Jun 02 Can Bernie Sanders pull off upset win over Hillary Clinton in California? As the primary season heads toward its final weekend of campaigning, all three remaining candidates are canvassing feverishly in California ahead of Tuesday’s vote, especially trailing contender Bernie Sanders, who’s banking on a big win in the Golden State to…
Jun 02 Prince’s fentanyl overdose gives new urgency to opioid epidemic The opioid epidemic sweeping the nation once more took center stage after law enforcement officials revealed that music icon Prince’s death in April was due to an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid far stronger than morphine. Hari Sreenivasan…
Politics Jun 02 In the eye of legal storm battering Trump — and Trump U. Donald Trump’s defunct “Trump University” real estate seminar business continues to garner controversy, especially after hundreds of documents were released this week detailing the aggressive tactics used by Trump employees. Political director Lisa Desjardins reports on the legal firestorm surrounding…
Economy Jun 02 The San Francisco activists who say please build in my backyard Job growth in the San Francisco Bay Area has exploded in recent years and many people are being priced out. Blame the NIMBYS, including progressives fighting to protect their quaint neighborhoods by blocking any new construction. Activists battling income equality…
Politics Jun 02 Obama to gun owners — I’m not looking to disarm you Wednesday night, the NewsHour hosted President Obama for a wide-ranging interview with Gwen Ifill, followed by a town hall meeting in Elkhart, Indiana. After the broadcast, Obama answered a few bonus questions for the audience, including one query regarding the…
Arts Jun 02 Artist’s ‘earth harp’ a site to behold — and hear In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, installation artist William Close is creating a new kind of musical space with his invention, the earth harp. By fixing 1,000-foot strings to mountain peaks, arches, the tops of skyscrapers, canyon walls…
Science Jun 02 Teens on being tethered to their phones and social media Teenagers today have never known a world without smartphones and social media, and most of them can’t even conceive of a time where people sat around the dinner table without checking their Instagram pages. We asked a handful of eighth-graders…
Politics Jun 01 Questions for President Obama: A Town Hall Special President Barack Obama joins Gwen Ifill for a town hall conversation in Elkhart, Indiana, on topics ranging from the economic recovery, education and student debt, political civility, Syrian refugees and more.
Episode Jun 01 PBS NewsHour full episode June 1, 2016 Wednesday on the NewsHour, a look at President Obama’s interview with Gwen Ifill ahead of the PBS NewsHour town hall in Elkhart, Indiana. Also: Shields and Brooks analyze the president’s interview, NASA experiments with inflatable modules, why American families are…
Economy Jun 01 Why so many Americans in the middle class have no savings Could you come up with $2,000 in 30 days if you had to? As many as 40 percent of American families can’t, despite the improving economy. Among them is Neal Gabler, who is frequently broke despite his successful career as…