Arts Nov 23 Watch After Sandy, Poet Describes ‘What It Means to Stand in the Rubble of Your Life’ After Sandy, Poet Describes 'What It Means to Stand in the Rubble of Your Life'…
Education May 21 Watch Helping High School Youth Learn by Doing Since 1994, YouthBuild has trained 110,000 high school dropouts around the country to put up houses for their community and think critically in the classroom while earning their GEDs or diplomas. As part of the American Graduate series, Paul Solman…
Economy May 17 Watch Housing Market Still Plagued by Foreclosures, Mortgage Woes, Tumbling Prices The U.S. housing market showed more signs of weakness Tuesday with the fall of new home construction by more than 10 percent and new building permits by 4 percent. Judy Woodruff discusses the fallout from the disappointing new housing report…
Politics Oct 20 Watch Cartographic Clout: GOP, Democrats Vie for Redistricting Dominance With new Census numbers being crunched, state legislatures are poised to redraw America's political maps for the next decade. Kwame Holman reports on the battle between Republicans and Democrats to win control of statehouses across the country as population shifts…
Aug 23 Watch Photographer: New Orleans’ Deep Roots Bolstered Katrina Recovery Photographer Mario Tama of Getty Images shares some images he has captured of New Orleans and its residents in the five years since he first documented Hurricane Katrina's profound effects on the city. Continue watching
Feb 24 Consumer Confidence Plunges to Record Low By Admin, PBS News Hour A private research group announced Tuesday that consumer confidence sank to a record low in February. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke told Congress the U.S. economy is suffering a "severe contraction."… Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch Modernism Exhibit Depicts the Art in Ordinary Objects An exhibit at Washington's Corcoran Gallery focuses on the modernism art movement, which grew out of the carnage of World War I. Artists attempted to make objects like chairs and clothing in a more creative and useful fashion. Continue watching