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August 5th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Just days before the Olympic games begin, a haze still stretches across Beijing. The air pollution in China is a powerful reminder of the consequences of China’s recent rapid economic …
August 5th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Amid the near-daily drumbeat of gloomy economic news, NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman has answered questions on the issues topping the headlines, including why banks fail, the job market for new grads, the high price of oil and more. Ask Paul a question here.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Thirteen re-aired Bush’s War Sunday night, Aug. 3; it’s a 4.5-hour epic that’s challenging, controversial, enlightening. It’s the most-watched online program from PBS ever.
You watch it online here, …
August 4th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Profile of Menachem Youlus, a Torah scribe who has been called the Indiana Jones of rabbis because he has traveled to dangerous places all over the world in his mission to find, rescue, and recover sacred Torah scrolls. Originally aired August 1, 2008.
August 4th, 2008 at 10:47 am
With former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is already serving five and a half years, expected to be sentenced on other charges next month, Bill Moyers takes viewers back to the scene of the crime in this update of “Capitol Crimes,” an acclaimed documentary investigating the Abramoff lobbying scandal. Watch now.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:55 pm
On Tuesday, July 29, 2008, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was indicted for failing to disclose gifts he received from VECO Corporation, an Alaska-based oil services company. On Friday, August 1 …
July 31st, 2008 at 1:23 pm
WIDE ANGLE visits the Liberian community on Staten Island and speaks with a psychologist who has worked with war-affected youth in over 15 situations of armed conflict, including Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Columbia, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Watch the story. (for more on Liberians in NY, see New York Voices)
July 31st, 2008 at 1:02 pm
In Malawi, one in four children dies before reaching age five. Famine is chronic, and AIDS has left tens of thousands of orphans, often in the care of their struggling grandparents. American doctors are working against the tide of illness. Watch the story here. (Originally aired 7/25/2008.)
July 31st, 2008 at 11:30 am
Flooding and poor harvests have caused North Korea’s worst food crisis in nearly a decade and have put millions at risk, the U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday as it …
July 30th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Plagued by recent scandal and controversy, and with calls for his resignation happening within his administration (for months), Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced today he will resign following the …
Public Television Rocks… The Police’s Last Concert
Latinos and the Future of Catholicism
The face of Catholic New York is being rapidly transformed by Spanish-speaking immigrants from Central and South America and the...
Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts
Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts was the subject of the PBS documentary “Mi Mambo” which was aired on CANTOS...
