Mar 29 In Peru, Life for the Life-Givers By Ray Suarez When you're in a four-wheel drive vehicle threading its way through rocky mountain passes in the Andes, it's hard to imagine getting around any other way. But people do. Our driver slows on a narrow curve to make way for… Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch Haitian Entrepreneurs Build Micro-Economies in Tent City Nearly three months after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, small businesses are springing up within the tent communities housing displaced people. Adam Davidson of NPR'S "Planet Money" reports on the entrepreneurs who are kick-starting the local economy. Continue watching
Mar 26 Susan Dentzer Answers Your Questions about Health Reform Over the past week, we've noticed many questions in the comments section of the Rundown about how the new health care reform law will affect people's lives and their health care. We posed some of those questions to Susan Dentzer,… Continue reading
Mar 26 Gwen’s Take: Translating the History of Health Reform By Gwen Ifill I have a little hobby as a journalist. I love to listen to how people use words. That sounds simpler than it is. It requires the listener to be skeptical rather than cynical, yet to cheerfully expose the meaning behind… Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch Shields and Brooks Tackle the Aftermath of Health Reform Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the week, including the passage of health care reform and how it may shape the political landscape looking toward the midterm elections. Continue watching
Mar 25 Peru Weighs Low Cost Options to Tackle Deadly Cervical Cancer By Talea Miller Cervical cancer is one of the main causes of death for women in Peru, where screening for the disease is sporadic. Now, health workers are considering low-tech and low-cost options that could make a difference in poor rural areas. Continue reading
Mar 25 Senate Clears Fixes to Health Care Bill By Jason Breslow The U.S. Senate has passed a package of fixes to the health care reform bill signed into law by President Obama this week, clearing the way for a final vote on the reconciliation measure by the House later today. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch Rep. Mike Pence Details GOP View on Health Reform Jeffrey Brown talks to Indiana Republican Rep. Mike Pence about the GOP view of health care reform as the reconciliation changes move back to the House for a final vote. Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Rahm Emanuel on Health Care and the Obama Agenda With Congress poised to finish its changes to the new health care law, Jim Lehrer talks to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel about the public reaction and what's next on the president's agenda. Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch A Flurry of Final Activity on Health Reform Democrats and Republicans denounced threats and vandalism aimed at lawmakers who voted for the new health care law, as the changes from the reconciliation process were sent the bill back to the House for a final vote. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching