Nation May 17 Urban League calls for $1 trillion 'Marshall Plan' to address persistent disparities between the races The title of the Urban League’s 40th annual "State of Black America" report is as stark as some of its numbers: "Locked Out: Education, Jobs & Justice." While much has changed, the report finds disparities between blacks and whites have…
Science May 17 Do call it a comeback -- how the checkerspot butterfly found salvation in a women's prison
Episode May 17 PBS NewsHour full episode May 17, 2016 Tuesday on the NewsHour, a string of deadly terror attacks leave Baghdad reeling. Also: A fight at Nevada’s Democratic convention between Clinton and Sanders loyalists may signal a greater divide, when education and Islamophobia collide, a look at the state…
Nation May 17 News Wrap: The Senate advances measure to let 9/11 families sue Saudi Arabia In our news wrap Tuesday, the Senate passed legislation opposed by the White House that would let the families of 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia’s government for alleged complicity in the 2001 terror attacks. Also, the NTSB found operator error…
Politics May 17 Was Nevada Democratic convention fight sign of greater party divide? Tuesday saw Democrats in Kentucky and Oregon go to the polls, but the real electoral drama unfolded over the weekend, as Hillary Clinton’s and Bernie Sanders’ supporters clashed at the Nevada state Democratic convention, possibly signaling a greater divide within…
Nation May 17 Six months in, new Episcopal church leader reflects on church challenges Last November, the Most Reverend Michael Curry became presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, one of the oldest Christian denominations in the U.S. Curry’s ascension comes at a time of crisis and change, and the church, like most mainline Protestant…
World May 17 ISIS bomb attacks in Baghdad a new challenge for Iraq's military Islamic State fighters unleashed a new wave of bombings Tuesday in Baghdad, attacks that have turned the Iraqi capital into a killing field. The casualties -- at least 200 civilians dead in the last week alone -- have put a…
Episode May 16 PBS NewsHour full episode May 16, 2016 Monday on the NewsHour, Donald Trump hits back at David Cameron as Democrats prepare for future primaries. Also: The Supreme Court punts on Obamacare’s contraception mandate, the schism within the Democratic party, Amy Walter and Tamara Keith talk politics, Bosnian…