May 03 Louis Rukeyser, Longtime Wall Street Week Host, Dies at 73 By PBS News Hour Louis Rukeyser, for years a fixture on Friday nights as the host of the PBS series "Wall $treet Week," died Tuesday at his home in Connecticut after a battle with a rare bone marrow cancer. Continue reading
May 02 Watch Publisher Pulls Harvard Student’s Novel Over Alleged Plagiarism Little, Brown and Co. removed Kaavya Viswanathan's debut novel from book stores as the Harvard University sophomore continues to come under fire for allegedly plagiarizing. An industry expert talks about the allegations and the book publishing industry. Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Oppenheimer Biography Garners Pulitzer Prize Authors Martin Sherwin and Kai Bird won this year's Pulitzer Prize in biography for their book, "American Prometheus." Robert Oppenheimer, the subject of their work, was the director of the Manhattan Project -- the secret government effort that culminated in… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Arab Media Offers New Perspectives to Middle East Jordan's government funded television network, JTV, along with several other state-run national networks, finds itself fighting to earn back viewers amidst a proliferation of independent and international satellite networks across the Middle East. Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch Leak Case Highlights Tensions Between Government and Media Central Intelligence Agency employee Mary McCarthy was fired Thursday for a pattern of leaking information. The firing of McCarthy and the clampdown on leaks comes amid new tensions between the government and the media. Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch CIA Cracks Down on Leaks, Fires Senior Official Central Intelligence Agency employee Mary McCarthy was fired for leaking information about CIA secret prison camps to the Washington Post. Two former CIA intelligence experts discuss the implications of the firing and the future of security at the CIA. Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch Chinese Media Offers Controlled Coverage of Hu Visit A lone protester shouted at China's President Hu Jintao as he spoke Thursday on the White House south lawn. The protesters disruption was seen all across the world except in one place: China. Two experts on Chinese affairs discuss the… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch Activist Columnist Wins Pulitzer for Darfur Coverage Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof talks to Jeffrey Brown about the crisis in Darfur and Chad, as well as his role in bringing attention to this and other conflicts. Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Staff Changes in White House May Indicate Change in Direction Major changes in the White House staff were announced Wednesday. Scott McClellan resigned as press secretary and deputy chief of staff Karl Rove is giving up his policy role. White House experts discuss how the staff changes will affect the… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch China Continues Efforts to Limit Access to the Internet In Northern California, a Chinese-born computer scientist is waging a technological war on the Chinese government's Internet restrictions. Following a report on their efforts, two regional experts assess the Chinese government's efforts to control information within its borders. Continue watching