Nation Jun 23 Rebuilding a Chicago neighborhood by forging connections to the Muslim community The South Side of Chicago has long been plagued with some of the highest crime rates in the nation, but a man of faith is trying to transform the area by focusing on the everyday needs of those who live…
Politics Jun 23 Shields and Brooks on the Senate health care bill unveiled, Trump's tape clarification Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the debut of the controversial Senate Republican health care bill, the high-profile Georgia special election and why Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was invoked by…
Health Jun 23 Why we feel better after dancing For Choreographer Alonzo King of Alonzo King Lines Ballet, discovering dance made “the outer world dim.” King explains in a conversation at the Aspen Institute’s Spotlight Health conference how dance transformed his life and how it contributes to the balancing…
Nation Jun 23 Rev. William Barber is building a new 'moral movement' to reach people on race Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault speaks with Reverend William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, co-authors of “The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear,” about what it takes to tackle America’s racial divide.
Politics Jun 23 Inside Obama's secret deliberations on how to fight Russian election interference New revelations shed light on how former President Obama learned of Russia's efforts to tip the 2016 election in Donald Trump's favor and how his administration responded, including their debate over punishing Russian President Putin. Greg Miller of The Washington…
Politics Jun 23 News Wrap: Another Senate Republican defects on health bill In the our news wrap Friday, Nevada Republican Dean Heller announced that he can't support the Senate health care bill in its current form. Also, President Trump said he wanted to force former FBI Director James Comey to be honest…
Episode Jun 22 PBS NewsHour full episode June 22, 2017 Thursday on the NewsHour, Senate Republicans unveil their health care bill. We break down the details and get reaction from an architect of the Affordable Care Act. Also: Starvation in Venezuela, outrage over police shootings of black Americans, why low-income…
Nation Jun 22 Why do so few deadly police shootings end in police convictions? Why do so few trials of police officers charged in on-duty shootings end in convictions? Most recently, the officers who shot and killed Philando Castile and Sylville Smith were acquitted by juries who saw video of the fatal encounters. John…
Economy Jun 22 The surprising logic behind the use of check cashers and payday loans Often seen as predatory, the check cashing industry has been booming. Lisa Servon wondered why lower-income people who were struggling would cash checks instead of getting a bank account, so she took a job as a cashier to find out.
World Jun 22 Venezuelans suffer deadly scarcity of food and medicine With the economy in freefall, Venezuelans face nationwide shortages of food at runaway inflation prices, and children are suffering the most: severe malnutrition among kids is rising at an alarming rate. Special correspondent Nadja Drost and videographer Bruno Federico report…