Feb 04 Watch President Obama Begins Campaign to Push for Gun Control Obama Calls for Universal Background Checks for All Gun Purchases… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch Amid Attention From Obama, GOP, How Is Midwest’s Economy Doing? On the last day of his bus tour through the Midwest, President Obama's aides said he will outline a national jobs plan after Labor Day. Jeffrey Brown discusses the state of the economy in Midwestern states with Iowa State University's… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Actress, Playwright Aditi Brennan Kapil on Her Global, Local Influences Minneapolis playwright, director and actor Aditi Brennan Kapil talks about the global elements and role of immigration in her work. The story was produced by Angie Prindle of "MN Original" on Twin Cities Public Television. Continue watching
Aug 26 Community Supported Art Harvests Creativity In Minneapolis, two arts organizations have taken a business model created by small, independent farmers and adapted it for the visual arts. Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch U.S. Charges 8 With Aiding Somali War Recruiting Federal prosecutors in Minnesota on Monday announced charges against eight more people in an ongoing investigation into young Somali-Americans leaving the United States to fight with a terror group in Somalia. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Jan 06 Elizabeth Peyton: Live Forever at New Museum In our era of non-stop celebrity gossip and reality-TV shows, painter Elizabeth Peyton makes high art out of high-profile lives. The first full survey exhibit of her work at an American museum contains more than 100 paintings and drawings. Continue reading
Oct 22 Reporter’s Notebook: Ray Suarez Discusses Series on Troubled U.S. Infrastructure By Steve Goldbloom As the NewsHour airs a series of reports on the country's ailing infrastructure, produced in collaboration with WNET New York, senior NewsHour correspondent Ray Suarez spoke with Steve Goldbloom about his experiences examining the issue. "We're getting wakeup calls from… Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch Aging Bridges Among Country’s Infrastructure Woes As the economic crisis continues, a similar crisis looms in the country's aging infrastructure. In the first of a series of reports, Ray Suarez takes a look at Pennsylvania's bridge problem and how it may impact future economic recovery efforts. Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Minneapolis Bridge Reopens Following Last Year’s Deadly Collapse Thirteen months after a bridge collapse killed 13 people in Minnesota, a new 10-lane structure reopens to traffic Thursday morning. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the engineering behind the I-35W's multi-million-dollar reconstruction. Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch Shields and Brooks Reflect on Democrats’ Big Week With the Democratic convention now complete, analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks offer insight on the strengths and weaknesses of Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field and on the roles Hillary and Bill Clinton played at the DNC. Continue watching