May 23 Gwen’s Take: The Chasm Close to Home I watched the president's address to the Morehouse class of 2013 this week with special interest. Part of the reason was personal: I had a great time delivering the commencement speech there two years ago. A sea of… Continue reading
May 23 Former Air Force Servicewoman Feels Betrayed by Military After Sexual Assault EmbedVideo(6531, 482, 304); Former Airman 1st Class Jessica Hinves' career in the Air Force was cut short after suffering from PTSD stemming from an assault by a fellow airman. This is her story. See the full report of sexual… Continue reading
May 23 Obama Defends Drone Strikes But Says No Cure-All EmbedVideo(6530, 482, 304); On the defensive over a trio of controversies, President Barack Obama refocused the debate Thursday with a speech laying out his administration's rationale for the use of unmanned drone strikes against terrorism targets abroad. WASHINGTON --… Continue reading
May 23 My Two Hours in Moore, Okla. An American flag stands amid the rubble of the May 20 tornado that tore through Moore, Okla. Photo by Rebecca Jacobson. I've driven through Oklahoma many times, usually once or twice a year as my family traveled from our… Continue reading
May 23 The Odds of Disaster: An Economist’s Warning on Global Warming By Martin Weitzman By Martin Weitzman No one can say with any assurance what the dollar value of damages would be from the highly uncertain climate changes that might accompany a planet earth that is steadily warming. Paul Solman: Are headlines trumpeting… Continue reading
May 23 Gwen Ifill Answered Your Questions Correspondent Gwen Ifill answered questions during a live chat, hosted by PBS' Washington Week. Read through the chat below. Chat with Gwen Ifill of Washington Week and the PBS NewsHour… Continue reading
May 23 China Gives and China Taketh Away Screen grab of Chinese skyline. In the small town writ large of Washington, eight city blocks can separate a wide gulf of hopes and fears about future relations between the world's two major economic powers -- the United States… Continue reading
May 23 Watch Live: Obama Addresses Drones, Gitmo Watch a live stream in the player above of President Barack Obama's speech at the National… Continue reading
May 23 Obama Looks to Shift Focus to Drone Strikes As Scandals Swirl By Terence Burlij Undated image courtesy of the U.S. Air Force shows a MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft. Photo: REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Lt Col Leslie Pratt On the defensive over a trio of controversies, President Barack Obama will attempt to refocus the debate Thursday with… Continue reading
May 23 Watch Top Brass, Lawmakers Grapple With Rising Levels of Military Sexual Assault By PBS News Hour Continue watching