Sep 15 FDR’s Green Dream: The Quoddy Dam Project By Kristin Miller In 1935 construction started on a massive New Deal project proposed by FDR in Passamaquoddy Bay. The Quoddy Dam Project would have stored the rising tide behind multiple dams and then slowly released the water through turbines, producing electricity. But… Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Can a Small Maine Town’s Innovation Turn the Tides on Sustainable Energy? One of the big obstacles to clean energy is that most renewable sources are unreliable. A Maine company has installed the nation’s first commercial, grid connected tidal energy project. Water power is estimated to nearly double by 2030 and provide… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Will the Syrian Chemical Weapons Deal Work? Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the deal between the US and Russia on Syria's chemical weapons and what effect the removal of such weapons may have on the Syrian civil… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Five Years Later: How Americans Are Feeling About the Economy A survey showing many Americans continue to worry about making ends meet in the US economy… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Gilding the Ages: Edith Wharton’s Berkshire Sanctuary Edith Wharton’s novels rarely go more than a couple of years without a film or television adaptation. They are certainly never absent from high school and college curricula. Wharton was a taste-maker in other ways -- she wrote popular books… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch British Columbia Drunk Driving Deaths Cut Nearly in Half By PBS News Hour New drunk-driving laws in British Columbia have led to a dramatic decrease (roughly 50%) in alcohol-related fatalities over the past two years. Officials ramped up penalties on drivers who tested at a lower blood alcohol level (.05, as opposed to… Continue watching
Sep 12 Join Hari Sreenivasan for #AnchorHours By Elisabeth Ponsot Last weekend, NewsHour Weekend debuted on stations across the country on Saturday and Sunday. This week, we begin Anchor Hours with NewsHour Weekend's Hari Sreenivasan (@hari). Hari will be joined by NewsHour Weekend… Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch The Connection: Combating Homelessness From Bogota, Columbia to Columbia, S.C., Hari Sreenivasan reports on the drastically different ways communities are responding to homelessness within their borders. Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Will Congress Consider Immigration Reform? Christina Bellantoni joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the issues Congressional leaders were focused on prior to the start of their vacation — and the deepening crisis in Syria — including immigration reform. Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch A Candid Conversation with Stephen Sondheim Jeffrey Brown sits down for a candid conversation with the celebrated composer and songwriter, Stephen Sondheim. The conversation took place at the prestigious MacDowell arts colony. In its 106 years, MacDowell has honored the likes of Aaron Copland, Philip Roth,… Continue watching