Politics Sep 06 News Wrap: Congress returns from recess to tackle funding, Zika In our news wrap Tuesday, Congress came back from its summer recess with a full plate. It has less than a month to pass a funding bill and is under pressure to deliver a package to fight Florida’s homegrown Zika…
Episode Sep 05 PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 5, 2016 Monday on the NewsHour, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton start the final sprint to Election Day. Also: World leaders meet in China for the G-20 summit, the status and political influence of labor unions, getting honest answers about the Israeli-Palestinian…
Nation Sep 05 An author’s aspirations in the time of Obama and Trayvon In "Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching,” Mychal Denzel Smith discusses what it’s like growing up as a young black man in an era that saw the election of the first black president in America, as well as the…
Economy Sep 05 Can unions adapt to today’s economic challenges? Union membership has been on the decline in the U.S. for decades, and is currently half of what it was in the 1980s. How are unions adapting in an era of stagnant wages and a growing “sharing economy”? Hari Sreenivasan…
Economy Sep 05 A high-tech, high-end clothing company that’s keeping jobs in America Voormi transforms locally sourced Rocky Mountain sheep wool into high-end outdoor clothing. But the Colorado startup is also hoping to help transform rural communities into small manufacturing hubs, where economic development is needed the most. Hari Sreenivasan reports.
Politics Sep 05 Does an endorsement from organized labor still sway voters? What role do labor unions play in presidential politics this election? John Yang speaks with Susan Page of USA Today and Stu Rothenberg of The Rothenberg-Gonzales Political Report about Donald Trump’s efforts to court African-Americans, a generational challenge for Hillary…
World Sep 05 What Israelis and Palestinians really think about the conflict Corey Gil-Shuster covers the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a new way. He asks the world what it wants to know from and about Israelis and Palestinians, goes to the streets of Israel and the West Bank to get the answers and…
World Sep 05 News Wrap: U.S.-Russia deal on Syria cease-fire fails In our news wrap Monday, President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to reach a deal on a cease-fire in Syria, amid an onslaught of Islamic State attacks. Also, the Taliban carried out twin attacks near the defense ministry…
World Sep 05 Successes and shortfalls from this year’s G20 summit It was President Obama’s final official visit to China: a G20 summit with other world leaders in Hangzhou. When it was over, they had made some commitments on climate change, but on issues like China’s steel production or Syria, there…