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
Nov 12 Pelosi Will Take Wait-and-See Approach to Debt Commission's Proposals Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. File photo; Getty Images. What a difference a day makes. On Wednesday, outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the draft proposal released by the co-chairs of the president's National Commission on… Continue reading
Nov 11 Will the Real Author (Bill Wyman) Please Stand Up? By Molly Finnegan A (creative nonfiction) review of Keith Richard's new book, supposedly written by Mick Jagger, is mistaken for the real thing… Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch Should Journalists Be Allowed to Make Campaign Contributions? The brief suspension of MSNBC's Keith Olbermann reignited an ethical debate over whether journalists, commentators and news organizations should be allowed to make contributions to political candidates. Jeffrey Brown gets two perspectives on the matter. Continue watching
Nov 09 On Tuesday's NewsHour ... Obama Back in Indonesia, Bush Memoir Released OBAMA BACK IN INDONESIA | As President Obama's tour through Asia continues, Margaret Warner reports on his abbreviated stop in Indonesia, where he spent four years of his childhood. Later in the show, we'll revisit some sites from… Continue reading
Nov 08 Russian Journalists Victims of Violent Attacks A second Russian journalist was assaulted Monday near Moscow, two days after a brutal attack left a well-known political reporter in a coma. Both men have reported on a wide range of issues and no motive has been determined yet,… Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch Court Evaluates Violent Video Game Case The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether California can ban the sale of violent video games to minors. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal explains the details. Continue watching
Nov 01 Join the PBS NewsHour for Election Coverage Live Online, On-Air, Mobile By Maureen Hoch It's Election Day eve for the 2010 midterms, and political coverage promises to be plentiful Tuesday. But for the finest election news and analysis, there's only one PBS NewsHour -- and we'll have special coverage online, on-air and… Continue reading
Oct 30 At Stewart/Colbert 'Sanity' Rally, a Call for Fewer Political Extremes Was it humor or was it politics? We may never fully know, but crowds came to Washington by the busload Saturday for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear." Some rally-goers said they… Continue reading
Oct 30 Comedians' Rally Seeks to Kindle a Spirit of Sanity and/or Fear Be it for politics or be it for comedy, crowds descended on the National Mall Saturday for the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear," organized by Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, in either in jest or protest… Continue reading