Mar 08 Watch 10:22 Not all forgotten American cities are struggling By PBS News Hour It’s called flyover country -- low-profile parts of the U.S. the news media often forgets. But to husband-and-wife journalists James and Deborah Fallows, these areas are home to ‘cities that work,’ thriving communities that buck this election’s narrative of national… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch 10:52 Fight over core principles exposes deep GOP divides By PBS News Hour Is the Republican party revolting against itself? As part of a collaboration between The Atlantic and the PBS NewsHour, Judy Woodruff leads a discussion with David Frum and others on the struggle between establishment and antiestablishment factions in the GOP,… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch 10:32 Polls offer a snapshot, but not always reliable predictions By PBS News Hour Early polling often doesn't reflect who goes on to become president (think Howard Dean or Newt Gingrich). These days pollsters acknowledge they are wrestling with a sea change in polling methods that's making it harder to collect a sample opinion… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 11:41 Opposite parties, same goal: change U.S.-China relations By PBS News Hour China is on track to eclipse the U.S. as the world's largest economy by 2016, and it hasn’t been shy about flexing military muscle. Henry Paulson and Bob Rubin, former treasury secretaries from different parties, say the U.S. and China… Continue watching
May 06 Watch 8:38 Why Starbucks is offering workers a college education, hold the debt By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 9:10 NBA union boss wants to prove players were right to ‘give a girl a chance’ By PBS News Hour Michele Roberts, the first woman ever to run a professional sports union in North America, is on top of what is still very much a man's world. She'll face negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement with NBA team owners… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch 9:02 The American Dream is alive in the Twin Cities, but not for everyone By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch 8:37 Is it time to open the door to better relations with Iran? By PBS News Hour Historian Robert Kaplan says that geo-political necessities have given longtime enemies, the United States and Iran, some pressing common interests. Is it time to open the door to a working relationship? As part of a collaboration between The Atlantic and… Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch 7:11 ‘An era of defeat’ for the best soldiers in the world? By PBS News Hour Journalist James Fallows says it's time to examine why the best funded, best trained and most professional military in the world hasn't achieved lasting victory in the post-9/11 era. He joins chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner to discuss his provocative… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch How the music industry uses big data to create the next big hit By PBS News Hour Is big data killing good music? As part of a collaboration between The Atlantic and PBS NewsHour, Judy Woodruff speaks with Derek Thompson, whose piece in this month’s magazine featured how data collected by Shazam and other music apps is… Continue watching