Sep 08 Joel Meyerowitz Documented Ground Zero ‘Aftermath’ Photographer Joel Meyerowitz spent months at Ground Zero, amassing roughly 8,000 images of the destruction and the heroic recovery efforts. Continue reading
Sep 08 Health Reform Supporters Fret Over New Rules By mcarey Photo by Flickr user seiuhealthcare775nw Publicly, consumer and patient advocates continue to cheer wildly for last year's health care law. Behind the scenes, however, some worry that they are losing a few key battles to the insurance and business communities. Continue reading
Sep 08 9/11’s Profound Effects on Air Travel Passengers at Los Angeles International Airport pass through security in 2010. File photo by David McNew/Getty Images When Denver International Airport opened in 1995, the city was particularly proud of the main terminal building. They spent a lot of… Continue reading
Sep 07 Attention Mall Shoppers: Are You Engaging in Suspicious Activity? All week on the NewsHour, we're exploring different stories about the world a decade after the 9/11 attacks. On Wednesday's broadcast, you'll see a report from NPR's Daniel Zwerdling and the Center for Investigative Reporting about efforts… Continue reading
Sep 07 In a Post-9/11 World, China Moving Forward It may feel unseemly to ask if any nation benefited from 9/11, but it is becoming increasingly clear that China has emerged far stronger since the attacks on the United States a decade ago. In the months right after 9/11,… Continue reading
Sep 07 Brennan: U.S. Is ‘Without a Doubt’ Safer Than on 9/11 By Larisa Epatko The United States is "without a doubt" safer today than on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked New York City and Washington, D.C., President Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser John Brennan told the NewsHour's Judy Woodruff on Wednesday. Continue reading
Sep 07 Conversation: Amy Waldman, Author of ‘The Submission’ By Tom LeGro What if a jury selected a design for the new 9/11 memorial and then discovered that its architect was a Muslim? Ten years after the terrorist attack, the actual memorial is just about to open. But an alternative history is… Continue reading
Sep 07 Pentagon Attack Widower: ‘We Need to Go on’ in Spite of Needless Suffering EmbedVideo(1414, 482, 304); For Thomas Heidenberger, the emotional scars are still fresh. His wife, Michele, was the lead flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 77, which flew into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. During a recent… Continue reading
Sep 07 ‘Engineering Ground Zero’ Explores the Challenges of Redesigning Historic Site EmbedVideo(1415, 482, 304); Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, the memorial at the site of the World Trade Center towers in lower Manhattan will be dedicated on Sunday and open to the public on Sept. 12, 2011. Continue reading
Sep 06 Moby Reflects on 9/11 In the days that followed 9/11, musician and DJ Moby wrote about the experience of living just a mile from Ground Zero on his blog, which was one of the first by a musician at the time. It was an… Continue reading