May 09 How Much Oil Has Leaked Into the Gulf of Mexico? By Chris Amico, Vanessa Dennis View ticker with live video feed. Last updated 11 a.m. ET on May 27. Nobody knows for certain how much oil has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico since last month's oil rig explosion. What we do have… Continue reading
May 07 Shields and Brooks on Prospects for an Energy Bill and Keeping the Lights On By Hari Sreenivasan Regular NewsHour analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks stopped by the Rundown after their appearance on Friday’s program. With plenty happening in Washington and beyond this week, we discussed how the chances for passage on climate legislation are shifting… Continue reading
May 05 Dispatch From Louisiana: The Brown Pelican and Media Etiquette The Fort Jackson bird rescue facility near Venice, La., got its second patient on Monday -- an oil-soaked Louisiana brown pelican. The gawky bird was picked up on Storm Island, but the folks who are standing by to clean… Continue reading
May 04 The Gulf Coast Oil Spill: How Does It Compare to Exxon Valdez? A sign at an animal medical center in Bienville, Miss., reads "Pray for our Gulf" as people continue to monitor the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) So how bad will the… Continue reading
May 03 In Louisiana, Local Fishermen Tapped to Help Oil Spill Cleanup Effort Correspondent Tom Bearden is reporting from Louisiana on the impact of the Gulf Coast oil spill and filed this dispatch for the Rundown. There's a new billboard in Buras, La. A personal injury lawyer is soliciting clients injured… Continue reading
Apr 29 White House Promises Aggressive Response to Gulf Oil Spill By Murrey Jacobson, Jason Breslow A boat makes its way through a vast oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 28. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images). More images below. As a massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico creeps to within a… Continue reading
Apr 28 The Burning Question in Cleaning Up an Oil Spill Since the explosion and destruction of the Deep Horizon oil rig last week in the Gulf Coast off Louisiana, hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil have continued bubbling up from the ocean floor. As the sheen of… Continue reading
Aug 28 Conversation: Josh Neufeld Revisits Katrina By Arts Desk Josh Neufeld's "A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge" tracks the lives of New Orleans residents as they fled or remained, and then struggled to cope in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch Struggling Schools Turn to Top Grads for Teaching Boost In the latest installment in a series about education reform, John Merrow reports on how public school systems struggling to close the achievement gap are increasingly turning to the Teach for America program for help. Continue watching
May 06 New David Simon Drama Will Depict Life in Post-Katrina New Orleans By Arts Desk Fans of the groundbreaking TV drama "The Wire" can expect a new David Simon series about life in urban America next year. HBO has reportedly picked up "Treme," a new series about musicians in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. Continue reading