Jan 18 Watch 1:29 When MLK Jr. lamented 'we have not learned the simple art of living together' By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the Nobel Prize Foundation released the full audio recording of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1964 Peace Prize acceptance speech. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch In 'Mercy Street,' Civil War trauma meets modern medical drama By PBS News Hour "Mercy Street," a new original series on PBS, tells the story of a one-time hotel turned Union army hospital, and is based on memoirs and letters of real Civil War medical staff. Jeffrey Brown takes a look at how its… Continue watching
Jan 07 GIFS: Ship buried for hundreds of years unearthed in Virginia construction site By Abbey Oldham This week, archaeologists uncovered the remains of the hull of a 50-foot ship dating back to the 1700s at a construction site in Alexandria, Virginia. Developer Carr Properties is building the Indigo Hotel on the site at 220 S. Union… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 6:28 Lost history treasures revealed as waters recede in Nevada By PBS News Hour The devastating drought that has ravaged the West has had an upside: it has made never-before-seen sights accessible. At Lake Mead in Nevada, recreational history hunters can now dive to see a B-29 bomber, and as special correspondent Sandra Hughes… Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch What did Bush 41 think of his son's presidency? New bio reveals By PBS News Hour In writing “Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush,” Jon Meacham was given unprecedented access to the Bush family and their personal diaries. Judy Woodruff sits down with Meacham to talk about what he learned about… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch 7:09 Why Putin is prepared to fight for Ukraine By PBS News Hour In “Imperial Gamble,” journalist Marvin Kalb argues that Russian President Vladimir Putin has won in Ukraine. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner sits down with Kalb to discuss Putin’s world view and game plan. Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch 9:26 What Andrew Jackson has in common with Donald Trump By PBS News Hour Of the nearly two dozen major candidates running for president, the ones getting the most attention are the political outsiders. Is this a rare situation, or have American voters seen this before? Gwen Ifill talks to presidential historians Michael Beschloss… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 6:06 Understanding the two sides of Reagan: polarizing political icon and pragmatic president By PBS News Hour How did Ronald Reagan, a seemingly ordinary man in many ways, become a president who dominated American politics and ideology in the second half of the 20th century? H.W. Brands offers his take on the politician and pragmatist in “Reagan:… Continue watching
Aug 11 7 things you didn't know about alcohol in America By Colleen Shalby From colonial times, to Prohibition, to the "Mad Men" era, alcohol’s storied relationship with the United States dates back to the dawn of the nation. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 8:23 Civil War tragedy 'Cold Mountain' inspires opera By PBS News Hour "Cold Mountain," the bestselling Civil War novel by Charles Frazier, tells the story of a Confederate soldier who decides he has had enough and walks away in search of the woman he left behind. Now that epic has been distilled… Continue watching