The online auction company eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar, A French software developer, on September 3, 1995, as a a place where his girlfriend could buy and sell Pez dispensers. Watch some interviews about eBay’s practices, growth, and future…
Hurricane Gustav lashed the Gulf Coast with wind and rain Monday. Two experts — Michael Greenberger, director of the Center for Health and Homeland Security at the Univ. of Maryland; and Major General Don Riley, deputy commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — discuss the region’s preparedness for the storm, 3 years after Katrina.
Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, a Republican who has been in office for 2 years, has been tapped to run as VP with presidential candidate John McCain. Palin’s platforms in Alaska have centered on government reform and routing out corruption within her own party. Read more…
The documentary “The Judge and the General” follows the investigation into the brutal murders of thousands of Chileans during the 1970s-80s. You can watch the film online on P.O.V. until September 2nd. The producers also did a Q&A on NewsHour’s Insider Forum.
Now that Obama has named Senator Joe Biden his VP pick, learn more about the senator from his primary bid. Watch Biden discuss Iowa and the U.S. economy on NewsHour. (Originally aired: 11/27/2007).
It’s been 125 years since the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history–the explosion, earthquake and subsequent tsunami caused by Krakatoa, an island in Indonesia. Krakatoa is still a benchmark for extreme seismic activity, as it’s explosion was 13,000 times more powerful than one of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima.
A roundup of video from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week that you can also watch in toto online. See the list for all full episodes and full segments.
Ninety years after the 1918 flu pandemic claimed the last of its approximately 50 million victims, antibodies to the virus live on in people exposed to it as children — and the pandemic itself is still inspiring research and debate among scientists. Read more…
As speculation stirs over the presidential candidates’ VP short-list, here’s more info about McCain’s potential VP picks as the Republican National Convention nears, including interviews with Tavis Smiley and …
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation Monday, just days before impeachment proceedings against him were set to begin in Parliament over his attempts to impose authoritarian rule on his …
