Politics Jun 15 Measuring the 'Trump effect' on the 2016 presidential race With one of the most contentious and unusual primary seasons in history winding down, presumptive nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are gearing up for what promises to be an equally volatile general election. Gwen Ifill talks to senior Trump…
Education Jun 15 The daunting struggle to diversify elite public high schools San Francisco’s Lowell High School is one of the most selective public schools in the country. But the school’s selectivity means that black and Latino students, who are often less prepared for academic rigor than Lowell’s majority-Asian students, are underrepresented.
Nation Jun 15 News Wrap: Senate Democrats launch gun control filibuster In our news wrap Wednesday, Democrats mounted a filibuster on the Senate floor, demanding tougher gun controls in the aftermath of the Orlando shooting, including a ban on selling weapons to people on the terror watchlist. Also, another tragedy played…
Nation Jun 15 Study slams troubled Oakland police department for racial bias The Oakland police department’s history of misconduct — particularly involving African-Americans — has made it the subject of federal oversight for 13 years. Wednesday, Stanford researchers released the results of a two-year-long study into the department, confirming that Oakland officers…
Nation Jun 15 Muslim-Americans face backlash after Orlando mass shooting When Joshua Weil, a member of one of Orlando’s largest mosques, heard initial reports of Sunday’s mass shooting, he thought, “please don't let [the gunman] be Muslim.” But the gunman was, and for Muslim-Americans the attack has raised very real…
Arts Jun 15 New book, 'Listen Liberal,' looks at Democratic party schism The raucous primary season brought simmering tensions and disaffection within the GOP to a boiling point. But equally severe divisions also surfaced in the Democratic party, centered around Sen. Bernie Sanders’ upstart populist campaign. Historian Thomas Frank explores the causes…
Nation Jun 15 An Orlando Muslim's heartfelt words on nightclub mass shooting Rubana Khan of Orlando, in heartfelt verse, sends apologies from her Islamic family to the families of the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting. In doing so, she lays bare the pain the killer, Omar Mateen, has caused her and other…
Nation Jun 14 New details of Orlando gunman's life raise more questions The investigation into the Orlando mass shooting took a strange twist Tuesday with some patrons of the gay nightclub that gunman Omar Mateen turned into a killing field saying he was a regular there and used gay dating apps. There…
Nation Jun 14 News Wrap: Trump's 'Muslim ban' draws sharp rebuke from Obama, Clinton In our news wrap Tuesday, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump faced scathing criticism from both President Obama and Hillary Clinton for his renewed call to ban Muslim immigrants in the aftermath of the Orlando shooting. Also, French authorities carried out…
Nation Jun 14 It's the weapon of choice for U.S. mass murderers: the AR-15 The AR-15 is the most popular rifle in America, and the most reviled. A civilian variant of the U.S. military’s standard-issue M16, the AR-15 has gained recent notoriety for its use in mass shootings in Newtown, Aurora, San Bernardino and…