Skip to main content
Georgia Public Broadcasting Logo
  • Watch

    Featured Specials and Programs

    • All Creatures Great and Small
    • Antiques Roadshow
    • PBS News Hour
    • Miss Scarlet & The Duke
    • Finding Your Roots
    • Doc Martin
    All Programs

    GPB Originals

    • Georgia Legends
    • Lawmakers
    • A Fork in the Road
    • View Finders
    • Georgia Outdoors
    • Your Fantastic Mind
    GPB Originals

    Browse by Genre

    • Arts & Music
    • Culture
    • Drama
    • Food
    • History
    • News & Public Affairs
    • TV Schedule
    • GPB Programs
    • PBS Passport
    • TV Highlights this Week
    • PBS KIDS
    • Ways to Watch
    • Newsletters
    • Contact GPB
  • Listen

    Featured Programs

    • The Daily
    • Morning Edition
    • All Things Considered
    • Serendipity
    • John Lemley's City Cafe
    • Fresh Air
    • Here and Now
    • Code Switch/Life Kit
    • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
    All Programs

    Podcasts

    • GA Today
    • Salvation South
    • Battleground: Ballot Box
    • Football Fridays in Georgia
    • Narrative Edge
    • Peach Jam Podcast
    • A Fork in the Road
    • Radio Schedule
    • GPB Classical
    • Radio Programs
    • Podcasts
    • GPB News
    • Find Your Station
    • Ways to Listen
    • Contact GPB
    • Newsletters
  • Learn

    Featured

    • Chemistry Matters
    • Classroom Conversations Podcast
    • GASHA Go! World
    • Georgia Farmcraft®
    • Georgia Classroom
    • Georgia Studies Collection
    • Econ Express
    • Let’s Go Enviro
    • Let's Learn GA!
    • Lights, Camera, Budget!
    • Live Explorations
    • Physics in Motion
    • School Stories
    • Virtual Field Trips
    • VR in the Classroom
    • Writers Contest

    For Kids & Teachers

    • GPB Games
    • PBS KIDS
    • PBS LearningMedia

    • on Twitter
    • on Facebook
    • on Email
  • News

    Featured Programs & Series

    • Lawmakers
    • Lawmakers: Beyond the Dome
    • 1A
    • Battleground: Ballot Box
    • GA Today Podcast
    • Storycorps
    • Narrative Edge

    More GPB News

    • Politics
    • Georgia News
    • Justice
    • Arts & Life
    • Health
    All GPB News
    • Radio Schedule
    • Radio Stations
    • GPB Apps
    • Podcasts
    • Contact GPB News
    • Follow Us on Apple News
    • Newsletters
  • Sports

    GHSA Sports

    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Cheerleading
    • On Demand
    • GPB Sports Blog
    All Sports

    High School Football

    • Scores & Schedule
    • On Demand
    • Teams
    • Rankings
    • Brackets
    • Heads Up Georgia
    Football Home
    • GPB Sports App
    • GPB Sports Blog
    • GPB Sports OnDemand
  • Events

    Browse by Type

    • Community
    • Donor
    • Kids & Family
    • Screenings
    All Events

    Browse by Category

    • Education
    • News
    • Sports
    • Television

    Sign up to receive GPB Event announcements via Email.

    Sign up

    • on Twitter
    • on Facebook
    • on Instagram
  • Kids & Families

    For Kids

    • Video
    • Games

    For Parents & Caregivers

    • Kids & Families Blog
    • Kids & Families Events
    • GPB KIDS - Ways to Watch
  • Support Us

    Support GPB

    • Ways to Give
    • Planned Giving
    • Sustainers
    • GPB Passport
    • Leadership Giving
    • Corporate Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donations
    • GPB Next
    • Matching Gifts
  • Search
GPB Passport icon GPB Passport icon Passport
GPB donate icon GPB donate icon Donate
Listen Live Listen Live Watch Live Watch Live

