In response to mass shootings in Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn., former congresswoman Gabby Giffords announced plans to launch a new PAC that would balance the influence of the gun lobby, galvanizing efforts for a comprehensive plan against gun violence. Judy Woodruff talks to Colorado Public Radio's Megan Verlee.
Richard Ben Cramer, who died at age 62, wrote about a range of topics, from politics to sports to international conflicts.
As tuition costs continue to rise, it seems counterintuitive that professors at top universities would give away their courses for free. But that's exactly what they're doing, on web-based platforms known as "Massive Open Online Courses." Spencer Michels reports on how a boom in online learning could change higher education.
Find the best of the PBS NewsHour’s international reporting and analysis.
Online coverage of the arts from Jeffrey Brown and NewsHour reporters.
On-the-ground reports from Ray Suarez on health issues around the world.
Track how 12 different U.S. communities adapt to changing economic times.
Profiles, readings and conversations with contemporary American poets.
Find the best of the PBS NewsHour’s political reporting and analysis.
Paul Solman explains the ins and outs of the global economy.
Covering efforts to tackle the world's biggest challenges in the smallest of ways.
Purpose-built videos for teachers supported by lesson plans with content-based standards.
Bringing the views of ordinary citizens to the national discussion on the important issues of the day.
Coverage of the critical issues in science and technology reporting.
Judy Woodruff explores how young people are handling the economic downturn.
Nick Corcodilos answers job seekers' questions, including how to get a job when moving to a new city, finding work as a project-based consultant and why traditional resume and references don't work for everyone.
Republicans are certain to explore past statements by former Sen. Chuck Hagel on Israel and his votes against imposing unilateral sanctions on Iran when he comes before the Senate for his nomination hearing.
The achievement gap between low-income and high-income students has been a persistent problem in the U.S. A public school in Washington, D.C., is trying to change all that. McKinley Technology High School offers a science and technology curriculum that hopes to inspire students to achieve in the classroom and in the workforce.
Judy Woodruff reports on President Obama's nominations of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary and John Brennan for CIA director. Gwen Ifill talks to Jessica Tuchman Mathews of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Reuel Marc Gerecht of Foundation for Defense of Democracies about the president's picks.
As birds go, vultures fare poorly in popularity contests. But the powerful stomachs of these often misunderstood creatures play an important role in preventing disease spread.
Social security expert Larry Kotlikoff answers readers' questions about how and when to collect benefits when married, widowed, separated or divorced.
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join us for the first Doubleheader of 2013.
Ohio is one of 14 states to put in place a retention rule that holds back students who are not reading at grade level. Special correspondent John Tulenko reports on the "reading guarantee," and whether it actually ensures educational success.
Next week, the Department of Agriculture will use fireworks, lasers and a chase car to drive out a colony of vultures from a suburban Virginia neighborhood.
An examination of the education reform efforts of Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public schools as she attempted to fix a broken school system.
[FRONTLINE]
Experience life from the perspective of a "rough rider," in this interactive documentary about the oil boom in North Dakota.
[Prairie Public Broadcasting]
Abolitionist allies Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimké turned a fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that changed the nation.
[American Experience]
Jan. 8, 2013
Since civil war erupted in Syria almost two years ago, it’s estimated that more than 60,000 people – mostly civilians -- have died. The skyrocketing death rate has many Syrians blaming the United States and other Western countries for not stepping in to shield civilians from the worst of the government’s attacks.
