Artist Overcomes Adversity

As part of our continuing series "Assignment America," Steve Hartman reports on Dr. Jim Withers, who has been providing medical care exclusively for the homeless since 1992. A non-profit Withers started has been remarkably successful at finding homes for his patients as well.

As part of "American Spirit," Katie Couric speaks to Steve Case and Ted Forstmann about their agreement to donate the majority of their wealth to charity.

As Part of the CBS News series "Assignment America," Steve Hartman profiles 60-year-old Ronnie Greenea, a Tennessee man who lives the role of a modern-day Santa Claus everyday of the year.

As part of our continuing series "Assignment America," Steve Hartman meets 73-year-old Leta Andrews, a woman who has been coaching women's high school basketball in Texas since 1962.

An estimated 1.5 billion people all over the world, many of them children, do not own a pair of shoes. As part of our continuing series "American Spirit," Dave price reports on how artist Michael Franti is trying to change that.

As part of "Assignment America," Steve Hartman travels to Arizona and meets 32-year-old Sarah Lateiner from Arizona, who took her dreams from lawyer to automotive mechanic.

As part of "Assignment America," Steve Hartman meets a Wisconsin man, Frank Kovac, who has spent the past 15 years building a remote planetarium in his backyard.

As part of "Assignment America," Steve Hartman tells the story of an older brother who spent over a decade saving funds to reunite and live with his two younger siblings after they were all split apart in foster care as children.

Steve Hartman presents this week's "Assignment America" from Great Falls, Mont., where 112-year-old Walter Breuning proudly stands as the oldest man currently living in the nation.

Steve Hartman revisits Sopchoppy, Fla. in this week's "Assignment America," where residents are still making "grub."

One of Assignment America's more memorable reports was about a woman who stubbornly refused to sell her house, even as a giant building went up around her. The story's taken another twist. Steve Hartman reports.

Despite constant news reports of a declining economy and dwindling financial markets, Steve Hartman meets several optimists who say that remaining hopeful will be the true key to success.