May 23 Marcia Coyle: ‘It’s Homestretch Time at the Supreme Court’ By Elizabeth Summers Supreme Court (Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images) Monday's sharply divided ruling ordering California to release tens of thousands of inmates from its overcrowded prisons was just one of several widely-anticipated decisions the Supreme Court is expected to issue… Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch What’s Next for Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo, Government, People? Diplomats worked to end the bloody conflict gripping the West African nation of Ivory Coast after months of political unrest. Ray Suarez discusses the situation with the National Endowment for Democracy's Dominique Dieudonne, who was in Ivory Coast for the… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch In Egypt, ‘Vibrant’ Political Culture Budding After Voters Approve Reforms An overwhelming majority of Egyptian voters approved a referendum on constitutional amendments that paves the way for presidential and parliamentary elections. Jeffrey Brown talks to Georgetown University's Samer Shehata about what's next for Egypt after Sunday's record turnout at the… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch At CPAC, Field Appears Wide Open for 2012 Republican Nomination At the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Republican presidential hopefuls began pitching their candidacies to the conservative faithful. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Jan 03 The World: Stories We’re Watching in 2011 By Larisa Epatko From rising tensions on the Korean peninsula to the potential birth of a nation in Africa, the following are stories the NewsHour's foreign affairs beat is tracking in the coming year. Continue reading
Jan 01 World Events of 2010 By Larisa Epatko It was a year of earthquakes and volcanoes, floods and toxic spills, but 2010 also saw thwarted terrorist attacks and the joyous release of 33 miners in Chile from the Earth's rocky depths. Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch Outgoing Rep. Perriello: ‘We Walk Away With Our Heads Held High’ Judy Woodruff begins a series of interviews with lawmakers facing involuntary retirement after losing in the November midterms. Up first, Virginia Tom Perriello, a one-term Democratic congressman, on how the next Congress should break through partisan gridlock. Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch Haitian Officials Agree to Review Disputed Election Results A day after supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly, angry that the singer would be left out of a run-off election next month, torched the headquarters of Haiti's ruling party, election officials announced they would review the results of the… Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch After Bailout for Irish, Questions Linger Over Portugal, Spain After a report from the business editor of The Irish Independent, Maeve Dineen, Jeffrey Brown gets two views on the potential political impact of Ireland's bailout with economist Jacob Kirkegaard and George Washington University professor Scheherazade Rehman. Continue watching
Nov 19 Oakland Mayor-Elect Quan Vows to Take City Back, Block-by-Block DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s4591qfc4', 'W_ReresKWqc', '29'); In an interview with the NewsHour's Spencer Michels in Oakland's Diamond neighborhood, Oakland Mayor-elect Jean Quan outlines how she wants to revitalize the city. OAKLAND, Calif. | During the mayoral campaign in Oakland, cynics wondered… Continue reading