Nation Oct 20 ICE detentions bring profits to Louisiana, but at what cost? The rapid expansion of ICE detentions in Louisiana has injected depressed rural communities with a new source of income while increasing profits for private companies. With more than 51,000 migrants detained by ICE, upwards of 8,000 are being held in…
Nation Oct 19 ICE detainees held in rural areas, far from legal assistance U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is currently detaining more than 51,000 people. But with detention centers near the U.S.-Mexico border at capacity, more than half of those detainees are being held in remote prisons and jails, often far from legal…
Arts Apr 21 Filmmaker unearths historical treasures in home movies Rick Prelinger produces a film series called “Lost Landscapes," montages that present city life across 100 years. These portraits tell hidden histories of American cities through the most personal of lenses: home movies. So far, he’s presented films about San…
Arts Jan 26 Tattooed, Mexican-American and female: Classical maestra keeps symphony in tune Among more than 20 of the major U.S. symphony orchestras, only one woman has the top job of principal conductor. But women are making better gains in the nation's smaller ensembles. Jessica Bejarano is leading the San Francisco Civic Symphony,…
Nation Nov 18 Storytelling is this former lifer’s gift Troy Williams did his time -- 18 years of a life sentence in California prison -- and he survived by using his experiences as bases for podcasts, videos and other valuable documentation on the inside. Continuing these pursuits after an…
Nation Sep 30 Thousands of Indian women in the U.S. are fighting to keep work permits The Trump administration has signaled it plans to strip employment authorization from spouses of some H-1B visa holders. The change would mean that nearly 100,000 people -- predominantly women from India who followed their spouses to the U.S. -- would…
Health Jul 15 In Oregon, adult foster care offers support for the elderly In a bid to meet the demand for long-term care in the U.S., which is expected to grow in the coming years, some states are turning to adult foster care to offer aging adults physical assistance and emotional support. NewsHour…
Health Aug 18 Giving the disabled and homebound a chance to ‘hike’ a volcano For millions of Americans who are bound to their homes with sickness or disability, the idea of strolling along the Seine in Paris or hiking the rim of a Hawaiian volcano is only a dream. But a Canadian photographer thinks…
Science May 22 3 white collar jobs that robots are already mastering Over the past 20 years, we’ve seen plenty of blue collar jobs outsourced to machines — from auto assembly to customer service. Now, as computers, equipped with artificial intelligence, increasingly take over “information jobs,” tasks that were once reserved for…
Poetry Mar 25 Lawrence Ferlinghetti recounts more than six decades of life in San Francisco The first time I met Lawrence Ferlinghetti was unforgettable: It was early on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, and Elizabeth Farnsworth and I were working on a story about him for the PBS NewsHour.