After weeks of internal negotiations, the European Union selected two "low-key consensus builders," as they have since been described, over big-name picks to lead the newly organized body.

Director Frederick Wiseman has documented a wide range of people's everyday routines and the goings-on inside institutions. A "big ballet fan," and a sometimes-resident of Paris, Wiseman recently turned his camera to one of France's most important cultural institutions: the

After decades as a popular talk show host, Oprah Winfrey will end her daytime program to concentrate on a new cable channel. Jeffrey Brown examines Winfrey's mark on the media landscape.

After 23 years as a daytime talk show legend, Oprah Winfrey has announced she will be ending her program to concentrate on a new cable channel that will bear her name. Jeffrey Brown reports.

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson, who is also a senior research fellow at the Institute for Global Engagement, break down the biggest stories of the week, including health care reform moves in Congress and President

Newly-released guidelines on when, and how often, women should be screened for breast and cervical cancer stirred questions -- and confusion -- this week. Margaret Warner talks to health experts for insight.

Women can delay their first screening for cervical cancer until age 21, and be screened less often than recommended in the past, according to new guidelines issued Friday by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Betty Ann Bowser reports.

Tonight on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown talks to Wu Man, who at age 45 is one of the world's leading musical ambassadors. She's a master of the pipa -- a four-stringed lute with ancient roots in central Asia and China.

Jeanne-Claude, the artist who collaborated with her partner Christo on monumental installation projects like "The Gates" in New York and "The Wrapped Reichstag" in Berlin, passed away Wednesday at a hospital in New York from complications of a brain aneurysm.

The Pentagon estimates that as many as one in five American soldiers are coming home from war zones with traumatic brain injuries, many of which require round-the-clock attention. But lost in the reports of these returning soldiers are the stories

Some have called Flannery O'Connor our only great Christian writer, a Catholic from the Deep South who said her subject was "the action of grace in territory held largely by the devil."

Forty-five years after her death, how do Flannery O'Connor's views about the South, race, violence, Catholicism, and Christian realism hold up?

Brad Gooch is the author of Flannery O'Connor's biography FLANNERY: A LIFE OF FLANNER O'CONNOR. In describing his experience of writing the book, he says, "...I didn't have that biographer's being in love with your subject and then being let

Ralph Wood is a professor of theology and literature at Baylor University and author of FLANNERY O'CONNOR AND THE CHRIST-HAUNTED SOUTH. He recalls the first time he read A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND: "...I said to myself, if

Father Thomas Joseph White's decision to become a priest in the Dominican order was influenced in part by the writings of Flannery O'Connor. "Reading Flannery O'Connor for the first time did change my life a little bit. I mean it

As many of us prepare for Thanksgiving this coming week (November 26), sobering news about the rise of hunger. A new report from the Department of Agriculture says 49 million Americans had inadequate access to food this past year. That's

In Rome, a UN meeting on global hunger left many religious groups and humanitarian organizations disappointed. The three-day summit drew many top officials, including Pope Benedict XVI. Benedict told the leaders that fighting hunger is a moral responsibility. Still, the

The annual hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca begins this coming week (November 26), and many Muslims embarking on the journey are contending with fears of swine flu. Those arriving in Saudi Arabia are undergoing health screenings and check-ups. More than

Human rights and religious freedom activists say President Obama didn't take a strong enough stand on their issues during his visit to China. In meetings with Chinese officials, the president did encourage China to accept what he called universal rights,

The US Catholic bishops held their annual fall meeting this past week (November 16-18) and reaffirmed their positions on several controversial social issues. They approved a pastoral letter emphasizing that "true marriage" can involve only a man and a woman.