Nov 05 From ‘A History of the World in 100 Objects’ By Tom LeGro Originally presented as a BBC radio series and now a book published in America, "A History of the World in 100 Objects" tells the story of humanity using artifacts selected from the British Museum. Continue reading
Oct 28 A Look at Lady Liberty’s First 125 Years For 125 years, the Statue of Liberty has stood in New York Harbor as an iconic greeting to arriving immigrants. Friday's anniversary began with a naturalization ceremony for 125 new American citizens hailing from 46 countries. In the… Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch How Will History Judge U.S., Coalition Intervention in Libya? President Obama said Moammar Gadhafi's death "marks the end of a long and painful chapter." Margret Warner explores how history may view President Obama and the United States for intervening in Libya with Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch Historians Discuss What’s Changed, What Hasn’t After 9/11 Historians Discuss How Events of 9/11 Changed America… Continue watching
Sep 01 Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Presidential ‘Losers’ On Thursday's broadcast, Gwen Ifill talks to historian and NewsHour regular Richard Norton Smith and journalist Carl Cannon about failed presidential candidates who still managed to change political history. The subject is explored in a C-SPAN series starting… Continue reading
Aug 11 How Bad Is the Current Stock Crash? Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. Photo by Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images Editor's Note: Given the rollercoaster behavior of the stock market over the past few weeks, we checked… Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch 8:15 McCullough’s ‘The Greater Journey’ Tracks French Influence on U.S. Author and historian David McCullough has explored the French influence on American life throughout his career. Jeffrey Brown and McCullough discuss the 19th century artists and thinkers who brought lessons home to the U.S. after living in Paris. Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Extended Interview: David McCullough More of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with author and historian David McCullough. Continue watching
May 16 Watch Student Freedom Riders Discuss Civil Rights Movement Student Freedom Riders discuss the nonviolent protest movement of 50 years ago. Continue watching
May 16 Watch Freedom Riders Discuss 50th Anniversary of Protest Movement Two original Freedom Riders discuss the 50th anniversary of the rides. Continue watching