Mar 14 Judy’s Notebook: What Is Happening In Washington? Republicans and Democrats are talking to each other. The president spent an hour this week answering questions from his biggest critics -- House Republicans. This on the heels of a dinner with a dozen Senate Republicans, as yet another… Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch Have Past Presidents Found a Winning Strategy in Bipartisanship? Have Past Presidents Found a Winning Strategy in Bipartisanship?… Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch Argentina’s Cardinal Bergoglio Is First South American, First Jesuit Pontiff Argentina's Cardinal Bergoglio Is First South American, First Jesuit Pontiff… Continue watching
Mar 13 Who Gets Ownership of Your Digital Life When You Die? It's clear our lives have changed as a result of the technological revolution. What's not clear is what happens to our digital lives when we die. Five states currently have laws that govern digital assets, but they vary widely. Monday… Continue reading
Mar 13 Erin Brockovich: The Real-Life Unhappy Ending By Miles O'Brien On tonight's NewsHour, Miles O'Brien reports on the decline of Hinkley, Calif., the town featured in the movie Erin Brockovich. Here's the not-so-Hollywood version of what really happened in Hinkley and beyond. Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch Daily Download: Assessing the Gap Between Twitter Follower Opinion and Poll Data Daily Download: Assessing the Gap Between Twitter Follower Opinion and Poll Data… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch Is the Advice for Women in Sheryl Sandburg’s ‘Lean In’ Elitist or Universal? Is the Advice for Women in Sheryl Sandburg's 'Lean In' Elitist or Universal?… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch Rep. Paul Ryan Offers ‘Opening Bid’ on Budget Plan House Budget chair Rep. Paul Ryan put forth a blueprint which he says would cut the federal deficit by $4.6 trillion over the next 10 years. Democrats dismissed the proposal, saying the math doesn't add up. Nancy Cook of National… Continue watching
Mar 12 How Well Do You Want to Know Your DNA? On tonight's PBS NewsHour, Correspondent Spencer Michels and I report on a massive, groundbreaking study underway at Kaiser Permanente and the University of California at San Francisco, which one day may shed light on the genetic roots of health… Continue reading
Mar 12 What Blood, Spit and a Data Bank Can Tell Us About Disease Willie Mae Washington, 92, and her daughter Ida are among the 15,000 women in the Oakland area participating in a study on genetic links to diseases like cancer. Photo by Robert Durell. A giant data bank containing genetic… Continue reading