World Jun 28 Digging into the Brexit vote's stark generation gap In British households and across the United Kingdom, the question of whether the nation should break away from the European Union split along one clear dividing line. In general, older voters voted to leave, while younger voters wanted to remain.
Nation Jun 28 Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, who beat back legal challenges to Obamacare, steps down As the Supreme Court wraps up a very busy term, there’s a familiar face who won’t be returning to argue cases before the court next fall. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, the Obama administration’s top lawyer who defended Obamacare and argued…
Episode Jun 28 PBS NewsHour full episode June 28, 2016 Tuesday on the NewsHour, a raucous meeting of the EU’s parliament exposes the deep divide created by the UK decision to leave. Also: Findings of a two-year report on Benghazi, how juvenile sex offenders are getting locked up for decades,…
Arts Jun 28 Bringing diversity, identity and brown faces to children's books Celebrated writer Sherman Alexie has just published his first children’s book, “Thunder Boy Jr.” He talks with Jeffrey Brown as part of our series on great summer reads and makes the case that books for kids need to show more…
World Jun 28 News Wrap: Deadly suicide bombing strikes Istanbul airport In our news wrap Tuesday, a terror attack at Istanbul’s main airport killed several people. At least one suicide bomber opened fire and then blew himself up, according to the Turkey’s justice minister. Also, Volkswagen will spend about $15 billion…
Education Jun 28 Innovative program helps even the playing field for poor students — and boost graduation rates For Georgia State’s Tyler Mulvenna, a $900 grant from an innovative retention program let him live on campus, work less and do what he came to do: study. The school, worried about abysmal graduation rates for poor students found, a…
Nation Jun 28 Remembering Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt, 'unparalleled' women's sports pioneer "Pat Summitt is an unparalleled figure in collegiate sports,” a speaker said as President Barack Obama awarded the legendary Tennessee Lady Vols coach a Medal of Freedom four years ago. Summitt died Tuesday at age 64 after years of battling…
Politics Jun 28 Two years, $7 million, 800 pages later, GOP Benghazi report lands with a thud Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton loomed large in the House Republican probe of the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to Libya in the Benghazi attack. Hauled before a GOP panel, she was grilled for eight hours. On Tuesday, an…
World Jun 27 The DisUnited Kingdom? Scotland renews push for 'liberation' after Brexit When Scottish voters decided two years ago to remain part of the United Kingdom, many thought the raucous independence drive was settled. Think again. Brexit has brought the push to break from London roaring back because the Scots very much…
World Jun 27 The sky is not falling: World leaders look to calm the Brexit jitters British Prime Minister David Cameron tried Monday to assure the world that Brexit isn’t the calamity it’s being made out to be. Despite Germany’s warning against long-term uncertainty, he said the UK is taking a go-slow approach to the divorce.