May 27 Watch Trading Places: Arab and American Reporters Two journalists discuss a unique program that allows Arab and American reporters to sample each other's cultures. Continue watching
May 20 Watch Background: Fighting Terror Terence Smith looks at the threat of future terrorism and the controversy over pre-9/11 hijack warnings. Continue watching
May 20 Watch Ads in Schools Correspondent Lee Hochberg reports on a debate over advertising in public school classrooms. Continue watching
May 14 Watch Images in Conflict Pictures of the destruction caused by the recent violence in the Middle East have galvanized public opinion worldwide, but are presented in vastly different ways by broadcasters in Israel and the Arab world. Terence Smith reports. Continue watching
May 06 Watch Clarion Call: The Reinvestigation of Civil Rights-Era Crimes Terence Smith reports on how The Clarion-Ledger newspaper of Jackson, Mississippi, prompted the reinvestigation of more than a dozen civil rights-era crimes. Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch Extended Interview: Myrlie Evers-Williams The widow of civil rights leader Medgar Evers and founder of the Medgar Evers Institute discusses The Clarion-Ledger's role in prompting the first successful prosecution of her husband's 1963 murder. She talked with The NewsHour after speaking to The Clarion-Ledger's… Continue watching
Apr 18 The Medgar Evers Assassination By PBS News Hour Perhaps the most significant martyr in the struggle for civil rights prior to Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination, Medgar Evers galvanized the civil rights movement in his life and also in his death. Continue reading
Apr 18 The Freedom Summer Killings By PBS News Hour James Earl Chaney lived in Mississippi his entire life. Michael Schwerner spent six months in the state and Andrew Goodman had been there only a day. Continue reading
Apr 18 The Birmingham Church Bombing By PBS News Hour The 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, which killed four young girls, shocked the city of Birmingham and the world. Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch Extended Interview: Jerry Mitchell The Clarion-Ledger's investigative reporter describes how his articles on past racially-motivated killings have led to renewed legal interest in civil rights era crimes. Continue watching