Jan 02 Life Insights from a 100-Year-Old Manufacturing Worker EmbedVideo(5366, 482, 304); While reporting on needle and tubing manufacturing firm Vita Needle in Needham, Mass., recently, the NewsHour team met Rosa Finnegan. The company is known for its elderly workforce with its average worker 74 years… Continue reading
Jan 02 Despite Deal, Taxes to Rise for Most Americans WASHINGTON (AP) -- While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013. That's because the… Continue reading
Jan 01 House Passes Deal; Fiscal Cliff Averted ( {"video_url": "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTsan91Yy40"} ) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Past its own New Year's deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national "fiscal cliff" of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night… Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch School of Wine: Training Students for Jobs in Washington State’s Wine Industry School of Wine: Training Students for Jobs in Washington State's Wine Industry… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch Sandy Recovery Continues at Slow Pace as People Wait for FEMA Relief Sandy Recovery Continues at Slow Pace as People Wait for FEMA Relief… Continue watching
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