May 29 Music Legend Doc Watson Dies at Age 89 Doc Watson, a legend of folk and bluegrass music, died Tuesday at a hospital in North Carolina. He was 89 years old. Blind as an infant, Watson developed into one of the nation's finest pickers and received scores of honors. Continue reading
May 07 Watch The Politics of Gay Marriage: Biden Remarks Rekindle Culture War The Politics of Gay Marriage: Biden Remarks Rekindle Culture War… Continue watching
Apr 23 Watch John Edwards Trial Expected to Set Precedents for Campaign-Finance Law John Edwards Trial Expected to Set Precedents for Campaign-Finance Law… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch North Carolina Moves to Compensate People Sterilized Against Their Will Roughly 7,600 people were sterilized in North Carolina against their will between 1929 and 1974. A state panel voted Tuesday to pay the victims $50,000 each. Ray Suarez discusses the history of the program and the panel's decision with Charmaine… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Singer Anthony Hamilton Encourages Teens to Stay in School Singer Anthony Hamilton could have been one of these young people. Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch Hurricane Irene’s Cost May Hit $7B as Pricey East Coast Cleanup Begins Hurricane Irene's death toll reached at least 38 Monday as cleanup crews from North Carolina to New England continued to pick up after the storm amid ongoing flooding. Gwen Ifill discusses the storm's impact and the cost of the government's… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch Eastern Seaboard Braces for Potentially ‘Historic’ Hurricane Irene Hurricane Irene was headed for a weekend assault up the East Coast, threatening to bring powerful winds and heavy rain to tens of millions of Americans. Jeffrey Brown discusses the storm with Federal Emergency Management Agency's Craig Fugate, the National… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch ‘Ridiculous’ Winds From Hurricane Irene Bear Down on East Coast The Bahamas braced for the arrival of Hurricane Irene as the storm intensified to Category 3 status with winds topping 120 mph. Jeffrey Brown discusses the hurricane, which is expected to reach the East Coast of the United States in… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch North Carolina School Engages Tech Generation With Digital Learning Tools John Tulenko of Learning Matters, which produces education stories for the NewsHour, reports on a North Carolina school district switching from textbooks to all-digital learning materials. Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch North Carolina Schools Move From Books to Bytes North Carolina Schools Move From Books to Bytes… Continue watching