Mar 27 Watch Top-Achieving Poor Students Go Unnoticed by Some Elite Universities Top-Achieving Poor Students Go Unnoticed by Some Elite Universities… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch Poverty and Politics: How Strong Is Safety Net for Poor Americans? Poverty and Politics: How Strong Is Safety Net for Poor Americans?… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch India’s Massive School Lunch Program Aims to Curb Widespread Malnutrition The economy in India is growing rapidly, but not fast enough to take care of its millions of poor and hungry children. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on a solution that has resulted in the world's largest school… Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch New Report Shows Alarming Rates of Poverty Among U.S. Children New numbers on poverty among U.S. children, released this week by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, found that 31 million children in 2009 were living in families that are at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Judy… Continue watching
May 23 Making Sense: Is it Dumb to Play the Lottery? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: We received a fascinating email in response to last week's installment of… Continue reading
May 23 Is It Dumb to Play the Lottery? By Elizabeth Shell We received a fascinating email in response to last week's installment of Tuesday's Tool$, an online 'game' called "Spent." Yan wrote: That wasn't a game, that was more like a questionnaire. (Note: I live in Asia) I still have… Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch In India, Loan Sharks, Commercialization Cast Pall Over Microfinancing Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the tarnished reputation of small loans in India. Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch In NYC, Small Schools Touted to Make a Big Difference in Education Reform An effort to create smaller schools in New York City has spurred some success stories -- and controversy -- among educators. John Tulenko reports. Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch New Antiretroviral Could Reduce Risk of HIV Infection Ray Suarez looks at the latest advances in combating AIDS. New research suggests taking an antiretroviral while healthy could greatly reduce the risk of contracting HIV. Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch Former Labor Secretary Reich: Bush-Era Tax Cuts ‘Hurt Quite a Lot’ In the last of the series of conversations about whether to extend Bush-era tax cuts for any, all or some Americans, Robert Reich, who served as secretary of labor in the Clinton administration, explains why he believes they should not… Continue watching