Nation Oct 11 ‘Planet Earth is really messed up right now’: Floridians struggle after 2 major hurricanes More than two million Floridians are still without power after Hurricane Milton tore through the state. The storm has been tied to at least 10 deaths and state officials say more than 1,600 individuals were saved by search and rescue…
Politics Aug 19 Sen. Coons reflects on Biden’s presidency and ‘selfless’ decision to step aside Long before Chris Coons became a senator from Delaware, he was a Capitol Hill intern for then-Sen. Joe Biden. Amna Nawaz sits down with Coons to talk about his decades-long friendship with Biden and the president’s speech at the Democratic…
Nation Aug 09 How Ferguson has changed 10 years after Michael Brown’s death sparked massive protests It's been ten years since 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by an officer in Ferguson, Missouri. His death at the hands of police sparked massive protests and put the city in the national spotlight. News Hour communities correspondent…
Politics Jul 17 JD Vance’s political views and how they have shifted in recent years Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance is a one-time critic of former President Trump who has turned into a fierce defender. Geoff Bennett discussed Vance's views and how they've shifted with David Weigel, a national political reporter for Semafor who’s…
Nation Jul 17 Police face new scrutiny for use of Tasers after deadly incidents For many years, police use of force against people of color, especially Black Americans, has been under intense scrutiny. Tasers, also known as conducted electrical or energy weapons, may be ranked below guns on the spectrum of police force, but…
Nation Jun 27 Women face new sexual harassment with deepfake pornography For years, women have faced sexual harassment online and with the rise of artificial intelligence, it’s only getting worse. Deepfakes use AI to create manipulated but realistic images and videos of real people in fake situations and are routinely used…
Nation May 28 A mother whose daughter died in a 2012 mass shooting shares message with Uvalde parents Nearly 10 years after her daughter Jessi was killed in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater, Sandy Phillips is visiting yet another mass shooting site. Since her daughter and 11 others were killed in July 2012, Phillips has traveled the country…
Nation Feb 01 How Tom Brady’s record-breaking career changed the game of football The most successful quarterback in NFL history is retiring after 22 seasons and seven Super Bowl wins. Tom Brady played 20 years with the New England Patriots and the last two with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. NBC’s Al Michaels joins…
Nation Jul 16 Can Americans resolve partisan divides to create a national child care system? Over the past several days, the PBS NewsHour looked at America’s broken child care system and some of the programs trying to address the challenges. In this final part of our series “Raising the Future: America’s child care dilemma,” special…
Nation Jul 16 Raising the Future: What history can teach us about child care in the U.S. There’s a national debate brewing over child care in the U.S. sparked by decades of frustration over access and affordability—issues that have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. To understand where things stand today, we decided to explore the history…