Sep 25 Watch From Bronze to Platinum Plans, What Will New Insurance Exchange Premiums Cost? From Bronze to Platinum Plans, What Will New Insurance Exchange Premiums Cost?… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch Senators Weigh in on Budget Hurdles and Fiscal Compromises Judy Woodruff talks to Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., on where the budget battle is headed next, whether Sen. Ted Cruz's effort to stall was worthwhile or political theater, and whether they think Congress will prevent… Continue watching
Sep 25 Oysters Reclaim Ancient Reefs in the Chesapeake An Oyster Recovery Partnership boat scatters oyster shells covered in oyster larvae into the tributaries of the Chesapeake. Photo by the Paynter Lab/University of Maryland. For centuries, the oyster beds in the Chesapeake Bay were so massive they rose above… Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch How Did Once-Addictive Blackberry Fall Behind Other Smart Phones? How Did Once-Addictive Blackberry Fall Behind Other Smart Phones?… Continue watching
Sep 24 What You Need to Know About the Obamacare Marketplaces By mcarey Companies including the Trader Joe's grocery store chain will end health benefits for part-time workers next year, directing them instead to new insurance marketplaces. Story by Kaiser Health News and photo by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images. The… Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot’ Aims to Better Understand Jesus by Understanding His World In his new book, "Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth," author and scholar Reza Aslan sets out to dig through generations of interpretation to get to know Jesus, the real, historical figure and the world he lived… Continue watching
Sep 23 Life in lockdown near Kenya’s besieged mall Smoke billows from the roof of the four-story Westgate shopping mall where a number of hostages have been kept for three days in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo by Ahmet Erkan Yigitsozlu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images. The gunfire "sounded as if it were… Continue reading
Sep 23 Obama Calls for Nation Shocked by Gun Tragedies to ‘Change’ By Terence Burlij President Obama embraces a family member after delivering remarks on Sept. 22 in remembrance of the victims of the Navy Yard shootings. Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images. "If we really want to honor these 12… Continue reading
Sep 22 On the first day of fall: Could climate change mean a less colorful season? Today's the day to do every summer-related activity you've been putting off, because at 4:44 p.m. EDT, the season officially changes and as the days pass, everything will begin to look a little more like this: Credit: Flickr/Ed Schipul… Continue reading
Sep 22 Food stamps by the numbers Graphics credit: Lisa Overton/NewsHour Weekend After a showdown in the House ended with a vote to cut the nation's food stamp program by $40 billion, the controversial measure is headed to the Senate. Continue reading