Last week, the president of Kiribati (pronounced “Kiribass”) — a nation of 33 atolls, scattered across two million square miles of the central Pacific Ocean — warned that rising sea levels have doomed his country of 92,000 people.
PBS will present the nation’s only complete, live prime-time coverage of the Democratic and Republican national conventions this summer. The national political conventions take place in Denver (Democrat, Aug. 25-28) and in St. Paul, MN (Republican, Sept. 1-4). Read more…
A new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project “Politics Goes Viral Online” finds that a record-breaking 46% of Americans have used the Internet, e-mail or cellphone text messaging to get news about the campaigns. Analysts examine how new Web-based tools are expanding the campaign trail on NewsHour.
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In 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor aboard French ship Isere, which transported the statue from France to the US. For transport, the Statue of Liberty was reduced to 350 individual pieces. In the 2002 PBS documentary film “American Stories: The Statue of Liberty” Ken Burns explores both the history of [...]
Strouse, so far, has written the score to over 30 musicals, including Annie and Bye Bye Birdie, and just published his memoir, Put On A Happy Face. He talks about his work and life in this profile. Watch the video.
The winner’s film examines the link between destruction and tourism in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans–all in 87 seconds. Watch here.
Last year in Kenya, deadly post-election ethnic clashes killed more than 1,000 and displaced 600,000. Kenya used to be one of the stablest nations in Africa. Religion & Ethics talks to an American Doctor working in the country, and a Kenyan Quaker Minister about the situation today.
The 10 filmmakers for P.O.V.’s Election 2008 film contest/shorts series are soliciting feedback on the rough cuts of their short films. See the early versions on P.O.V.’s Lab website here.
Britain will freeze assets of Iran’s largest bank in a further move to discourage the country from developing nuclear weapons, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday. See the full report on NewsHour.
NBC Washington Bureau Chief and longtime “Meet the Press” moderator Tim Russert died Friday afternoon from an apparent heart attack. He was 58 years old. Analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks reflect on his career on NewsHour.
