As the nation's unemployment rate stands near its highest level in more than 25 years, "NewsHour" economics correspondent Paul Solman looks at the unique problems facing older workers. . . .
WHAT importance has the recent Swiss referendum to ban the building of minarets (spires next to mosques from which the call to prayer is issued)? . . .
In an era that pays homage to globalization and the supposedly "flat" world, it's an astonishing thing: Crossing the border from Latin America into the United States. . . .
No sooner did President Obama conclude his address last week on his plans for the war in Afghanistan than hordes of public officials rushed into print or to the microphones to respond. . . .
