Nation Apr 13 Outcry among LGBTQ advocates spreads against new Mississippi law Fallout continues one week after Mississippi passed a law that allows business owners and employees to refuse services to LGBTQ people based on “sincerely held religious beliefs and moral convictions.”…
Education Apr 12 How safe are Bureau of Indian Education schools? Thousands of children attend schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Education, and a government report says that for years, no one has known if the buildings where they learn, eat and sleep are safe.
Nation Apr 05 New Mississippi law allows businesses to refuse LGBTQ people Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a state law that allows businesses to refuse gay couples services based on an owners' religious beliefs.
Nation Mar 31 Data: How does the U.S. women’s soccer team pay compare to the men? Members of the U.S. women's national soccer team filed a complaint with the federal government this week for being paid less than their male counterparts.
Nation Mar 29 Twitter chat: How do we fix foster care? Join the NewsHour's Twitter chat this Wednesday to hear from foster care experts on exploring what can be done to change the outcomes and expectations for the nation's most vulnerable youth.
Nation Mar 22 Can big data save these children? “They are able to use data to anticipate where a problem might occur versus waiting for a problem to occur and then reviewing it. That’s the kind of work that can happen in child protection.”…
Nation Mar 17 Report outlines how to prevent abuse and neglect to save children’s lives As many as eight children die daily in the United States after their parents or caregivers abuse or neglect them, but a plan released today could help protect thousands of young lives.
Politics Mar 01 What matters most to Super Tuesday voters? More than one quarter of voting-age Americans can go to the polls in the 2016 presidential race today. But what are Super Tuesday voters talking about?…
Health Feb 29 One family’s lonely struggle against their child’s rare disease “You have to learn about the illness,” she said. “You have to figure out how to explain it to every person you meet every day.”…
Nation Feb 26 Mass shootings are already far ahead of last year’s pace So far in 2016, 49 mass shootings in the United States have left 73 people dead and 178 wounded, according to data collected from a Reddit thread that chronicles gun violence through crowdsourcing news reports.