“The Warrior” by Frances Richey is composed of 28 poems written by the poet to her son, Ben, a Green Beret who has served two tours of duty in Iraq. …
As the official death toll in China’s massive earthquake neared 15,000 Wednesday, military helicopters dropped food and medicine to survivors who remained cut off in remote mountain villages. In a NewsHour interview, Zhou Wenzhong, the Chinese Ambassador to the U.S., discussed the devastation in central China.
The most powerful earthquake to hit China in 30 years killed more than 12,000 people, with the death toll likely to rise with thousands more reportedly buried under crumpled buildings. …
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked central China on Monday, killing as many as 5,000 in Sichuan province’s Beichuan county and trapping students in at least eight schools, according to the …
Food and water began reaching more of Myanmar’s cyclone victims Sunday, but the government made no indication that it would allow foreign aid workers into the country to distribute the …
This year, media analysts have viewed much of the 2008 primary season through the prism of race. A panel of experts discusses the way the media have covered the racial angle on NewsHour.
The first relief shipments arrived in Myanmar Thursday after resistance from the country’s reclusive military government to foreign aid.
“Not only does the United States want to reach out, but …
Poets played a major role voicing the hardships and joys during Israel’s founding. Today, the poetry scene is more fractured, much like the land itself. Listen to three prominent Israeli …
Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton made their final pitches in Indiana and North Carolina, looking for support ahead of Tuesday’s primary contests. Two correspondents fresh off the campaign trail discuss whether these two states can change the dynamics of the Democratic race on NewsHour.
Democratic Presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton may still be in a dead heat after Tuesday’s primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, because there are not enough delegates to …
