Aug 19 A Curious Inspiration for the First Stethoscope By Dr. Howard Markel In a monthly column for PBS NewsHour, Dr. Howard Markel revisits moments that changed the course of modern medicine, like the invention of the stethoscope. Photo By BSIP/UIG via Getty Images. Long before Hippocrates (ca. 460-380 B.C.) taught his… Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch Shields and Brooks on U.S. Response to Egyptian Bloodshed, N.C. Voter ID Law Shields and Brooks on U.S. Response to Egyptian Bloodshed, N.C. Voter ID Law… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch Is North Carolina's Voter ID Law 'Common Sense' Policy or Discrimination? Is North Carolina's Voter ID Law 'Common Sense' Policy or Discrimination?… Continue watching
Aug 07 Watch Obama Supports Retaining Role for Government in Push to Reform Mortgages Obama Supports Retaining Role for Government in Push to Reform Mortgages… Continue watching
Aug 05 How the World's 'Most Biodiverse Place' Could Be Ransomed for Oil Money Huaorani Indians in Yasuni National Park carry the bushmeat they've killed with their blowgun -- including three howler monkeys and one coati. Photo by Danita Delimont via Getty Images. Editor's note: This piece is part of a collaboration on… Continue reading
Aug 05 Congress Breaks for Recess with Plenty of Business Left to Finish Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., Rep. Keith Ellison, D.-Minn., and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D.-N.Y., leave the Capitol as Congress begins its summer recess Friday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Barack Obama turned 52 Sunday, celebrating privately with family and… Continue reading
Jul 31 Live Chat: Gwen Ifill and Dan Balz Answer Your Questions Join PBS NewsHour correspondent Gwen Ifill and Washington Post reporter Dan Balz for a special live chat, hosted by PBS's Washington Week and the Washington Post at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday. On the table: All things politics and… Continue reading
Jul 31 Unlocking the Secrets of a Swimmer's Scourge, the Jellyfish Sting Updated: August 5 | On the morning of July 29, 1997, while swimming off the shore of Waikiki, a throng of box jellyfish stung Angel Yanagihara along her neck, arms and ankles. She swam back to shore… Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch Did Bradley Manning Get a Fair Trial? Though found not guilty of aiding the enemy, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was convicted on other 19 charges. Former CIA official Jeffrey Smith and Michael Ratner from the Center for Constitutional Rights join Jeffrey Brown to offer their views on… Continue watching
Jul 30 Changing the Culture of Sexual Assault Against Female Service Members Female Marine recruits stand in formation following hand-to-hand combat training during boot camp at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina. Even as combat roles begin to open up for female marines, many of them feel marginalized and discriminated against by… Continue reading