Nov 26 Watch Cholera Numbers Grow as Haitians Prepare for Presidential Vote Amid ongoing reconstruction after the deadly earthquake earlier this year and an ongoing cholera epidemic, Haitians head to the polls to vote on a new leader. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports from Port-au-Prince on the country's presidential election this weekend and… Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch After Bailout, Irish Confront ‘Loss of Sovereignty’ to EU The Irish government accepted a bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund worth 80-90 billion euros. Faisal Islam of Independent Television News has a report from Dublin. Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch What Does New Republican Control Mean in Statehouses Across U.S.? Gwen Ifill speaks with reporters from Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and Maine about the state-level power shift that also went the GOP's way in the midterm elections. Continue watching
Nov 09 Midterm Election Proved Don’t-Tread-On-Me Individualism in WEIRD America As to the midterm election last week, the following is prompted by an academic paper urged upon me by several top psychology professors, for reasons having nothing to do with the voting to come. The paper, by psychologists Joseph Henrich,… Continue reading
Nov 04 Watch Historic Perspective on Republican Shift Presidential historian Michael Beschloss, Richard Norton Smith of George Mason University and Beverly Gage of Yale University examine the results of Tuesday's midterm election in the context of races past. Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch Boehner: Smaller Government is What America Wants Republican wins have shaken up control of Congress and Rep. John Boehner is poised to become the next House speaker in January. But it's no time for Republicans to celebrate with so many challenges ahead, Boehner said at a Wednesday… Continue watching
Nov 03 Midterm Election Pitted Keynesians Vs. Hayekians, Again "It's the economy, stupid." Bill Clinton, 1992 "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" Ronald Reagan, 1980 "Defeat the New Deal and its reckless spending."Alf Landon, 1936 "Hoover we trusted, now we're busted." FDR campaign,… Continue reading
Nov 03 Fed to Engage in Second Round of Quantitative Easing The Fed wants you to stop saving and start spending. That's the takeaway from today's Federal Reserve announcement, in which Chairman Ben Bernanke, as expected, announced that the Fed will be investing hundreds of billions of dollars to… Continue reading
Nov 03 A Lighter Look at Campaign Ads in a Record-Breaking Midterm Race By Elizabeth Shell Just a few hours ago, polls across the country closed, election races were called, and the most expensive mid-term election cycle in U.S. history came to an end. And the television and radio airwaves will no longer be deluged with… Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch Voters Hit the Polls for Midterm Election Many voters cast their final decision on candidates at the polls nationwide. After tireless campaign pitches, ads, speeches and rallies Election Day is here. Kwame Holman reports on voter turnout. Continue watching