May 20 What About Social Security Benefits for Singles and the Divorced? By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff Fifty-two percent of women over 60 aren't married and nearly 70 percent of those over 75. What Social Security benefits are they entitled to? And what about single or divorced men? Photo by Jim McGuire via Getty… Continue reading
May 20 Life of Sally Ride Honored at Kennedy Center Tribute American astronaut Sally Ride monitors control panels from the pilot's chair on the flight deck in 1983. Photo by Apic/Getty Images. *Editor's note: On Monday, PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien will serve as master of ceremonies at… Continue reading
May 20 Republicans Still Fired Up Over IRS Scandal Following Hearing Photo by Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images At this point, there appears to be more heat than light when it comes to discussion of the Internal Revenue Service's singling out of conservative groups for extra… Continue reading
May 20 Watch Assad Forces Try to Retake Border Town With Help From Hezbollah In Syria, Assad government troops pushed to retake a strategic town close to the Lebanese border. Hezbollah fighters joined the Syrian regime army in laying siege to Qusayr, home to 40,000 civilians. Judy Woodruff reports on the growing involvement of… Continue watching
May 17 Watch Shields and Brooks on Government Scandals, Remembering Watergate Shields and Brooks on Government Scandals, Remembering Watergate… Continue watching
May 17 Watch As Outrage Grows, Military Makes Addressing Sexual Assault Top Priority As Outrage Grows, Military Makes Addressing Sexual Assault Top Priority… Continue watching
May 17 Watch Outgoing IRS Chief Admits Mistakes, but Dismisses Notion Scrutiny Was Political Outgoing IRS Chief Admits Mistakes, but Dismisses Notion Scrutiny Was Political… Continue watching
May 17 Cicada Sighting! Bug-Eyed Critters Emerging in Northern Virginia By Ray Suarez A cicada perches on a leaf of grass at Virginia's Bull Run Regional Park. The full brood of cicadas is expected to emerge en masse in late May or June. Photos by Jenny Marder. After an afternoon hunting for cicadas… Continue reading
May 17 Military Sexual Assault Crisis Prompts Congress to Act President Barack Obama met with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, right, and other Pentagon leaders at the White House Thursday to discuss sexual assault in the military. The U.S. Continue reading
May 17 Inequality Today: Worse than a Century Ago? By Paul Solman By Paul Solman The entrance at the 1912 Democratic National Convention held in Baltimore, Md. The theme of the presidential campaign of 1912 was economic inequality, but looking at the data, the problem is worse today than it was more… Continue reading