Mar 21 Judy’s Notebook: Three Years Later, Still in the Dark on the Affordable Care Act We've moved on to other news stories since then: the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf, the shooting of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the Arab Spring, the killing of Osama Bin Laden and the 2012 presidential campaign, for… Continue reading
Mar 21 Deepa Gangwani: Fomenting Change for Indian Trash Collectors EmbedVideo(6003, 482, 304); Deepa Gangwani explains how her group Together as One field-tested a cheaper cook stove. A shocking incident involving her maid and a trash collector helped set Deepa Gangwani on her quest to help the poor… Continue reading
Mar 21 Budget Battle Heats Up as Threat of Shutdown Fades The U.S. Capitol. Photo by Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images. With the Senate having advanced a bill Wednesday to avert a government shutdown and the House expected to follow suit Thursday, lawmakers are already embroiled in their next… Continue reading
Mar 21 Veteran Iraq War Reporters Reflect 10 Years On Martha Raddatz in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2007. For the journalists covering the Iraq war, the experience was in many ways unlike any other war. If you were part of the invasion -- which began this week 10 years ago… Continue reading
Mar 21 The Assault Weapons Ban as Understood by a 2nd Amendment Scholar EmbedVideo(6004, 514, 320); Kwame Holman speaks with Second Amendment expert Joyce Lee Malcolm. With news that Sen. Dianne Feinstein's, D-Calif., recent assault weapons ban will not get a vote on the Senate floor, PBS NewsHour examined the… Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch Streaming Video Goes From Media ‘Stepping Stone’ to Major Player Streaming Video Goes From Media 'Stepping Stone' to Major Player… Continue watching
Mar 20 What Implications Will Broadband Have? Photo by Bloomberg As audiences spend more time watching television online and as websites such as Netflix develop shows like "House of Cards" streamed only to the Internet, one thing is clear: Broadband is redefining the landscape for how… Continue reading
Mar 20 100 Years Later, Retracing Shackleton’s Antarctic Trek EmbedVideo(6002, 482, 304); Hari Sreenivasan interviews Joanne Davies about her plans to trek across Antarctica and finish what Sir Ernest Shackleton started. Next year marks the 100th anniversary of Sir Ernest Shackleton's historic, ill-fated and ultimately… Continue reading
Mar 20 Why Long-Term Care for U.S. Seniors is Headed for ‘Crisis’ By Betty Ann Bowser Photo by John Moore/Getty Images The roller coaster often starts in the middle of the night with a long-distance phone call. "Miss Bowser," the caller begins tentatively. "It's about your Mother." And that's how my chaotic ride through the… Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch Reflecting on Lessons Learned From the U.S. Invasion of Iraq, 10 Years Later Reflecting on Lessons Learned From the U.S. Invasion of Iraq, 10 Years Later… Continue watching