Oct 31 China’s Chances of Kicking a Growing Smoking Habit When China's top politicians gather early next month to pick the country's new leaders, one issue likely to be missing from the agenda is the single largest killer of Chinese people -- their smoking habit. As with any issue… Continue reading
Oct 31 How Can Human Trafficking Still Exist? Answers to Viewers’ Questions By Larisa Epatko After a report aired on the NewsHour about what's being done to counter human trafficking in the Philippines, we invited you the viewers to send us your questions about the problem in the United States and abroad. Continue reading
Oct 31 Forgotten Voters: D.C. Volunteers Work to Register the Homeless George Washington University graduate students help Nathaniel Hipps, left, register to vote at D.C.'s MLK Jr. Memorial Library as part of a larger registration effort led by the National Coalition for the Homeless. Photo by Emily Wilkins/Scripps Howard Foundation Wire. Continue reading
Oct 30 Charles Kesler on Obama and Modern Liberalism EmbedVideo(4849, 514, 320); Ray Suarez sat down with Charles Kesler, author of "I am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism." Watch their conversation in the video above. Kesler's book examines liberalism in the modern political… Continue reading
Oct 30 Watch A Week Until Election Day, Campaigns Focus on Disaster Relief A Week Until Election Day, Campaigns Focus on Disaster Relief… Continue watching
Oct 30 Yes, Housing Prices Up Yet Again According to S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, home prices continued to rise in August. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images With election day a mere week away, all economic data carry potential political significance -- for us in the media, at… Continue reading
Oct 30 Sandy Surges Across Northeast Causing Flooding and Power Outages Update: 2:00 p.m. ET | On Monday, Superstorm Sandy slammed into the eastern seaboard, killing at least 38 people in seven states and producing driving rain and hurricane-force wind gusts that caused massive flooding, fires, seawater surges and… Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch Photographer Puts New Spin on ‘Street’ Art Using Google Maps Photographer Doug Rickard sees artistic possibility in the images of people captured in the photographic drive-bys that make up Google Street View. He has travelled thousands of virtual miles, looking for potential photographs in Google's maps that have more than… Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch Author Bill Ivey Argues for Rediscovering Values at Heart of American Ideal Author Bill Ivey Argues for Rediscovering Values at Heart of American Ideal… Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch Hurricane Sandy Could Spell Trouble for Early Voting and Last Campaign Efforts Hurricane Sandy Could Spell Trouble for Early Voting and Last Campaign Efforts… Continue watching