Nation Jul 04

A Capitol Fourth is broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands, millions more at home, and our troops watching around the world on the American Forces Network. Watch live…

Episode Jul 03

On this edition for Sunday, July 3, ISIS militants strike in Baghdad, killing more than 115 people. Later, rural towns in the U.S. are banding together to finally get high-speed internet service. And, robots exploring sewers in search of public…

World Jul 03

Venezuelans are struggling with shortages of food, medicine and other necessities, with increasing finger-pointing at the leadership of President Nicolas Maduro. For more on the challenges facing the country, Nicholas Casey of The New York Times joins Hari Sreenivasan from…

Nation Jul 03

While cable companies provide internet services for the majority of Americans in urban areas, many rural residents have been left on the dark side of the digital divide. According to a report by the Federal Communications Commission, 34 million Americans…

Science Jul 03

Big data, which is usually used by organizations to find order within an expanding digital world, is coming to city planning. As part of our Urban Ideas series, the NewsHour’s Christopher Booker takes us under the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts…

Episode Jul 02

On this edition for Saturday, July 2, ISIS claims responsibility for a terrorist attack in Bangladesh that killed at least 20 people. Later, immigrants in the American heartland are keeping rural businesses afloat. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

World Jul 02

Elie Wiesel, the Nobel laureate who spent decades teaching tolerance and and whose writing illuminated the horrors of the Holocaust, died on Saturday at 87. Sara Bloomfield, Director of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, joins Hari Sreenivasan by phone…

Science Jul 02

Scientists studying climate change in Antarctica reported this week that a hole in the protective ozone layer of the Earth’s atmosphere has shrunk. The discovery of the hole in the 1980s led to a worldwide phasing out of ozone-depleting chemicals…

Nation Jul 02

As rural America sees its populations shrink, one town in South Dakota is embracing new communities, including Karen people, an ethnic minority from Myanmar. Home to Dakota Provisions - a turkey processing plant that produces 200 million pounds of turkey…

Arts Jul 02

For the past two weeks in Italy, a lake has been transformed with floating piers that allow visitors to walk on water. The fanciful public installation comes courtesy of the renowned conceptual artist Christo. NewsHour Special Correspondent Christopher Livesay has…