May 15 Watch Uninsured former inmates stand to gain health care under Medicaid expansion By PBS News Hour When American inmates are released from jail or prison, most leave without health insurance and little access to medical care. But under the federal health care law's expansion of Medicaid, that's beginning to change. Sarah Varney of Kaiser Health News… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch In Honor of Obama Inauguration, Spoken Word Artist Conjures Power of ‘Change’ In Honor of Obama Inauguration, Spoken Word Artist Conjures Power of 'Change'… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch News Wrap: At Least 7 Killed in Shooting at Oikos University in Oakland In other news Monday, at least seven people were killed and three were wounded when a gunman opened fire at a Christian university in Oakland, Calif., according to police. Also, Iraq marked a milestone of declining violence, reporting the lowest… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch Gang Member-Turned-Ph.D. Mentors Youth on the Fringes One Man's Journey From Gang Member to Academia… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch After Arrests, Occupy Oakland Protesters Vow to Return Chaos erupted Tuesday night in downtown Oakland, Calif., as police dispersed crowds from the Occupy Oakland movement in the plaza in front of City Hall. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports from the center of the confrontation. Continue watching
Jun 14 Biz Stone: Twitter Is Bringing Humanity Together in New Ways In extended interviews with the NewsHour's Spencer Michels, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone discusses the social media service's global impact on humanity and breaking news, and the "young" company's business model and why he says they're not for sale. Continue reading
Nov 19 Watch Oakland Election System Allows Mayoral Runner-Up to Make a Surprise Win Jean Quan may have come in second place in the Oakland mayoral race, but she ended up taking out first-place finisher Don Perata thanks to an election system called ranked-choice voting. Spencer Michels has the story. Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch News Wrap: Bombings Kill Dozens in Pakistan In other news Friday, suicide bombers targeted an office building in Pakistan, killing 62 people and wounding more than 110 others. Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch Politics, Engineering Intersect Over Bay Bridge Political wrangling can often get in the way of critical infrastructure improvements Case in point: The rebuilding of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Spencer Michels reports. Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch During School Recess, New Focus on Playing Nice Recess can be a chaotic, even violent, period during the course of a normal school day. Spencer Michels reports on how one non-profit is showing educators the health, and classroom benefits of teaching students how to play nice. Continue watching