentary filmmaker Alan Govenar. His film is currently on display at an exhibit at… Continue watching
Nov 15 The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on the U.S.-Israel alliance, Batkid the hero By Hari Sreenivasan In this week's Doubleheader, syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join me to tackle the tense relationship between the U.S. and Israel in the context of fragile negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. Switching… Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch Shields and Brooks on waning ACA confidence and its impact on liberal government Shields and Brooks on waning ACA confidence and its impact on liberal government… Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch Shields and Brooks on waning ACA confidence and its impact on liberal government The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on the U.S.-Israel alliance, Batkid the hero… Continue watching
Nov 15 How many more $100 million ‘pictures’ can the art market absorb? By Victoria Fleischer Bidding representatives speak on the phone with their clients during an auction at Sotheby's on Wednesday in New York City. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images Even for the high stakes world of fine art auctions, $1.8 billion dollars is a… Continue reading
Nov 15 What the Founding Fathers Believed: Stock Ownership for All Richard B. Freeman and Joseph R. Blasi Citizen ownership, often demonized as "socialist," has a pedigree dating to the American Revolution. "Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States," oil on canvas by Howard Chandler Christy, 1940,… Continue reading
Nov 15 One man’s rise from ‘Dr. Unqualified’ to surgeon-in-chief By Dr. Howard Markel In a monthly column for PBS NewsHour, Dr. Howard Markel revisits moments that changed the course of modern health and medicine on their anniversaries, like the confirmation of C. Everett Koop as surgeon general on Nov. 16, 1981. Photo… Continue reading