Nation Jul 09 Report finds racial disparities in police use of force A report released by the Center for Policing Equity on Friday found that African Americans are more likely than white Americans to be subjected to the use of force by police. University of California at Berkeley Professor Jack Glaser, one…
Nation Jul 08 Dallas, rattled by police murders, had made strides in community policing More emerged Friday about Micah Johnson, the Army reservist believed to be behind the sniper slayings of five Dallas police officers in a city that was, by all accounts, making strides in cop/community relations. Until this week’s tragedy, the Dallas…
Jul 08 Week of violence sparks national dialogue on race and policing The deaths of several black men at the hand of police and the sniper slayings of five police officers in Dallas brought the issue of race and policing back to the front pages. Jeffrey Brown talks to Michael Eric Dyson…
Episode Jul 08 PBS NewsHour full episode July 8, 2016 Friday on the NewsHour, details emerge about the dead sniper suspect in the Dallas police murders. Also: an interview with Hillary Clinton about the slayings, a security shakeup in terror-torn Baghdad, a look at growing tensions between NATO and Russia…
Politics Jul 08 Shields and Brooks on Dallas police murders, Trump's Republican problem Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss what they both agree was a bad week for America. They see little chance for an end to the increasing polarization. Both also had…
World Jul 08 U.S., NATO troop buildup in Eastern Europe to counter Russians is largest since Cold War
Nation Jul 08 News Wrap: Florida congresswoman indicted in fraudulent charity scandal In our news wrap Friday, Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., and her chief of staff, were indicted on fraud charges, accused of lining their pockets with money from a fake charity that was supposed to give scholarships to poor kids. Also,…
Nation Jul 08 Hillary Clinton calls for police reform, national use of force standards Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the sniper slayings of Dallas police officers and recent fatal cop shootings of black men. She said white Americans must understand that the concerns of their black and Hispanic…
Episode Jul 07 PBS NewsHour full episode July 7, 2016 Thursday on the NewsHour, there was an outpouring of outrage and sorrow after another video surfaced of a police officer shooting a black man in Minnesota. Also: FBI Director James Comey is grilled on the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email,…
Economy Jul 07 Brexit or no, former central banker says global financial system needs fixes The pound and European markets took big hits when the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU. Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks to Mervyn King, the former head of the Bank of England and the author of “The End of…