Education Jul 28 As the pandemic upends higher education, is residential college worth the cost? The pandemic has upended the traditional model of higher education, particularly for residential colleges. As many schools announce plans to charge full tuition while continuing with remote learning, some students and parents are questioning whether the price is worth it.
Nation Jul 25 The science behind streaks on and off the basketball court In the seminal arcade video game, NBA Jam, a player making two shots in a row would begin "heating up," and after three shots they would go on an unstoppable shooting streak. But do these kinds of streaks exist in…
Education Jul 21 Colleges and universities grapple with decision to return to campus U.S. colleges and universities are scrambling to finalize their fall plans as coronavirus infections continue to rise in much of the country. While some students, faculty and staff are looking forward to returning to campus, others are raising serious health…
Education Jul 14 How one community college is grappling with the pandemic, reckoning on race How will the fall of 2020 look for students, families and schools as the pandemic reshapes the education landscape? Community colleges, which educate about 40 percent of U.S. undergraduates, were already stretched thin. Now, their enrollment is expected to increase…
Health Jul 11 Local groups are running pop-up testing sites in South Carolina Amid a surge in COVID-19 infections in South Carolina, PBS NewsHour Weekend visits a mobile testing site in Orangeburg County. Organized by the statewide chapter of the African Methodist Espicopal - or AME - churches, it was one of dozens…
Nation Jun 15 This city already rebuilt its police department. Did it work? Protesters across the country are continuing to fill the streets, looking to turn their outrage over police violence against black people into action. Many point to the city of Camden, New Jersey, as an example of what reforming a police…
Nation May 16 New Jersey plans for cautious reopening of beaches With summer right around the corner, New Jersey announced this week that beaches would be open by Memorial Day weekend, with some restrictions. The openings are weeks behind other coastal states like Georgia and Florida. But as one of the…
Arts May 10 Little libraries become food pantries during COVID-19 When the coronavirus emerged in the U.S., people who share books on a small-scale, the stewards of little free libraries, saw a new need. Adding food and other supplies suddenly transformed many of their tiny library boxes into pantries. Now…
Arts Apr 20 The ‘Self Made’ story of American millionaire Madam C.J. Walker America's first self-made female millionaire was Madam C.J. Walker, an African American who rose from domestic labor to her own beauty empire in the early 1900s. Now, Walker is the inspiration for a Netflix limited series, "Self Made," starring Octavia…
Politics Apr 19 WATCH: Coronavirus task force briefing in 15 minutes for April 19, 2020 From swabs to reagents to columnists and China, President Trump and some of the White House coronavirus task force held a news briefing Sunday that covered a range of topics related to the global outbreak and beyond. NewsHour Weekend’s…