2010 November | Here & Now

A House ethics panel has found Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York guilty on 11 counts of breaking House rules; as Republicans are expected to vote to ban pork-barrel earmarks today.

Reporter Matt Taibbi says a high-speed housing court is pushing through legally dicey foreclosures by banks like Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan Chase.

Radiohead, The Wee Trio and Stephen Sondheim were among the artists featured on the show.

Miao Wang is a Chinese-American filmmaker who went back to her hometown of Beijing to tell the story of the city’s rapid transformation ahead of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Her new film is “Beijing Taxi,” and she focuses her camera on three taxi drivers, who offer candid assessments of how their lives have changed along with the city.

After years of dating, and speculation from outsiders, Britain’s Prince William and his longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton are engaged to marry in London next year.The engagement breaks royal tradition because Middleton does not come from a royal background. Her father was an airline pilot and her mother a flight attendant.

Famed Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for “Evening Primrose,” a 1967 television production. But the show was a complete failure and only aired once. What happened to the music for “Evening Primrose”?

For-profits, like Kaplan, are increasingly recruiting veterans and the homeless. And they’re taking in a large portion of the billions in federal grants allotted to these groups.

Lame Duck Congress Faces Heap Of Unfinished Business, For-profit Colleges Target Veterans, As U.S. Pressures Israel On Settlements, What Are Israelis Saying?, Medal Of Honor Recipient Went Beyond The Call Of Duty,

Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu is facing pressure from the country’s right to allow Jewish settlements to continue, what is Israeli public opinion on the issue? And does the country’s political left-wing have any clout in the debate?

As more than 100 mainly Republican freshmen lawmakers arrive to be trained, current lawmakers must decide on who will lead them and whether to extend expiring unemployment benefits and Bush-era tax cuts.

In the 1970s, Author Ann Beattie was called the most popular and admired writer of her generation by the New York Times. Her work appeared regularly in the New Yorker, and her first novel “Chilly Scenes of Winter” was made into a film. Since then, she’s been off the radar. But now she’s back with a vengeance.

Tuesday, Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta will be presented with the nation’s highest military honor, the medal of honor. Giunta is being honored for his bravery during a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley in 2007.

Paintings by two different artists of the oxbow on the Connecticut River in Northampton, Massachusetts.

What is life like for the millions ruled by a military junta in Burma?

Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta will be presented with a medal of honor this week. You can read what he did to earn it in journalist Sebastian Junger’s new book.

Iconic 1970s writer Ann Beattie has released her collected works for the New Yorker in a new book.

Wondering how to make vegan mashed potatoes? Looking for a healthier stuffing recipe? Send us your questions for Here & Now’s resident chef Kathy Gunst to tackle.

Leaders of the world’s largest economies concluded their meeting in Seoul, South Korea vowing to work toward global economic growth, but they failed to agree on the details. The result was the second setback in two days for President Obama, after the President yesterday fell short of reaching a trade pact with South Korea. We [...]

A new report finds that the country’s audio heritage is at risk of being lost.

Newly-elected Tea Party Republicans are sparring with the GOP establishment over earmarks.