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October 7th, 2008 at 10:16 am

Worldfocus anchor Martin Savidge is not just another talking head, he’s reported extensively from locations as diverse as Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Vietnam, Russia, Ukraine and Europe (to name only a few) for NBC and CNN. He shares with thirteen.org some insight into how Worldfocus will approach their difficult tasks.

Featured Stories:
October 7th, 2008 at 2:56 pm

Georgetown University’s legal and finance scholar Emma Coleman Jordan looks at the politics of the Wall Street bailout debate on Capitol Hill and ‘Main Street’. Watch now. (Originally aired: 10/3/2008) Read more about Jordan here.

October 7th, 2008 at 9:12 am

Bailout Fails to Stem Continuing Financial Crisis

Candidates Trade Attack Ads, Prep for Next Debate

School in Northern India Strengthens Communities

October 6th, 2008 at 1:27 pm

Should kosher certification depend not only on how an animal is slaughtered but on how workers are treated? R & E reports from Iowa, where a kosher meat packing plant is owned and run by Orthodox Jews from Brooklyn, and where authorities have uncovered evidence suggesting serious safety violations and child labor abuse by plant officials. Watch. (Originally aired: 10/3/2008).

October 6th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

NOW on PBS travels to New Mexico to see how the campaigns are hoping to attract—and secure—first-time voters on college campuses, as well as voters in New Mexico’s large Hispanic population. This southwestern state was won by fewer than 400 votes in 2000, and 6,000 votes in 2004. Watch. (Originally aired: 10/3/2008).

October 3rd, 2008 at 6:26 pm

NOW on PBS takes a look at the “10 Most Challenged Books of 2007″ during Banned Books Week, Sept. 27 -Oct. 4. See the previous lists and more on book censorship on the Banned Books site of the American Library Association.

October 3rd, 2008 at 6:26 pm

We interviewed a number of novice teachers, and asked them to recount the realities of a special education classroom. Below is a glimpse into the Teaching Fellows program and the problems with the program’s crash-course training.

October 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 am

Authorities in India blame homegrown terrorists for bombings that have killed more than 150 people in that nation in recent months; A young activist from Hiroshima revives the memory of The Bomb; And will Israel elect a woman Prime Minister? Watch now.

October 3rd, 2008 at 10:53 am

Despite losses in the 2006 elections, the Republican right remains a powerful force in American politics. In his book The Conservative Ascendancy, Donald Critchlow explores the anomaly of the Republican right’s anti-statist ideology. In Critchlow’s view, though today’s intensified partisanship can be unsettling, it reflects the vibrancy of a mature democracy and deepening political participation.

NewsHour
October 3rd, 2008 at 7:01 am

Most telling in the Vice-Presidential candidates’ debate were the responses to the questions concerning vice presidential power. It was a question that neither candidate could have anticipated (or, it would have been very low on their list of prepared talking points), and neither candidate got it exactly right. Read more…



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The pundits are saying the heated second debate between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama won't be a game-changer. Will the polls agree?
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