Jul 11 Watch HIV rebound in young child is ‘another step’ in long process of AIDS research By PBS News Hour AIDS researchers announced a setback in the long search for a cure. Doctors believed that they had cured a baby girl by using aggressive and early treatment. But after years without requiring therapy, she tested positive for HIV during a… Continue watching
Jul 09 Politics sets backdrop for President Obama, Perry meeting By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: President Obama, Texas governor to meet about border Where does Mr. Obama’s immigration ask go in Congress? Mississippi Senate fallout gets messy with allegations of criminal corruption and vitriolic name-calling For RNC, Cleveland Rocks,… Continue reading
Jul 04 Mississippi’s black community seeks Cochran’s help after runoff win By Bill Barrow, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — After black voters helped Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran survive an intense Republican primary runoff against an insurgent conservative challenger, some civil rights leaders in the South want him to repay the favor. Their request? Cochran should lead… Continue reading
Jul 03 Strong jobs numbers likely to give Democrats a morale boost By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Thursday’s jobs report McDaniel not backing down in Mississippi Georgia’s new gun law takes effect The advantages of incumbency Jobs numbers: The unemployment rate dropped to 6.1 percent with 288,000 jobs added in… Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch After Cantor’s upset, incumbents hold their ground in close primary races By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 25 Establishment order restored in midterm elections By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Cochran, the new “Comeback Kid” Cantor loss looks more like an aberration than a trend Hillary Clinton talks with NewsHour’s Gwen Ifill Cochran survives runoff against McDaniel: They say lightning never strikes the same… Continue reading
Jun 25 Thad Cochran wins Miss. runoff; edges tea party challenger By Donna Cassata, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press In a remarkable political turnaround, six-term Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi edged out tea party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel Tuesday night in a bruising, costly Republican runoff that pitted Washington clout against insistence on conservative purity. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 50 years later, ‘Freedom Summer’ leaders recall pivotal fight against discrimination By PBS News Hour A new documentary “Freedom Summer” looks back to the deeply segregated Mississippi of 1964, and the young people who came from around the country to lend a hand in the struggle against racism. For a look back at the moment,… Continue watching
Jun 24 Remembering ‘Freedom Summer,’ the civil rights effort that changed America 50 years ago By Lyndsay Knecht, KERA Fifty years ago this summer, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. But that didn’t come without a price. It was the era of the Freedom Summer, a brave and bloody campaign to get blacks registered… Continue reading
Jun 24 Tuesday’s primary test: How real is the ‘Cantor Effect’? By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Mississippi Senate GOP runoff headlines Primary Day Other races to watch include Democratic gubernatorial primary in Maryland and Senate GOP primary in Oklahoma Biden touts his working-class roots at White House event New CBS… Continue reading