Making Sen$e Mar 01 Will corporate leaders taking a stand on guns have a contagious effect? As public demand for action on gun control gains traction in the wake of the Florida school shooting, companies such as Delta Air Lines and Walmart are taking steps to distance themselves from the NRA. Hari Sreenivasan is joined by…
Arts Mar 01 Why learning to play music helps kids learn everything else better After performing with a world-renowned orchestra, Stanford Thompson returned to Philadelphia to start Play on, Philly!, a free, afterschool music program for young children in under-resourced neighborhoods that helps them go back into the classroom and become better learners. Thompson…
Episode Feb 28 PBS NewsHour full episode February 28, 2018 Wednesday on the NewsHour, students return to the Florida high school after a deadly shooting, as President Trump meets with senators to talk new gun measures. Also: Whether states can secure their voting systems in time for midterm elections, spying…
Politics Feb 28 Trump, lawmakers seek common ground on gun control Students returned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday for their first classes since a Valentine's Day shooting, with many saying they would keep fighting for stricter gun control laws. Meanwhile, President Trump met with a bipartisan group of…
Politics Feb 28 Why is Hope Hicks, Trump's longest-serving aide, resigning? White House Communications Director Hope Hicks made the surprising announcement on Wednesday that she will leave the Trump administration in the coming weeks. The news comes a day after Hicks testifies for hours before the House Intelligence Committee as part…
Politics Feb 28 News Wrap: Trump tweets new displeasure with Sessions In our news wrap Wednesday, President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions locked horns over the Russia investigations, with the president tweeting disapproval over Session’s use of the inspector general to look into possible FBI abuse of surveillance powers.
Politics Feb 28 Russia's sights are set on U.S. elections. Can states secure their voting systems in time? The scope of Russian meddling in the last U.S. election has been outlined in special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictments and the threat confirmed by heads of U.S. intelligence agencies. What can states do to protect American voters and democracy? Judy…
World Feb 28 South Korea 'very much worried' by possible U.S. military strike on North Korea, says adviser A senior policy adviser to the South Korean president says his country is “very much worried about American unilateral military action on North Korea" and a possible "full-blown escalation conflict.” Moon Chung-in, the South Korean president's senior foreign policy and…
Nation Feb 28 'Plague of inequality' haunts U.S. 50 years after a landmark study on racial division This weeks marks the 50th anniversary of the Kerner Commission, a bipartisan assessment of race in America that revealed the nation to be both separate and unequal. A half century later, a new report takes stock of what we’ve begun…