Arts Jun 03 Writer, chef, restaurateur Eddie Huang's cups runneth over Eddie Huang hates being pigeonholed. The chef/owner of New York’s Baohaus would rather be known as a man who cooks and happens to run a restaurant. He’s also a man who writes. The son of Taiwanese immigrants wrote about his…
Politics Jun 03 Shields and Brooks on persistent violence at Trump rallies, Clinton's new line of attack Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week in politics, including the continued violence at Donald Trump’s rallies, how the Obama administration could have approached the recession differently, House Speaker…
Nation Jun 03 News Wrap: Thousands of Parisians evacuated as floodwaters swell Seine River In our news wrap Friday, floodwaters wreaked havoc in Paris as the River Seine rose more than 18 feet above normal levels, prompting French authorities to activate a potential emergency plan to transfer government functions to more secure locations. Also,…
Education Jun 03 Restoring San Francisco Bay's wetlands one native plant at a time The San Francisco Bay’s wetlands are disappearing at an alarming rate due to encroaching development, leaving the local ecosystem at risk. Moreover, the wetlands can store as much carbon as a tropical rainforest, an invaluable asset in the effort to…
Episode Jun 02 PBS NewsHour full episode June 2, 2016 Thursday on the NewsHour, candidates canvass California in advance of Tuesday’s penultimate primary. Also: The legal firestorm over Trump University, how to fix the opioid epidemic, why San Francisco activists are telling developers to build in their backyards, Obama’s opinion…
Politics Jun 02 News Wrap: Obama cracks down on predatory payday loans In our news wrap Thursday, the Obama administration called for strict regulations on short-term, high-interest payday loans used by an estimated 12 million Americans each year. Also, Donald Trump picked up a major endorsement from House Speaker Paul Ryan after…
Jun 02 Can Bernie Sanders pull off upset win over Hillary Clinton in California? As the primary season heads toward its final weekend of campaigning, all three remaining candidates are canvassing feverishly in California ahead of Tuesday’s vote, especially trailing contender Bernie Sanders, who’s banking on a big win in the Golden State to…
Jun 02 Prince's fentanyl overdose gives new urgency to opioid epidemic The opioid epidemic sweeping the nation once more took center stage after law enforcement officials revealed that music icon Prince’s death in April was due to an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid far stronger than morphine. Hari Sreenivasan…
Politics Jun 02 In the eye of legal storm battering Trump — and Trump U. Donald Trump’s defunct “Trump University” real estate seminar business continues to garner controversy, especially after hundreds of documents were released this week detailing the aggressive tactics used by Trump employees. Political director Lisa Desjardins reports on the legal firestorm surrounding…
Economy Jun 02 The San Francisco activists who say please build in my backyard Job growth in the San Francisco Bay Area has exploded in recent years and many people are being priced out. Blame the NIMBYS, including progressives fighting to protect their quaint neighborhoods by blocking any new construction. Activists battling income equality…