Politics Sep 25 Watch: The first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump While you're gearing up to watch the debate, thumb through PBS Newshour's coverage of the issues, the candidates and the state of the race.
Education Sep 20 Where the candidates stand on education Kids are back at their desks. Parents are back checking homework. But the education system has never really left voters’ minds as a top campaign issue. As part of our determined effort to keep focused on the candidates’ pledges, beliefs…
Politics Sep 20 Chart: Where do the presidential candidates stand on education? Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton approach the issue from opposite angles.
Nation Sep 06 Where the candidates stand on climate change We posed a question to Twitter today: On what issue do Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump differ the most? The answer from the Twitterverse? Immigration. An understandable choice. But in the past week it has become clear that both Clinton…
Politics Sep 02 10 things we learned about Clinton’s emails from the new FBI documents To the tens of thousands of pages of emails and reports, the FBI Friday added another 58 important pages of documents to the dossier on Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server while working as secretary of state.
Politics Sep 01 The 6 new, significant things Donald Trump said on immigration Donald Trump’s immigration speech in Phoenix on Wednesday served up a buffet of red meat for his supporters, with talk of detention, deportation, clamping down on so-called “sanctuary cities” and blocking some nationalities altogether. But what was new? A few,…
Politics Sep 01 What is Donald Trump’s 10-Point immigration plan? Donald Trump has expanded his words on immigration, moving from the three core principles he outlined just over one year ago to a 10-point plan on Wednesday night.
Politics Aug 30 The Trump campaign has a ground-game problem Hillary Clinton currently has more than three times the number of campaign offices in critical states than does Donald Trump.
Nation Aug 16 Where the candidates stand on ISIS and Your Taxes We would like to offer a prescription to the past two weeks of repeated campaign stories (Trumpisms, emails): a clear look at two key issues and what separates the two candidates. We put together two graphics with the help of…
Politics Aug 12 The candidates and your taxes in one graphic The contrast between the candidates is clear when it comes to American wallets and taxes.