Jul 20 FRONTLINE Investigation Shows Inconsistencies in Anthrax Case By Lauren Knapp An ongoing investigation by FRONTLINE, ProPublica and McClatchy Newspapers has brought to light inconsistencies in the government's position on the 2001 case of anthrax-filled letters that killed five people. // This interview was conducted on July 19. Continue reading
Jul 14 Minnesota Lawmakers in Talks to End Government Shutdown By Lauren Knapp MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson Updated 6:30 p.m. ET Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and GOP lawmakers say they have reached a deal to end a budget showdown that has led to the state's government shutdown. Dayton told reporters the shutdown was expected… Continue reading
Jun 29 NewsHour Connect: The End of Collective Bargaining in Wisconsin By Lauren Knapp Wisconsin's controversial new collective bargaining law takes effect on Wednesday. The law severely diminishes state employee's collective bargaining rights and enacts what is essentially an 8 percent cut in pay for state workers. Salaries are not being directly cut, but… Continue reading
May 25 Deadly Storms Continue as Joplin Residents Pick Up the Pieces By Lauren Knapp Severe weather continues to threaten the lower Midwest just days after the deadliest tornado in 60 years killed at least 122 people in Joplin, Mo. Tornadoes touched down in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning,… Continue reading
May 24 Around the Nation: Coverage of the Joplin Tornado By Lauren Knapp KSMU, based in Springfield, Mo., about 70 miles away from Joplin, has been keeping listeners and readers updated with information about how they can help Joplin residents by donating blankets or offering nursing services. When the tornado hit… Continue reading
May 24 Frontline Explores Life of Bradley Manning, Story Behind WikiLeaks By Lauren Knapp // In the spring of 2010, more than 500,000 classified documents, including secret diplomatic cables and war logs from Iraq and Afghanistan, appeared on the WikiLeaks website in what was the largest intelligence breach in American history. U.S. Army Intelligence… Continue reading
May 09 Memphis Prepares for Mississippi’s Record Crest By Lauren Knapp The Mississippi River is expected to crest at 48-feet in Memphis, Tennessee Monday night, and the river has already swelled to six times its normal width. Residents spent the weekend sandbagging and police went door-to-door asking people to evacuate their… Continue reading
May 09 Life Along the Border Amidst the Drug War By Lauren Knapp Pedro Gonzalez/LatinContent/Getty Images The drug-related violence in Mexico continues to escalate. Recently, soldiers discovered 11 more bodies in mass graves in the northern state of Durango. Mexican officials have now found 168 bodies in mass graves this month alone, and… Continue reading
May 04 How News of Bin Laden’s Death Has Reverberated Around the U.S. By Lauren Knapp As the world digests the news that Osama bin Laden is dead, we collected reporting from public media outlets for a glimpse at the conversations taking place around the nation about bin Laden and the post-9/11 era. Security and the… Continue reading
May 03 Frontline Goes Inside al-Qaida By Lauren Knapp On Tuesday night, PBS' FRONTLINE will air the first of two stories that delve into al-Qaida in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Correspondents Stephen Grey and Martin Smith explore the Taliban and al-Qaida inside Pakistan. They investigate details of a… Continue reading