Aug 09 Watch Girl Up Campaign Helps Teens Empower Peers Around the Globe Girl Up, a United Nations Foundation campaign, is helping adolescent American girls make a difference in the lives of peers around the globe. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Jul 18 Petraeus Hands Over Afghan Command, Cameron Calls for Emergency Session Gen. David Petraeus passed command of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan to Marine Gen. John Allen as he prepares to take command of the CIA. Gen. Allen comes to Afghanistan after a stint as deputy commander at U.S. Continue reading
Jul 15 The Doubleheader: Debt Ceiling Drama and the Roger Clemens Mistrial By Quinn Bowman, Hari Sreenivasan Mark Shields and David Brooks returned to the Doubleheader with Hari Sreenivasan after a summer hiatus and jumped right into the debt limit drama at the center of politics in Washington this month. Shields and Brooks agreed… Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch U.S. Women Take on Japan in World Cup Final The U.S. Women's Soccer Team has made it to the final game of the Women's World Cup for the first time in 12 years. They take on Japan's team on Sunday. Christine Brennan, USA Today columnist, previews the match-up with… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch NFL Great John Mackey's Death Renews Focus on Brain Trauma Worries John Mackey's Death Renews Focus on NFL Brain Trauma… Continue watching
Jun 15 'Skateistan' Offers Glimpse Into Lives of Young Afghan Skateboarders We're looking at the film "Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul," a documentary that follows the lives of young skateboarders in Afghanistan, this week as part of our partnership with The Economist magazine that showcases the art of filmmaking. Continue reading
Jun 10 For Speed Expert Beyer, Secretariat Still Supreme With the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, the NewsHour's series on horse racing concludes with Washington Post columnist Andrew Beyer explaining how his method of calculating the speed of horses helped transform an entire industry. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch For Andrew Beyer, Secretariat Still Finishes First In a Career of Handicapping Races, Secretariat Still Finishes First… Continue watching
May 20 Shields and Brooks on Goodwin Liu, Brooks the Meme and the Macho Man By Hari Sreenivasan New York Times columnist David Brooks just flew back to D.C. from across the pond (London) in time to make his appearance on the Newshour and of course for a Doubleheader segment with syndicated columnist Mark Shields. In… Continue reading
May 20 King of Pimlico The NewsHour's series on horse racing continues as the second leg of the Triple Crown series gets underway Saturday at the Preakness. Continue reading