Nov 01 Commentary: Why the Electoral College System Makes Little Sense Today Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, center, carries a ballot box containing the 12 Massachusetts electoral votes for Vice President Al Gore during the Electoral College voting at the Statehouse Dec. 18, 2000, in Boston. Is the Electoral College system outdated?… Continue reading
Nov 01 Are You an Older Worker? Know Older Workers? Let Us Know Mary Brassard, 86, Dorrace Delaney, 74, and Roger Huff, 68, work at Vita Needle in Needham, a manufacturing company whose average age of worker is 74. Photo by Joanne Rathe/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. By Elizabeth Shell The… Continue reading
Nov 01 An Election Off the National Radar By Spencer Michels A sign supporting Proposition 37, which calls for the mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods, is seen in front of a home in Glendale, Calif., on October, 19, 2012. California could become the first state to enforce labeling of genetically… Continue reading
Nov 01 How Next President Could Change Health Law By mcarey On the presidential campaign trail, Republican Mitt Romney has repeatedly called for repeal of the 2010 health law and President Barack Obama has vowed to implement it. Yet both men could face obstacles: Romney may be stymied by the… Continue reading
Nov 01 Around the Nation Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
Nov 01 An Economist Argues the Virtues of Free Trade Photo by PublicAffairs Publishing. On Oct.16, 2012, the NewsHour interviewed Donald Bartlett and James Steele on their latest book, "The Betrayal of the American Dream". Here is a critique and question from viewer Gary Todd about this… Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch Apple and Google Compete to Build, Maintain More Perfect Digital Mapping System Seeing the World in a Different Way Through Digital Maps… Continue watching
Oct 31 Paper Maps vs. Digital Maps EmbedVideo(4855, 482, 304); Hundreds of years ago, map makers mistakenly represented California as an island off the west coast of North America. Today's digital cartographers wouldn't dream of making such a huge mistake, but they're not perfect either. Continue reading
Oct 31 I Own Stock but I’m No Fat Cat Image by Key Wilde via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query: George White: Some people would have us believe… Continue reading
Oct 31 Judy’s Notebook: An October Surprise May Help Put the Election in Focus By Judy Woodruff President Barack Obama is greeted by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie after he arrives at Atlantic City International Airport before surveying Hurricane Sandy damage on Oct. 31, 2012. For an example of a last-minute news development that has the potential… Continue reading