Poetry Dec 15 How poetry can help kids turn a fear of literature into love Literature can be daunting for some young people, so how can we create a culture of avid readers? Poetry can be a non-threatening alternative introduction for fledgling bibliophiles, giving them more “white space” on a page without losing narrative elements.
Episode Dec 14 PBS NewsHour full episode December 14, 2017 Thursday on the NewsHour, Republicans scramble to iron out the details of their sweeping tax plan and how to pay for it. Also: What Russians living in Brooklyn think of heightened tensions with the U.S., Disney's plan to buy 21st…
Politics Dec 14 Republicans rush to finalize tax overhaul as roadblocks loom Republicans are racing to keep their promise of sending a final tax overhaul bill to the White House by Christmas. On Wednesday GOP lawmakers announced they reached a compromise in principle to bridge the House and Senate bills. But with…
Nation Dec 14 News Wrap: NY attorney general vows net neutrality lawsuit In our news wrap Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission rolled back Obama-era rules that safeguarded equal access to the internet. New York's attorney general said he will lead a multi-state lawsuit against the decision. Also, California's devastating Thomas fire is…
World Dec 14 Why is Trump so insistent that Russia didn't interfere in the election? During his annual news conference in Moscow, Russian President denied interfering in last year's U.S. election, in words strikingly similar to those of President Trump. Judy Woodruff talks with Greg Miller of The Washington Post about Trump's routine denials of…
Nation Dec 14 How would a Disney-Fox merger affect what we watch? Disney is buying a sizeable chunk of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox for $52 billion. It comes on the same day that the FCC voted to end net neutrality. Hari Sreenivasan talks to David Folkenflik of NPR about what Disney…
Health Dec 14 The Obamacare deadline to sign up for insurance is Friday. Here's what you need to know There's just one day left to enroll in health insurance under the federal marketplace for 2018. While demand has been higher this year, the length of the signup period is just half of what it was in previous years, so…
Nation Dec 14 The alarming challenge of building a safer, fairer internet When Martha Lane Fox was starting her career in tech, the internet felt like the "most incredible, redistributive, democratic, empowering force for good." So what went wrong? Fox, a current board member of Twitter and founder of Doteveryone, offers her…
Episode Dec 13 PBS NewsHour full episode December 13, 2017 Wednesday on the NewsHour, Doug Jones becomes the first Democrat to win an Alabama Senate seat in 25 years. We break down the political aftershocks. Also: The FBI comes under fire for alleged bias against President Trump, your questions no…
Politics Dec 13 What are Alabama voters expecting from Doug Jones? With a surprisingly strong turnout, voters in one of the most Republican states elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate and repudiated its controversial GOP nominee. John Yang reports on the upset in Alabama’s election and Judy Woodruff talks to…