Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
10
:05
pm
President-elect Barack Obama is beginning to create his cabinet and assess roles within the upcoming administration.
Featured Stories:
November 5th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
The global view on the election of Obama:
* Elation in Africa
* Pessimism in Pakistan
* Hopes in Russia
Watch.
November 5th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
New Yorkers and tourists from around the world cheered Barack Obama at election viewing parties around the five boroughs, and celebrated as results came in through the night on huge screens in Times Square and Rockefeller Plaza. Read more…
November 5th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Journalist Edwin Okong’o goes back to his birthplace in southwestern Kenya to see what his countrymen are saying about the presidential race. “Sweet Home Obama”, the video he came back with, looks at Kenyans’ hopes and expectations of Obama — rooted in the belief that if he becomes president, he will alleviate the country’s problems. Watch.
November 5th, 2008 at 11:47 am
A day after Democrat Barack Obama’s decisive presidential win, world leaders expressed their congratulations, calling the results “historic”, and laying out their hopes for resolutions of problems around the globe. Read.
November 5th, 2008 at 6:56 am
Inspiring a huge turnout in new voters at voting stations nationwide, Obama takes the election.
* Listen to and read his speech
* See final voting numbers, state-by-state
* Dems also make major gains in both Houses
October 20th, 2008 at 11:33 am
The nation’s infrastructure is in desperate need of repair or replacement. The most recent report by the American Society of Civil Engineers concludes that America’s infrastructure deserves an overall grade of “D”.
October 15th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Frontline’s “The Choice” has aired every 4 years since 1988, profiling the presidential candidates, their history, their policies, and their plans in depth. Watch now. The program will be broadcast again on Oct. 18, Oct. 26, and Nov. 3. See schedule.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:55 am
The mantra in the infrastructure world is that public works aren’t Democratic or Republican or even Independent. Bridges, sewers, water mains are by their very nature non-partisan — perhaps that …
September 30th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
September 25th, 2008 at 7:13 am
With a town-hall format, the second Presidential Candidate debate will be aired on Thirteen on October 7, 2008. While most of the questions will come from undecided Nashville voters invited …
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Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
07
:02
pm
Just two days after the judge declared the trial of three men suspected of involvement in Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder would be open to...
Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
06
:42
pm
Jeff Seelbach
Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia, spoke in New York on Tuesday as part of the Columbia University World Leaders Forum. Morales, the...
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