Nation May 10 The battle for Minnesota’s $1 trillion mining jackpot Minnesota’s Arrowhead region sits atop a trove of precious metals: four billion tons of raw material like copper and nickel, a haul worth $1 trillion, mining companies say. But local residents and activists are taking a stand against encroaching mining…
Nation May 10 The challenge of understanding the full dynamics of racism in 2016 Rev. David Billings, founder of the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, has been working to combat racism for decades. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault sits down with Billings to discuss his work helping groups to identify and “undo” institutional discrimination.
World May 10 New Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte faces major challenges The new president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, whose campaign rhetoric won him comparisons to Donald Trump, took a victory lap Tuesday — to his mother’s grave. Sobbing, he begged for help. He’ll need it. A third of his people…
Episode May 10 PBS NewsHour full episode May 10, 2016 Tuesday on the NewsHour, Donald Trump works to bring the GOP together as Democrats look to future primaries. Also: The Philippines’ controversial new president takes charge, what happens when a nursing home and day care center join forces, mining companies…
World May 09 News Wrap: The Philippines elects its own ‘Donald Trump’ In our news wrap Monday, voters in the Philippines have elected Rodrigo Duterte, whose brash style and frank talk have drawn comparisons to Donald Trump, their new president. Also, Canadian officials toured the fire-ravaged town of Fort McMurray after cooler…
Politics May 09 NC governor: We need clarity on bathroom law, but not from the executive branch The fight over North Carolina’s controversial bill to restrict restroom access by biological gender intensified Monday. The state’s governor and legislature filed suit against the federal government, rejecting the Justice Department’s assertion that the law violates transgender people’s civil rights.
World May 09 A historic Bosnia mosque is rebuilt in powerful symbol of post-war reconciliation Twenty years ago, the vicious civil war in Bosnia between Orthodox Serbs and Muslim Bosnians left more than 100,000 dead, and the country remains segregated along religious and ethnic lines to this day. Now, both sides are taking steps toward…
World May 09 Oil-reliant Saudi Arabia envisions a new economic path As global oil prices drop, Saudi Arabia is struggling against its reliance on oil export revenues. Over the weekend, the first signs emerged of an ambitious new plan to diversify the Saudi economy while maintaining power in the Middle East.
Nation May 09 Watchdog group tracks what really happens to your ‘recycled’ e-waste The U.S. leads the world in e-waste, and while electronic recycling is increasingly popular, what happens after consumers drop off their computers, phones and other products is less clear. A watchdog group has found a lot of tossed junk, with…