News & Public Affairs

On Memorial Day weekend, PBS will unite the nation with an evening that has become an American tradition. The National Memorial Day Concert honors the service and sacrifice of the men and women in uniform, their families at home and all those who have given their lives for our country.

Are you safe aboard a modern cruise ship? Twenty million passengers embark on cruises each year, vacationing in deluxe “floating cities” that offer everything from swimming pools to shopping malls to ice skating rinks. And the ships just keep getting bigger: The average cruise ship has doubled in size in just the last ten years. Some engineers fear that these towering behemoths are dangerously unstable, and the recent tragedy of the Costa Concordia has raised new questions about their safety.

State of the Union Address

PBS NewsHour presents live coverage of President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Address and the Republican response Tuesday, Jan. 24. Catch the coverage starting at 9pm on Think^TV16.

Josh Grobin, Jordin Sparks, Little Richard and the cast of Broadway’s Million Dollar Quartet join the National Symphony Orchestra for our nation’s birthday celebration broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. The annual celebration will be broadcast in high definition before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands, millions more at home, on National Public Radio and around the world to our troops on the American Forces Network.

America’s best-selling author and speaker on transformational wisdom, Dr. Wayne Dyer, presents a new definition of the concept of “intention” and a new method to connect to one’s infinite potential. In The Power of Intention, Dr. Dyer transforms conventional thinking about how things happen in life into an exhilarating exploration of the power of intention and a profound understanding of how each person possesses the power to co-create the life he or she desires.

Financial adviser Suze Orman delivers her expert take on what actions everyone needs to consider to secure a hopeful and sustainable financial future in light of the new economic reality. After the upheavals of the economic downturn that began in 2008, Orman believes it’s critical to rethink many of the traditional strategies we’ve been using to achieve our financial goals.