This panel discussion, from the Center for Civic Innovation conference on 10/2/2008, addresses the increasing difficulty the U.S. has had in maintaining the nation’s existing infrastructure and building vital new projects.
This year Hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike all battered Haiti’s north coast. Church and other relief groups and heroic aid workers are helping, but Haiti’s plight remains daunting at best. Watch. (Originally aired: 10/31/2008)
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Journalist and historian Louis “Studs” Terkel, who is credited with popularizing oral histories, which he called “guerrilla journalism,” died Friday, October 31, 2008, at his Chicago home at age 96. See interviews with Terkel from around PBS; read more…
Some might argue that the global financial crisis started in New York. But whether the heart of the problem is on Main Street or on Wall Street, it is clear …
This panel discussion, from 9/17/2008, addresses the Development and Rezoning Plans for Coney Island and took place at the Municipal Art Society. MAS are trying to spearhead their own plans for the area, at odds with the NYC Department of City Planning. Who will get their way?
A ’signature series’ on international perceptions of the US. From Kenya to Argentina, from Egypt to India, world citizens speak out about US foreign policy, culture and infrastructure. Watch segments now.
Charlie Rose sits down with The Onion’s Editor-In-Chief Joe Randazzo, Will Graham (Executive Producer/ Director) and Carol Kolb (Head Writer) of the Onion News Network, to talk about politics and comedy this election season.
Last week, NewsHour aired five special reports on the state of infrastructure in America. You can now watch them online:
* The Price of Decay: Bridges in PA
* Return to Sender: America’s Clogged Ports
* Nowhere to Grow: Buckeye, AZ stresses the system
* Flying Blind: America’s airports in need
* Solutions: Update on Boston’s Big Dig
Cynthia Ozick, born in 1928, has written prize winning novels, essays, and poetry; her work has even been translated into 14 languages. Her latest book is Dictation, a quartet of novellas. In this profile she speaks about Jewish writers, New York, and Henry James. Watch…











