Nation Sep 21 Full interview: Lonnie Bunch, director of Smithsonian African American History Museum Watch our full report on the opening of the museum tonight on PBS NewsHour.
Nation Sep 21 Watch PBS NewsHour’s 6 Emmy-nominated reports The PBS NewsHour, co-anchored by managing editors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff, was nominated for six News and Documentary Emmy Awards from The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. PBS programming received a total of 54 nominations, more than…
Episode Sep 20 PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 20, 2016 Tuesday on the NewsHour, President Obama gives his final speech at the U.N. General Assembly. Also: Wells Fargo’s CEO apologizes for fraudulent accounts, deadly consequences of hazing at a Marine training camp, promising justice after an unarmed black man is…
Nation Sep 20 News Wrap: FBI investigated New York-area bombing suspect in 2014 In our news wrap Tuesday, The New York Times reported that the FBI briefly investigated Ahmad Khan Rahami, the suspect in the New York and New Jersey bombings, in 2014, after he allegedly stabbed his brother. Also, French authorities have…
Nation Sep 20 Were Wells Fargo employees under unfair sales pressure? Wells Fargo chief John Stumpf apologized before Congress Tuesday for the bank opening two million unauthorized accounts. Regulators say workers were under sales pressure, but Stumpf said it was not a scheme. More than 5,000 workers have been fired; lawmakers…
Education Sep 20 What Clinton and Trump say about school vouchers, Common Core and free college tuition Where do Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on the hot-button issues of education reform in the U.S.? Lisa Desjardins offers a rundown, and Education Week’s Andrew Ujifusa and Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Education join Jeffrey Brown to examine…
Nation Sep 20 Marine recruit’s death uncovers pattern of abuse by some drill instructors Why did a 20-year-old recruit jump to his death at the Marine Corps training facility at Parris Island? That question spurred an internal investigation, which uncovered a larger pattern of hazing and abuse. William Brangham joins Judy Woodruff to offer…
World Sep 20 How a Massachusetts couple saved thousands from Nazi death camps It started with a school project: Interview someone with moral courage. For Artemis Joukowsky, it became an enduring project to explore the life of his grandparents, Waitstill and Martha Sharp, who helped more than 2,000 people avoid deportation to Nazi…
World Sep 20 Dangers of isolationism, Syria top Obama’s last UN address President Obama gave his final speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. He spoke about the “growing contest” between authoritarianism and democracy in the face of terror and the refugee crisis. He appealed to the world to do…
Education Sep 20 Why first-generation students need mentors who get them When Jennine Capó Crucet was a college freshman, her parents stayed for her entire orientation. It wasn’t because they especially wanted to; they just didn’t know what they were meant to do. As a first-generation college student, Crucet was not…