GPB Newsletter CTA

Sign Up For Our Newsletter

News Topics

  • Georgia
  • National
  • Politics
  • Lawmakers
  • Elections

Don't Miss

Don't Miss:

  • Support GPB Today
  • Podcast: Manufacturing Danger: The BioLab Story
  • TV Highlights This Week

News Articles: Bill Clinton

Alexis Herman was tapped by former President Bill Clinton to serve as secretary of labor. Upon her confirmation in 1997, she became the first Black secretary of labor in American history. She is shown here in Las Vegas in 2010.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Alexis Herman, the first Black secretary of labor in U.S. history, dies at age 77

Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a "trailblazer" who fought for the rights of women, Black people and American workers over the course of decades.

April 26, 2025
|
By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
GPB News NPR

Tagged as: 

  • National

Jimmy Carter remembered by colleagues, family and friends as a devoted public servant

The service, which lasted roughly two hours, was packed with heartfelt and vivid remembrances that recalled both a powerful president and politician as well as a thoughtful and giving man of faith.

January 09, 2025
|
By:
  • Elena Moore and
  • Tamara Keith
Former President Bill Clinton speaks during the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 21 in Chicago.

Tagged as: 

  • National

Bill Clinton, who is being treated for the flu, is out of the hospital

The 78-year-old former president was discharged from a Washington hospital on Tuesday and will be home for Christmas after he was admitted the day before with a fever.

December 24, 2024
|
By:
  • The Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at the Santander Arena in Reading, Pa.

Tagged as: 

  • Elections

The story of White House 'trophy terms' offers a cautionary tale

The lessons of history about second-term presidents and second-term Republicans in particular are not just the stuff of textbooks. They can offer guidance and perhaps even temper expectations.

November 10, 2024
|
By:
  • Ron Elving
A view shows Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), known as the comet of the century, photographed before dawn from Temisas, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, Sept. 28, 2024. Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters

Tagged as: 

  • News

GPB evening headlines for October 14, 2024

Former President Bill Clinton visited Southwest Georgia Sunday to campaign For Vice President Kamala Harris.

Georgia sky-watchers are marveling at a rare site: a massive comet able to be seen with the naked eye.

October 14, 2024
|
By:
  • GPB News Radio
Former President Bill Clinton speaks during the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tagged as: 

  • News

Former President Bill Clinton to campaign for Harris in Georgia

Former President Bill Clinton will campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia on Oct. 13 as part of a bus tour through the Southeast.

October 10, 2024
|
By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Kamala Harris accepts her nomination on the final night of the DNC.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Debates have proved a tough test for vice presidents running for president

A look back at other sitting vice presidents who were running for the top job and debating on TV against the nominee of the opposition party: Gore in 2000, George H.W. Bush in 1988 and Nixon in 1960.

September 07, 2024
|
By:
  • Ron Elving
Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Bill Clinton attend a campaign fundraising event in New York on March 28.

Tagged as: 

  • Arts & Life

Three presidents and not a necktie in sight. Are ties out of fashion?

Prompted by a recent photo of three U.S. presidents in suits without neckwear, fashion historian Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell details about how popular ties are — or aren't.

April 01, 2024
|
By:
  • Scott Detrow,
  • Brianna Scott,
  • and 1 more
Former President Jimmy Carter, arrives to attend a tribute service for his wife and former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Atlanta.

Tagged as: 

  • News

Rosalynn Carter honored by family, friends, first ladies and presidents — including husband Jimmy

Rosalynn Carter was memorialized with classical music and beloved hymns, some of her favorite Biblical passages, and a rare gathering of all living U.S. first ladies and multiple presidents, including her 99-year-old husband Jimmy Carter.

November 28, 2023
|
By:
  • Associated Press
Kevin and Ursula Jones take a photo together in front of a video screen while attending the celebration for President Jimmy Carter's 99th birthday held at The Carter Center in Atlanta on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.

