Nov 23 Response From Iranian Government to NewsHour Report About Dissidents By News Desk The Iranian flag flies at the Iranian permanent mission to the United Nations in Vienna. Photo by Dieter Nagl/AFP/Getty Images. On Friday's NewsHour, special correspondent Spencer Michels reports on allegations the Iranian government is arresting people for criticizing… Continue reading
Nov 23 Friday on the NewsHour: The Poetry of Sandy Jennifer Fitzgerald reads two poems about Hurricane Sandy: "I Was Raised on an Island" and "What It Means to Rise."… Continue reading
Nov 23 Advocates Of Medical Marijuana Face Another Hurdle: Insurance Coverage Several varieties of marijuana buds are displayed for sale at a medical marijuana center in Denver. Photo by Rick Wilking/REUTERS. With the passage of a ballot initiative this month, Massachusetts became the latest state to allow the use of… Continue reading
Nov 23 In Egypt, Dueling Protests Over President Morsi’s New Powers By News Desk In the same week as he successfully mediated a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi granted himself new political powers, sparking rallies both for and against him on Friday. The Islamist leader gained praise from… Continue reading
Nov 23 Dan Ariely: Why Our Brains Might Not Be Able to Resist Black Friday People crowd the aisles inside Macy's department store in New York City during last year's Black Friday sales. Photo by Stan Homda/AFP/Getty Images. Well, in the best tradition of bait-and-switch, this is Duke behavioral psychologist Dan Ariely not… Continue reading
Nov 23 Instagram Your #BlackFriday Deals and Disasters Shoppers in New York City. Photo by Stephen Yang/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Some early shoppers might have headed straight from their Thanksgiving dinner table to the mall on so-called Gray Thursday, but stores unleashed a torrent of traditional Black… Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch How ‘Black Friday’ Morphed Into ‘Gray Thursday’ Many Americans will head to the mall after Thanksgiving dinner to snag retail deals once reserved for the early morning of "Black Friday." But as retailers fear a sluggish consumer spending holiday season, more are opening on the actual holiday. Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch Israelis Return to Sense of Normalcy After Eight-Day Hamas Conflict Israelis Return to Sense of Normalcy After Eight-Day Hamas Conflict… Continue watching
Nov 22 Communism, Capitalism and the Third Thanksgiving Pilgrim leader William Bradford, later the Governor of Plymouth Colony, reading the Mayflower Compact on board the Mayflower off the coast of what became known as Massachusetts, 1620. Photo by MPI/Stringer via Getty Images. Paul Solman: It being Thanksgiving,… Continue reading
Nov 21 Watch Civil War Next Door: Syrian Conflict Tests Neighbor Turkey As Syrian refugees flee their homeland to escape violence between rebels and military troops, Turkey finds itself walking a fine line between protecting its interests and being drawn into war. Margaret Warner reports on the reactions from the Turkish government… Continue watching