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Shields and Brooks on Hillary's Hints, Congressional Baseball Game
Watch Video NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni guest-hosts the Doubleheader with Mark Shields and David Brooks. Mark Shields and David Brooks got a little edgy in Friday's Doubleheader. It may not be the segment's first mention of...
NewsHour: Not Just a TV Show
In a recent New York Times article, media reporter Elizabeth Jensen underscored the financial and new media challenges faced by the PBS NewsHour. Jensen cited anonymous public television sources who critiqued the NewsHour's broadcast format and its...
Without Money to Retire, Paramedic Works Out to Keep Working
Watch Video Joel Peters, 62, plans on working as a paramedic for as long as he can perform the physically demanding job. Video shot and produced by David Pelcyger. Sixty-two isn't too old to be a paramedic, at least according to Joel Peters. "...
Are College and Career Skills Really the Same?
The Common Core curriculum standards don't prepare students for the workforce, says Robert Lerman. Still from PBS NewsHour footage. Paul Solman: Centrist economist Robert Lerman of the Urban Institute and American University is back on...
Khamenei 'Yes Men' Fill Iran's Ballot, Analysts Say
Screen grab of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Millions of Iranians go to the polls Friday to elect a president, and it will be a "one man, one vote" election. But experts say that only one man's vote really counts: Supreme Leader...
Administration Sharpens Focus on Syria With Chemical Weapons Report
An unexploded mortar shell fired by Syrian Army sits, half buried in the ground, in a suburb of Damascus, January 25, 2013. With the United States concluding that the Syrian government crossed President Barack Obama's red line by using chemical...