Sep 26 Watch Spanish and Greek Responses to Debt Crisis Unleash Backlash from Citizens Spanish and Greek Responses to Debt Crisis Unleash Backlash from Citizens… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch Protesters March on Greek Parliament to Protest Wage Cuts and Privatization With nearly 70,000 people marching toward the parliament in Athens, Greece saw its largest protests since May 2011. Greeks were angered by cuts in wages, pensions and welfare that the debt-ridden country enacted to meet budget targets. Independent Television News'… Continue watching
Sep 24 Weekly Poem: ‘Intravenous’ Hugh Martin recently won the Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award from The Iowa Review for his poetry. His upcoming book, "The Stick Soldiers," received the A. Poulin Jr. First Book Prize from BOA Editions. Hugh served in Iraq for 11 months. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch Silent Stalemate on the Streets of Homs as Rebel and Regime Snipers Face-off Silent Stalemate on the Streets of Homs as Rebel and Regime Snipers Face-off… Continue watching
Sep 21 U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey Talks About Her New Job and Fourth Book By Tom LeGro The new official face of American poetry is one familiar to NewsHour viewers. Natasha Trethewey has just taken on the job of poet laureate of the United States, appointed by the Librarian of Congress. She's the author of four books… Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch Syrian Rebels Use ‘Cat and Mouse’ Tactics to Wage War Fighting is heard, seen and smelled in the capital of Syria, as the civil war rages on, claiming more than 23,000 lives since the uprising began 18 months ago. Margaret Warner talks to Independent Television News' Bill Neely from Damascus,… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch Syrian Regime Warplanes Bombed Gas Station in Ain Issa, Killing at Least 30 At least 30 people were killed after a Syrian fighter plane bomb dropped on a gas station in Ain Issa, a town near the Turkish border in Northern Syria. As violence flared in Syria, the U.S. met with other nations… Continue watching
Sep 17 Weekly Poem: ‘Elegy’ U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey reads Elegy," a poem from her new book "Thrall."… Continue reading
Sep 11 Upcoming Votes Test European Debt Crisis Response A worker in Utrecht, the Netherlands, hangs a poster of one of the parties taking part in Wednesday's Dutch parliamentary elections. Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images. Updated on Sept. 12: Germany's Federal Constitutional Court on Wednesday gave the green… Continue reading
Sep 11 Iraq War Veteran Wins Inaugural Prize From Iowa Review Iraq War veteran Hugh Martin has won the first-ever Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award from The Iowa Review, the literary journal announced Tuesday. Martin, a poet and author who served in the Ohio Army National Guard from 2001 to 2007 and… Continue reading