On Tonight: Harry Belafonte, Entertainer and Activist
The day after the memorial to Martin Luther King was officially dedicated in Washington comes the story of the singer and humanitarian who was by his side as the battle…
Christie Cuts ‘Jersey Shore’ Funds
On a day when his name was being bandied about as a someone to save the Republican Presidential race, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was in the news Monday for…
On TV Tonight: A Hopeful ‘Rebirth’
The best film among the onslaught of works on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 is one by a first time documentary filmmaker that begins to scratch the surface of the…
At the Tar Sands Protest
When the two week sit-in at the White House to protest the Keystone XL pipeline, which would bring oil from “tar sands” in Canada across the plains to Texas, came…
How George Remembered It
The world got a rare opportunity ten years ago to glimpse the face of a world leader the instant he learned his world had changed. When chief of staff Andrew…
At the MLK Memorial Soft Opening
After an earthquake it was almost a letdown – the first major memorial in Washington D.C. in years, a $120 million effort, one that has been the works for decades.…
Dewey Wins Notice in New C-SPAN Series
Having profiled all the Presidential homesteads and libraries C-SPAN moves this fall into what could have been. A new 14 part series “The Contenders: They Lost the Election but Changed…
Michele Bachmann’s Botched Elvis Milestone
The strains of the King’s “Promised Land” played and Michelle Bachman jumped out of her bus in South Carolina Tuesday declaring, “Before we get started let’s all say happy birthday…
Flap Has No Effect on Common, Rapper Turned Actor
Being the center of a manufactured controversy over an appearance at the White House may have made the name of rapper Common more recognizable among whole new audiences. But on…
When George Met Gerald: Harrison, Ford
When PBS got a couple of White House photographers to talk about the special that premiered Wednesday, ““National Geographic Television presents The President’s Photographer: 50 Years in the Oval Office,”…