Jan 01 NewsHour Correspondents Reflect on Their Favorite Stories of 2012 This past year NewsHour correspondents have covered a lot of ground: from the multi-billion dollar campaign season to the year's wild weather across North America. Listen to them explain their favorite stories of the year. Judy Woodruff EmbedVideo(5351, 482,… Continue reading
Jan 01 Is the Amazon Rainforest Drying Out? A river rises in the Andes and flows east to the Amazon, Ucayali River in Peru. Photo by Bates Littlehales/National Geographic/Getty Images TARAPOTO, Peru -- For tropical ecologist Gregory Asner, flying over the Peruvian Amazon from the town… Continue reading
Jan 01 Health Reform May Be Headed Back to Supreme Court in 2013 By Jason Kane Tea Party activist William Temple, protests in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, on June 28, the morning the justices ruled to uphold the vast majority of the health care reform law. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Should old acquaintance… Continue reading
Jan 01 Seven Lessons Americans Can Learn From Immigrants to Live Longer EmbedVideo(5284, 482, 304); It's a phenomenon that's stumped social scientists for years. Hispanics in the U.S. are worse off than their white neighbors by almost every economic measure: poverty rates, dropout rates, access to health care. Claudia… Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch What Will History Books Have to Say About 2012? Judy Woodruff talks to presidential historians Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith about the events from 2012 that will live on in the history, including Hurricane Sandy, the 2012 elections, a mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., China's new leadership, and… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch Hillary Clinton’s Hospitalization Sheds Light on Blood Clot Causes, Treatments Hillary Clinton's Hospitalization Sheds Light on Blood Clot Causes, Treatments… Continue watching
Dec 31 What Story in 2012 Changed the World for You? The aftermath of hurricane Sandy in Rockaway Beach, N.Y. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Monday Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith look back on 2012 and discuss which moments will be the most likely to be remembered. Continue reading
Dec 31 New Year’s Eve Across the World We're tracking Instagram photos tagged with #NYE to see how people around the world are ringing in the New Year. Zoom in and out on the map below to travel the globe and take a look at celebrations of… Continue reading
Dec 31 It’s So Easy to Say Goodbye to These Six Political Ad Archetypes of 2012 EmbedVideo(5343, 482, 304); "The Welder"—or specifically the welder in political ads—is one character we're happy to say goodbye to in 2013. All images and sounds were pulled from 2012 campaign ads. You can hear ads from Rick Santorum, Newt… Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch Why After-School Jobs Keep Young Adults in School Jobs can provide teenagers with an exciting glimpse of economic freedom, as well as a new set of responsibilities and money, often for the first time. But education experts say part-time and after-school jobs also play a pivotal role in… Continue watching