Apr 25 Gun Control and Gun Rights Advocates Are Ready to Continue Their Fight EmbedVideo(6308, 482, 304); Watch the NewsHour Thursday for a look at the evolution of gun lobbying efforts on both sides. Exuding a sense of impenetrable power, the headquarters of the National Rifle Association makes a big footprint along Interstate… Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch Uphill Gun Control Fight Feels Familiar to Advocates of Another Era Uphill Gun Control Fight Feels Familiar to Advocates of Another Era… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch 15:41 All Living Presidents Gather in Dallas to Dedicate George W. Bush Library The dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library was attended by its namesake and the four other living presidents. Jeffrey Brown discusses presidential legacy with Ellen Fitzpatrick of the University of New Hampshire, University of Texas at Austin's H.W. Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch U.S. Believes Syrian Regime Has Used Chemical Weapons, Waits for Confirmation U.S. Believes Syrian Regime Has Used Chemical Weapons, Waits for Confirmation… Continue watching
Apr 25 Space Junk Threatens Cascade of Collisions The sheer amount of debris in low-Earth orbit is tipping space dangerously close to a cascade of hazardous collisions, scientists announced at a four-day international meeting on the subject this week. And there is an "urgent need" to… Continue reading
Apr 25 How Well Do You Know Your Presidential Libraries? The George W. Bush Presidential Center marks the thirteenth library dedicated to a president. Whether you've been to one, all or none, test your skills and see how well you know (or can guess) what's inside the presidential libraries. Continue reading
Apr 25 Workers From Other Countries ‘Lifeline’ for U.S., Former INS Chief Says EmbedVideo(6307, 482, 304); Doris Meissner, director of the Migration Policy Institute's immigration policy work, says foreign-born workers are complementary to American workers. The 844-page, bipartisan immigration reform bill released April 18 would refocus American immigration policy toward employment-based… Continue reading
Apr 25 How Cell Phones Are Helping Fight Malaria By Imani Cheers Community health workers receive new cell phones as incentives to continue their malaria rapid reporting. Photo by Imani Cheers/PBS NewsHour. LIVINGSTONE, Zambia --Tokozile Ngwenya-Kangombe, a project coordinator with Akros Research, knows first-hand how dangerous malaria can be for… Continue reading
Apr 25 Will We Ever Get to ‘Full Employment’? By Paul Solman By Paul Solman A man enters a Shoe Carnival store in Morton Grove, Ill. Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sense page. Here… Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch Should U.S. Have Monopoly on Food Sent Abroad to Aid Other Countries? Should U.S. Have Monopoly on Food Sent Abroad to Aid Other Countries?… Continue watching