Feb 23 Watch 8:07 State governments strive to curb epidemic of fatal opioid abuse By PBS News Hour Abuse of opioids such as heroin, oxycontin and methadone led to 28,000 deaths last year, according to federal agencies. Many states are taking steps to combat the epidemic, but proposed solutions have attracted their own share of controversy and criticism. Continue watching
Oct 09 This viewer mail prompted Judy Woodruff to get poetic By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins At the PBS NewsHour, we get a lot of people writing in to share their thoughts on the show. Sometimes they tell us how much a particular segment means to them, or how much they learned. Sometimes they are more… Continue reading
Mar 30 Judy Woodruff remembers the day Reagan was shot By Colleen Shalby Thirty-four years ago today, John Hinckley tried to kill President Ronald Reagan. Continue reading
Jan 19 Judy Woodruff to ‘school’ journalism students in Facebook chat By Nora Daly Join Judy Woodruff in this first in a series of Facebook chats for journalism students featuring PBS NewsHour journalists. Continue reading
Dec 11 12 Days of NewsHour: A voicemail greeting from Gwen and Judy By Nora Daly There is no way to prevent the disappointment of those nearest and dearest to you when they call and you are not there to answer the phone, their feelings of disappointment may be assuaged ever so slightly by this unexpected… Continue reading
Dec 10 12 Days of NewsHour: Judy’s favorite recipe By Margaret Myers The holidays are a busy time of year. But don't be the one who brings store-bought baked goods to your holiday party. NewsHour's got you covered. Continue reading
Oct 29 Join an election live chat and viewing with NewsHour’s politics team By Anya van Wagtendonk Throughout the 2014 campaign season, PBS NewsHour has been reporting on some of the most exciting races directly from the field. With a week left until Election Day, revisit some of our favorite segments alongside the producers and reporters who… Continue reading
Sep 12 Bill Clinton: Putin’s media control enables him to hang on to power By News Desk President Bill Clinton thinks that Vladimir Putin won’t be able to deny the hit that U.S. and European sanctions will have on Russia, but his control of the media will enable him to hang on. In an interview with PBS… Continue reading
Sep 05 Longtime politics reporter Bruce Morton dead at 83 By Morgan Till The famous "Boys on the Bus"--the gaggle of reporters who covered the 1972 McGovern/Nixon race, memorialized in Tim Crouse's book of the same name--lost another member today. Longtime CBS and CNN correspondent Bruce Morton died Thursday afternoon in Washington… Continue reading