Nov 15 How Latinos Are Transforming the Electoral Map Polling organization Latino Decisions estimates that Obama earned 75 percent of the Hispanic vote. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Editor's note: PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Ray Suarez contributed this article to Foreign Affairs. You can read the full article on the… Continue reading
Nov 15 Money Manager Jon ‘Merle Hazard’ Shayne Visits Athens By Paul Solman Passengers ride the German-made transit system in Athens, Greece. When Jon Shayne last commented on Greece for us, it was in song as "Merle Hazard," Jon's musical alter ego. He was actually filing from his hometown of… Continue reading
Nov 15 Erdrich, Ferry Take Home National Book Awards The National Book Awards were handed out at a dinner Wednesday night in New York to four new books, whose subjects ranged from life on a Native American reservation to a settlement community in Mumbai. Continue reading
Nov 14 Watch In One Family’s Tragic Meningitis Story, Support for More Policing of Pharmacies In One Family's Tragic Meningitis Story, Support for More Policing of Pharmacies… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch Longstanding Tensions Between Israel and Palestinians See Major Escalation Longstanding Tensions Between Israel and Palestinians See Major Escalation… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch What Happens When U.S. Military Leaders Fail to Live Up to High Expectations What Happens When U.S. Military Leaders Fail to Live Up to High Expectations… Continue watching
Nov 14 Obama Stresses Compromise on Fiscal Cliff Talks, Defends Susan Rice in First Press Conference Since Re-Election In his first press conference since re-election, Mr. Obama said he is committed to strengthening the economy, boosting job growth and reducing the nation's $16 trillion debt, asserting that Americans approve of his balanced approach for reducing the deficit. Continue reading
Nov 14 Live Chat: CDC Answers Your Meningitis Questions The symptoms of fungal meningitis mirror those of the common flu. But what often begins as a headache and fever can quickly turn deadly. The current outbreak of fungal meningitis, tied to black mold-infected steroids produced at the New… Continue reading
Nov 14 Families Mourn Sudden Loss of Loved Ones From Meningitis Deaths Diana (right) dancing with her husband Wayne in Bermuda in 1985. They all said the same thing. There was just something about Diana Reed that made her unforgettable. And although the 56-year-old Brentwood, Tenn., woman died suddenly from… Continue reading
Nov 14 Meningitis: Top 10 Things CDC Says You Should Know Contaminated vials like these, produced at the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., were responsible for this latest outbreak of fungal meningitis. Photo by Minnesota Department of Health. It was just some neck pain -- nothing too alarming. Continue reading