Woodruff and im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight, the Justice Department move comes after the Supreme Court threw out part of the Voting Rights act. We examine the legal battle ahead. Brown then, a Major Hedge Fund has been charged with securities fraud and Insider Trading. Hari sreenivasan explores the indictment and the effort to root out financial crimes. Woodruff some of californias most dangerous felons are on a Hunger Strike after being held in isolation for years. We go inside the prison to see what conditions are like for the inmates and their guards. I believe that certain people should be isolated. But without no sunlight, going years with no sunlight, it would be nice to look out a window and see the outside. That would be nice. Woodruff officials in pyongyang unveiled a new cemetery for korean war veterans, the first of several ceremonies for the 60th anniversary of the end of the conflict. We get a rare report from inside north korea. Woodruff and the conversation ab
Woodruff and im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight, the Justice Department move comes after the Supreme Court threw out part of the Voting Rights act. We examine the legal battle ahead. Brown then, a Major Hedge Fund has been charged with securities fraud and Insider Trading. Hari sreenivasan explores the indictment and the effort to root out financial crimes. Woodruff some of californias most dangerous felons are on a Hunger Strike after being held in isolation for years. We go inside the prison to see what conditions are like for the inmates and their guards. I believe that certain people should be isolated. But without no sunlight, going years with no sunlight, it would be nice to look out a window and see the outside. That would be nice. Woodruff officials in pyongyang unveiled a new cemetery for korean war veterans, the first of several ceremonies for the 60th anniversary of the end of the conflict. We get a rare report from inside north korea. Woodruff and the conversation ab
Members were contingent and unsecure with their jobs. Now its over 70 . That trend seems to be continuing. The trend of state legislatures defunding Higher Education gradually shifting the cost from taxpayers to students, thats now a 25 year trend. Trends like that dont always and quickly. I think theres a future for state funding in higher Public Education is not great. Both of those things do not mind mote bode well for maintaining Higher Education. If i were to recommend anything i would recommend the federal government pay for public Higher Education and make it freeforall children come to all americanamerican s. 60 billion a year and a couple of battleships left, we have actually made public Higher Education a genuine public good. I think without some fundamental change the quality is going to erode. Scientists all over the country having to choose the basic research that will bring in the most dollars. Rather they choose the research that will do the most good for the people in t
Partnership with the library of congress paying our five salaries but, indeed, we have raised private money from the beginning to help support our array of programs and projects. There are center for the books now in every state, and i know we have a broad audience today, and i look challenge you to look up and learn about the center for the book in your state which works at state level in promoting books and reading and libraries. Here at the library of congress one of our Major Projects is the National Book festival which i hope many of you know about. Its a library of congress project involving many parts of the library. It is in its 14th year coming up, and this year it will be held on the National Mall september 21st and 22nd. The center for the book also is the administrator of the first Young Readers center at the library of congress which is located now in the jefferson building. Its the only place that focuses on the reading interests of Young Readers 16 and under as long as t
Brigitte freed, and accompanied by an essay for the collection by michael eric dyson. The three discussed the collection next. Well, good afternoon and welcome to the library of congress. On john cole, the director of the center for the book in the library of congress which is the reading and book promotion arm of the library, and were very pleased to be cosponsoring this program with the libraries prints and photographs division. The center for the book was created in 1977 to help the library of congress stimulate Public Interest in books and reading and literacy and libraries. And we are a private Public Partnership with the library of congress pang our fight salaries, but indeed we have raised private money from the beginning to help support our array of programs and projects. The our center of the books now nearly state state senator we ha broad audience today and i look, challenge you to look up and learn about the center for the book in your state, which works at the state level