The unemployment rate continued to trend downward Friday, reaching 8.3 percent, the lowest rate in three years. With a very healthy 243,000 new jobs added in January, the picture is certainly brightening, says NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman.
Presidential candidates have loaded speeches with references to wealth, taxes and "the very poor." Jeffrey Brown and guests explore the role of poverty this election year.
University of California, Santa Barbara professor Richard Ross has spent five years documenting juvenile detention facilities throughout the nation. In his own words, Ross explains what he and his camera have seen.
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Judy Woodruff explores how young people are handling the economic downturn.
The U.N.-backed tribunal in Cambodia extended the jail time of Khmer Rouge chief jailer Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, from 19 years to a life sentence on Friday.
After the polls closed Tuesday and Mitt Romney had been declared the winner of the Florida primary, syndicated columnists and PBS NewsHour contributors David Brooks, Mark Shields and I looked at each other and sighed.
As European countries continue to struggle with how to resolve the region's financial crisis, one of the key voices in that effort is set to make an appearance on Tuesday's NewsHour.
Jeffrey Brown speaks with Mark Morris about his piece "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato," which is widely considered one of the masterpieces of dance in our era.
Mitt Romney admitted Thursday that he "misspoke" when he said he was "not concerned about the very poor," a comment that put him on the defensive just hours after winning a decisive victory in the Florida primary.
Most of Beirut's albums have followed the travels of singer Zach Condon and center heavily around foreign musical traditions. On the latest album, "The Rip Tide," Condon breaks his wanderlust streak and brings the sound home.
Nigerians not only are bracing for further attacks by the hard-line Islamist sect Boko Haram, they're also worried that disenchanted poor youth in the northern city of Kano might be drawn to the radical group.
This week, the NewsHour's American Graduate team took a look at juvenile justice and gang violence as it relates to the dropout crisis. Victor Rios, a former gang member turned sociology professor, and Richard Ross, a photographer who documents what life is like for young people in prison, were part of a Friday afternoon chat.
Nevada has the highest unemployment and foreclosure rates in the country. How are these issues affecting how young people in the state vote? Washington Week partnered with the University of Nevada, Reno to find out what problems students think should be at the forefront of the state's caucuses.
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The National Retail Federation estimates that 5.1 million people will buy a new television specifically to watch the Super Bowl. OPB's Earth Fix looks at the afterlife of the televisions that get thrown out and what options exist for recycling our e-waste.
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On the eve of the Republican caucuses, Nevada still faces the worst foreclosure problem in the nation. Need to Know examines why federal programs designed to alleviate the problem haven't had greater impact.
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Feb. 3, 2012
Facebook, the place where 800 million people share photos, dating status, likes and dislikes, has taken the first steps towards becoming a public company, which means that soon anyone with enough cash can own a share of Facebook itself.
