Dec 21 Watch 3:30 ‘My Mom Grabbed Me and Held Me as Tight as She Could:’ Kids React to Newtown By PBS News Hour As young people across the country began to mourn and process the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., the NewsHour asked students from the 45 schools participating in its Student Reporting Labs to talk with their classmates about their initial reactions. Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch North Dakota’s Sen.-Elect Heidi Heitkamp on Gun Control, Keystone Pipeline North Dakota's Sen.-Elect Heidi Heitkamp on Gun Control, Keystone Pipeline… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch ‘Tis the Season, But Should We Save or Spend? A Holiday Money Conundrum 'Tis the Season, But Should We Save or Spend? A Holiday Money Conundrum… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Hearings on Benghazi Attack Focus on Painful Lessons, Priorities, Party Politics Hearings on Benghazi Attack Focus on Painful Lessons, Priorities, Party Politics… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Understanding Why Delivering Aid Can Be a Dangerous Endeavor While aid groups operate with apolitical, humanitarian intentions, workers trying to bring relief in the middle of conflicts often find themselves in danger. Ray Suarez talks to Joel Charny of InterAction about the recent deaths of health workers trying to… Continue watching
Dec 20 Superheated Jet Dominates Black Hole A University of Maryland astrophysicist makes a discovery that could change the way we understand the behavior of black holes. Continue reading
Dec 20 ‘I Have Seen My Death’: How the World Discovered the X-Ray By Dr. Howard Markel An X-ray of a gunshot victim in Kyauk Taw, Myanmar. Photo by Kaung Htet/Getty Images. In a regular column on the PBS NewsHour website, Dr. Howard Markel, director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the… Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch Program on Polio Eradication Suspended in Pakistan After 9 Aid Workers Killed At least nine people have been killed for their involvement in Pakistan's polio eradication campaign to deliver vaccines to 33 million children. The World Health Organization and UNICEF announced a temporary suspension of the vaccination campaign due to safety concerns. Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch Remembering Robert Bork: Law-and-Order Conservative, Supreme Court Nominee Judge Remembering Robert Bork: Law-and-Order Conservative, Supreme Court Nominee Judge… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch Sen. Joe Lieberman Reflects on 24 Years in the Senate, Sandy Hook, Partisanship Sen. Joe Lieberman Reflects on 24 Years in the Senate, Sandy Hook, Partisanship… Continue watching