Nation Mar 05 New national park celebrates Harriet Tubman’s legacy After Harriet Tubman, famed conductor of the Underground Railroad, rescued dozens of people from slavery and served in the Civil War, she settled down in the small city of Auburn in upstate New York and continued a life of service.
Nation Feb 05 Allentown Syrians divided on Trump travel ban Allentown, Pennsylvania and surrounding Lehigh County are home to around 4,200 residents of Syrian descent -- one of the largest Syrian communities in the nation. They began arriving a century ago, with dozens more pouring in after the start of…
Politics Jan 21 Retired House members discuss the challenges of partisanship As President Donald Trump begins his first days in office, he joins a Congress that has been divided by partisanship in recent years. The NewsHour Weekend’s Megan Thompson sat down with two recently retired members of the House of Representatives…
Arts Mar 04 Once banished, controversial race exhibit resurfaces at Chicago museum In a new exhibit, Chicago's Field Museum has revived elements from its controversial 1933 show, "Races of Mankind," consisting of 104 bronze statues that depict races from around the world. Most of the statues were banished by 1969 as public…
Arts Feb 26 In ‘Lamb,’ a universal tale in a rarely seen country Ethiopian film "Lamb" from director Yared Zeleke, which follows a half-Jewish boy sent to live with relatives in the country's southern mountains, is the first film from Ethiopia to ever be selected for the Cannes Film Festival and was the…
Health Feb 12 Up to code? An algorithm is helping Chicago health officials predict restaurant safety violations In Chicago, the Department of Public Health has partnered with the city's data team to improve restaurant inspections by using analytics and social media to predict and detect which establishments are more likely to have potential food safety violations. NewsHour's…
Nation Sep 13 Gentler justice: Florida youth detention center enacts ‘homelike’ reforms The Duval County Detention Center in Jacksonville, Florida, where teenagers who have been arrested wait to be arraigned or sent on to long-term facilities, has enacted a set of reforms by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice over the last…
Nation Sep 12 ‘I am beautiful’: Meet once incarcerated girls who turned their lives around Programs launched by child advocates in Jacksonville, Florida, aim to rehabilitate rather than simply incarcerate delinquent girls. And they're working. Meet three formerly incarcerated girls who have come out of the juvenile justice system on the other side.
Health May 28 Drugmaker to pay $1.2 billion to settle ‘pay for delay’ lawsuit The Federal Trade Commission announced today it has settled a lawsuit against drug company Cephalon, now owned by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, for $1.2 billion – the largest settlement of its kind to date.
Nation May 09 Buffett: People living in poverty suffer from the ‘American Nightmare’ Billionaire Warren Buffett pledged years ago to donate almost all of his vast wealth to charity. One project that could benefit is the fight against concentrated poverty, which Buffett said has turned the American Dream for some into the American…