Apr 30 Watch Schools Shutter as Public Health Officials Work to Contain Flu Virus More cases of swine flu were reported in the U.S. and abroad and officials took new steps to contain the spread of the illness. Health experts assess the latest news and explain what the public needs to know. Continue watching
Apr 29 World Health Organization Warns Swine Flu Pandemic Imminent By PBS News Hour The World Health Organization raised the pandemic threat level for the swine flu outbreak to a phase 5, meaning a a pandemic, or global outbreak of a serious new illness, is imminent. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Landmark Voting Law The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on a challenge by a Texas community to strike down an extension to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal recaps the day in court. Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch WHO Raises Alert Level as Swine Flu Continues to Spread The World Health Organization raised the threat level of the swine flu Wednesday and a child died of the illness on U.S. soil. The CDC's Dr. Richard Besser provides an update on the government's response. Continue watching
Apr 03 States Move to Restrict Stem Cell Research After Obama lifts Federal Restriction By PBS News Hour Last month, President Barack Obama lifted 8-year-old restrictions on federal funding for most embryonic stem cell research. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch Anger at AIG Continues as House Passes Tax on Bonuses The House voted Thursday to impose a 90 percent tax on some bonuses at AIG and other bailout-funded companies. Editorial writers describe reaction to the controversy across the country. Continue watching
Mar 18 At SXSW, Swanberg Mumbles Loud and Clear An orderly but eager crowd snakes along Congress Avenue wearing South by Southwest Film Festival badges, a large percentage bespectacled and smoking cigarettes as the film's young and unknown cast poses and smiles. Continue reading
Mar 17 Conversation: NPR’s Bob Boilen on SXSW By Arts Desk In March, basketball fans have their "madness"...music fans have South by Southwest. The annual festival brings more than 1,800 musicians from around the globe to Austin, Texas, which even in normal times bills itself as the "live music capitol of… Continue reading
Mar 17 SXSW Shifts Gears to Music Festival By Arts Desk The gears are shifting in Austin, Texas, as the South by Southwest Interactive Festival wraps up and the live music capital of the world prepares for the start of the music festival on Wednesday. Continue reading
Mar 05 Watch Horton Foote’s Work Illuminated Struggles of American Life Playwright Horton Foote, who died Wednesday at age 92, wrote prolifically about the daily hardships and triumphs of ordinary Americans. A scene from his play "A Trip to Bountiful," which he adapted for the screen in 1985, depicts the character… Continue watching