Dec 09 Join Hari Sreenivasan at 2 p.m. ET Thursday for Live Chat on Reddit Did you ever want to know more about correspondent Hari Sreenivasan, the man behind the NewsHour broadcast's daily news wrap and many of the video reports on our website? Hari will answer questions on… Continue reading
Dec 09 TEDWomen Summit Highlights How Females Are Reshaping the Future They're the presentations that your friends forward you through an e-mail or social network, the ones where you drift off for 18 minutes into the dream worlds of scientists, the powerful stories of social activists and or talks by plain,… Continue reading
Dec 06 WikiLeaks Confronts More Legal, Funding and Hacker Challenges In the week since WikiLeaks began releasing a trove of diplomatic cables, the site has been attacked by hackers and senators, been kicked off Amazon's cloud-hosting… Continue reading
Dec 03 One-Week Wonders: We Pay Attention So You Don’t Have To By Gwen Ifill I have a new theory. Let me know what you think about it. Has it occurred to anyone lately that so many of the things we obsess about turn out to be stories that last for - give or take… Continue reading
Dec 03 WikiLeaks Stays Visible, But Is Net Closing In? The cat-and-mouse game between WikiLeaks and its detractors continues. The site found itself without a domain name after its registrar, EveryDNS shut down WikiLeaks.org Thursday night, saying attacks on the site were threatening other customers. More… Continue reading
Dec 03 The Festival of Lights: Hanukkah Stories From Across the Nation (Photo courtesy Joseph Palmer) Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday that celebrates the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem, began on Wednesday. The Festival of Lights lasts eight days. Below we highlight some of the stories about the holiday from… Continue reading
Dec 01 Could WikiLeaks Be Stopped? WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London on Oct. 23.; Getty photo Update, 3:30 p.m.: Wikileaks says it has been ousted from its Amazon cloud hosting. .bbpBox10058229002272768 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/3147857/WL_Hour_Glass.jpg) #9AE4E8;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid… Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch Third Massive WikiLeaks Disclosure Creates Ripple Worldwide The publication of secret State Department cables by the WikiLeaks website sparked strong reaction from U.S. and foreign governments as candid insights and intelligence were made public. Gwen Ifill reports. Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch How Will New WikiLeaks Revelations Affect Diplomatic Candor? Judy Woodruff speaks to former national security advisers Zbigniew Brzezinski and Stephen Hadley about the impact of the release of confidential diplomatic documents by WikiLeaks. Continue watching
Nov 18 Royal Weddings: Looking Forward… And Back Commemorative plate of Prince William and Kate Middleton. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) After 30 years, the United Kingdom has another royal wedding. The engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton showcases the social and cultural changes of the past… Continue reading