May 05 Some schools push to roll back healthy lunch requirements By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Some schools say new health lunch guidelines have been expensive and difficult to put in place, and school officials are asking Congress and the Agriculture Department to roll back some of the requirements. Their main concerns: finding enough whole grain-rich… Continue reading
Feb 25 Changes may be coming to nutrition facts labels By Zachary Treu The "nutrition facts" that appear on the sides of nearly all packaged foods and drinks in America may soon be seeing an overhaul, according to a Politico report. Continue reading
Feb 25 New rules limit junk food advertising in schools By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Even the scoreboards in high school gyms will have to advertise only healthy foods under new rules announced Tuesday by the Obama administration. Promotion of sugary drinks and junk foods around campuses during the school day will be phased out… Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch Obama Concludes Africa Trip With Poignant Tribute to al-Qaida Bombing Victims In Tanzania's capital, President Barack Obama was joined by former President George W. Bush in paying tribute to the victims of the 1998 al-Qaida bombing of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. Gwen Ifill reports on the final leg… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch New Documentary Puts Homegrown Issue of Hunger on the Table New Documentary Puts Homegrown Issue of Childhood Hunger on the Table… Continue watching
Jan 21 Familiar Faces at the Inauguration By Extra DA Familiar Faces at the 2013 Inauguration of Barack Obama… Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch NewsHour Panelists Analyze Obama's Inauguration Speech NewsHour Panelists Analyze Obama's Inauguration Speech… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Shields and Brooks Anticipate President Obama 'at Bat' Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks talk to Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff about the "two exceptional nights" at the Democratic National Convention, and the very high bar set by Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Shields, Brooks, Beschloss, and Smith Analyze President Obama's Speech Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks, alongside historians Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith, analyze President Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention with anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff in the PBS Skybox and Ray Suarez on the convention… Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch Shields, Brooks on Michelle Obama's 'Home Run,' Bill Clinton as Advocate Shields, Brooks on Michelle Obama's 'Home Run,' Bill Clinton as Advocate… Continue watching