Jul 25 NewsHour Live Twitter Chat: Stopping Gun Violence The PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats on Thursdays. This week: stopping gun violence. Join us @newshour. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Bring up the topic of guns and there's likely to be no shortage of opinions. Mass shootings in… Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch San Quentin Prisoners Learn to Find Peace and Power Through Personal Exploration San Quentin Prisoners Learn to Find Peace and Power Through Personal Exploration… Continue watching
May 15 Photographer Jon Lowenstein Explores ‘Chicago’s Bloody Year’ By Tom LeGro For the past 10 years photographer Jon Lowenstein has turned his lens to the slow-moving forces shaping daily life for the people of Chicago's South Side, chronicling the demolition of some of the nation's largest housing projects, the closure of… Continue reading
May 06 Watch New Printable Handgun Raises Concerns for Undetectability, Universal Access New Printable Handgun Raises Concerns for Undetectability, Universal Access… Continue watching
May 06 NRA, Biden Push Guns Back Into Political Spotlight An young attendee inspects a rifle Saturday during the 2013 NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Houston. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. If there is one thing supporters and opponents of tougher gun laws can agree on, it's… Continue reading
May 06 Watch Texas Law Student Creates Plastic Gun That Fires Real Bullet From 3-D Printer A Texas man has fabricated a working handgun from 15 plastic parts made using a 3-D printer. The design files for the gun, known as the "Liberator," are being published online, so anyone will be able to print their own… Continue watching
Apr 26 Judy Woodruff Recounts Day President Reagan Was Shot EmbedVideo(6320, 482, 304); March 30, 1981 was a routine day for Judy Woodruff as she traveled with the press pool to cover a speech by President Ronald Reagan, two months into his presidency, at the Washington Hilton. Continue reading
Apr 25 Gun Control and Gun Rights Advocates Are Ready to Continue Their Fight EmbedVideo(6308, 482, 304); Watch the NewsHour Thursday for a look at the evolution of gun lobbying efforts on both sides. Exuding a sense of impenetrable power, the headquarters of the National Rifle Association makes a big footprint along Interstate… Continue reading
Apr 18 Gun Control Advocates Lose ‘Round One’ President Obama and Vice President Biden meet with families of victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings at the White House before delivering remarks on the Senate's failure to pass a plan to expand background checks. Official… Continue reading
Apr 17 Manchin-Toomey Deal on Background Checks Facing Uphill Climb Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband Mark Kelly arrive at the Capitol Tuesday with Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., left, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. Emotional appeals. A tense week on Capitol… Continue reading