Nov 12 Monday on the NewsHour: Kevin Powers, Author of ‘The Yellow Birds’ By Tom LeGro Extended interview and reading with Kevin Powers, author of the novel "The Yellow Birds."… Continue reading
Nov 12 The Daily Frame Large torches are set ablaze at the more than 400-year-old Japanese bonfire festival Taimatsu Akashi in Sukagawa, Fukushima, Japan. Continue reading
Nov 12 Petraeus Resignation Has Lawmakers Demanding Answers The resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus caught Capitol Hill by surprise. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Reuters. The sudden resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus last Friday caught nearly all of official Washington by surprise, and that includes lawmakers… Continue reading
Nov 12 Hubble Reveals Star Cluster’s Curious Insides NASA's Hubble Space Telescope offers this view of the center of globular cluster NGC 6362. Image by ESA/Hubble & NASA. Update: 1:40 p.m. ET | The Hubble Space Telescope has captured this dazzling image of a far flung star… Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch Iraq Veteran’s War Fiction Taps Personal Experience Kevin Powers served in the U.S. Army in Iraq in 2004 and 2005. When he returned to the U.S. he turned initially to poetry to work through his own questions about his experience, but found he needed "a larger canvas."… Continue watching
Nov 11 Nov. 11 Marks Day of Remembrance on Both Sides of Atlantic French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (center) and French Junior Minister for Veterans Kader Arif (second from left) lay a wreath at an Armistice Day ceremony in Rethondes, France. Photo by Mehdi Fedouach/AFP/Getty Images. As they have for 93 previous… Continue reading
Nov 09 Shields and Brooks on Super PACs, Subtraction and Spoiled Lakers By Hari Sreenivasan Once again in our regular look at the sport of politics and the politics of sports, we chat with New York Times columnist David Brooks and syndicated columnist Mark Shields. Topic 1: Super PACs. The Sunlight Foundation reported this… Continue reading
Nov 09 Beached Orca Project Couldn’t Save the Romney Campaign Voters in Arapahoe County, Colo., line up on Election Day. According to reports, the Romney campaign's massive get-out-the-vote effort known as "Project Orca" failed to reach its potential. Photo by Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post. Remember Project Orca? On Monday we… Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch Shields and Brooks Talk Petraeus, Fiscal Cliff and Obama’s Emotional Gratitude Shields and Brooks Talk Petraeus, Fiscal Cliff and Obama's Emotional Gratitude… Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch New Jersey Residents Suffer Cold and Dark as Many Still Lack Power After Storms New Jersey Residents Suffer Cold and Dark as Many Still Lack Power After Storms… Continue watching