Jun 18 The Most Important Presidential Race You Haven't Heard About By Margaret Warner Enrique Pena Nieto and his wife telenovela actress Angelica Rivera Hurtado at a rally in Atlacomulco, Mexico. Photo by Morgan Till for the PBS NewsHour. ATLACOMULCO, Mexico | Enrique Pena Nieto, the telegenic front-runner in the Mexican presidential race, waded… Continue reading
Jun 18 Rio+20 Conference: Stark Contrasts and Little Common Ground Historic Fort Copacabana is one of the venues for the Rio+20 conferences. Photo by Fred de Sam Lazaro for the PBS NewsHour. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil | Variety is an inherent fringe benefit of this job, but rarely does… Continue reading
Jun 18 Markets Fluctuate After Greek Vote A man walks through the Athens stock exchange. Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images. By Siobhan Dowling, GlobalPost BERLIN, Germany | Depending on how you look at it, Greece has either pulled back from the precipice or has… Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch In Colo., Drought and Wind Fuel Summer of Fire Almost a week after the High Park wildfire began west of Fort Collins, Colo., the flames still rage out of control. Meanwhile, in New Mexico, fires have burned almost 60 square miles. Tom Bearden reports from northern Colorado, where a… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch Egypt Politics 'Entering New, Dangerous Period' More than 200 policemen were deployed outside Egypt's parliament Friday after a court nullified recent elections. Jeffrey Brown and Harvard University professor Tarek Masoud discuss the dashed hopes of the Egyptian people as voters head to the polls this weekend… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch How Greece's Election Could Shape Global Economy Leaders around the world are closely watching this weekend's elections in Greece, where the outcome could have serious repercussions for the global economy. Judy Woodruff and journalist John Psaropoulos, reporting from Athens, discuss the atmosphere in Greece and what election… Continue watching
Jun 15 Disagreement on the Road to Damascus By P. J. Tobia EmbedVideo(3629, 482, 304); On Wednesday's NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown hosted a discussion about Syria's bloody uprising, specifically, Russia's attempts to block international intervention in the conflict. The discussion featured former State Department and National Security Council official Michele… Continue reading
Jun 15 Syria: Shabiha Militia Member Tells It Like It Is By News Desk An active member of Syria's feared shabiha militia says he is in a "win or die" fight for his president (and a little bit of cash). Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch Tensions High in Egypt Ahead of Post-Mubarak Presidential Election Ahead of this weekend's first presidential election in Egypt since the fall of Hosni Mubarak, tensions were high as more than 200 policemen were deployed outside parliament to block lawmakers from entering. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports from… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Are Western Consumers Willing to Pay More for Apparel? Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the working conditions in Cambodia's garment industry, which exports much its clothing to the United States. Continue watching