Mar 19 Watch Karzai: Additional U.S. Troops 'Seven Years Too Late' In an interview with Margaret Warner, Afghan President Hamid Karzai welcomed additional U.S. troops, but said they were "seven years too late." He also endorsed reaching out to members of the Taliban who embraced the Afghan constitution. Continue watching
Jan 29 In Signing First Bill Into Law, Obama Touts Equal-pay for All By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law Thursday, an equal-pay measure championed by labor and women's rights backers, reversing a 2007 Supreme Court decision that made it harder to sue for pay discrimination. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch Pay Equity Pioneer Lilly Ledbetter Addresses the DNC Following is the text of the speech delivered to the Democratic convention by Lilly Ledbetter, a former Goodyear Tire and Rubber employee in Alabama who filed a landmark gender pay discrimination suit that went all the way to the Supreme… Continue watching