Tagged as: 

  • News

Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world

Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. But the former president broke routine Sunday, putting off his practice of quietly watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains.

October 02, 2023
|
By:
  • Associated Press
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy talks to reporters about launching an impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Sept. 14, 2023.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

In the tale of 5 presidential impeachments, how will the latest one stack up?

House Republicans have launched an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. But this case is different — both in substance and in process — than those of former presidents Nixon, Clinton and Trump.

September 18, 2023
|
By:
  • Tamara Keith
President Jimmy Carter holds a basketball presented to him by members of the University of Louisville basketball team at the White House in Washington on April 3, 1980. From left: President Carter; Darrel Griffith; Rep. Romana Mazzoli, D-Ky.; Derrick Smith; Wylie Brown and Darryl Cleveland. The NCAA Champs paid a visit to the White House after attending luncheon in their honor at Capitol Hill which was hosted by the Kentucky Congressional Delegation.

Tagged as: 

  • Sports

Sports no sure respite from politics when title-winning athletes visit the White House

What started as a nonpartisan rite of passage, the tradition of victorious athletes visiting the president has become increasingly tangled up in politics. It's a shift that some peg to Bill Clinton's presidency, and it'll continue on Friday when Joe Biden hosts the championship men’s and women’s college basketball teams.

May 26, 2023
|
By:
  • Associated Press
As a child, former Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, seen here in 2004, spent two years of his life in a World War II internment camp after the Pearl Harbor attack.

Tagged as: 

  • Obituaries

Norman Mineta, first Asian American Cabinet secretary, dies at age 90

Mineta served during the Clinton and Bush administrations, leading the Department of Transportation through the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks.

May 03, 2022
|
By:
  • The Associated Press
Author Farah Stockman next to the cover of her book, American Made. Bella Wang

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Political Rewind: Author Farah Stockman talks class divide and the politics of blue-collar America

Tuesday on Political Rewind, we talk one-on-one with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Farah Stockman. Her book "American Made" explores how the loss of manufacturing jobs changed the political landscape of the early 21st century. But first: a look at the latest in voting rights.

January 18, 2022
|
By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Former President Bill Clinton, standing with his wife, Hillary, and doctors, was discharged from UC Irvine Medical Center Sunday morning.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Former President Bill Clinton released from the hospital

Clinton, 75, had been hospitalized at the UC Irvine Medical Center since Tuesday for a "non-COVID-related infection."

October 17, 2021
|
By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
  • Load More

Newsletter Signup

Sign Up For Our Newsletters

Connect with GPB

  • Connect with GPB on Facebook
  • Connect with GPB on Instagram
  • Connect with GPB on Twitter
  • Connect with GPB on YouTube
  • Connect with GPB on Apple News

Footer

Footer First Nav (Main Menu)

  • Watch
  • Listen
  • Learn
  • News
  • Sports
  • Events
  • Kids & Families
  • Support Us
  • Search

Footer Second Nav Menu

  • Help Center
  • About GPB
  • Contact Us
  • Closed Captioning
  • Directions
  • Studio Production
  • Program Submissions

Footer Third Nav Menu

  • Support Us
  • Careers
  • Accessibility
  • FCC Public Files
  • Drawing Rules
  • News Media Request
  • Open Records and Document Retention Policy
  • Privacy Policy

Georgia Public Broadcasting

260 14th St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
United States

(404) 685-2400 In Atlanta
(800) 222-4788 Outside Atlanta
ask@gpb.org

Newsletter Signup

Sign Up For Our Newsletters

Connect with GPB

  • Connect with GPB on Facebook
  • Connect with GPB on Instagram
  • Connect with GPB on Twitter
  • Connect with GPB on YouTube
  • Connect with GPB on Apple News
© Copyright 2025, Georgia Public Broadcasting. All Rights Reserved. Georgia Public Radio® GPTV®