Arts Mar 30 Seeing Holocaust survivors’ stories in the books they left behind In 1942, Jews from then-Czechoslovakia were taken to the Auschwitz death camp. A window into their lives before the deportation can be found in a new book, "Last Folio," and a traveling exhibition at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in…
World Mar 30 Task force tackles how U.S. can support vulnerable Middle East There have been tectonic and tragic shifts across the Middle East and North Africa in the five years since the beginning of the Arab Spring movement, with hundreds of thousands dead and millions more displaced. To examine the role America…
Episode Mar 30 PBS NewsHour full episode March 30, 2016 Wednesday on the NewsHour, the presidential candidates stump in Wisconsin and New York ahead of upcoming primaries. Also: A look at what’s driving Trump’s appeal, the past and future of U.S. policy in the Middle East, how a Colombian peace…
World Mar 29 Driven from their homes by ISIS, Iraqi Christians face choice of flight or fight For Christians in Iraq, driven from their ancestral lands by the Islamic State, Easter celebrations were overshadowed by the feeling that they might never see home again. Now a small band of the displaced are taking up arms in order…
Education Mar 29 Former foster youth defies odds, determined to change the system Only about half of all youth in foster care in the U.S. graduate from high school, and just one in 10 enroll in college. But 19-year-old James Turner, raised in foster care since he was 18 months old and now…
Nation Mar 29 There was no wave of compassion when addicts were hooked on crack Faced with a rising national wave of opioid addiction and its consequences, families, law enforcement and political leaders around the nation are linking arms to save souls. But 30 years ago, it was a different story. Ekow Yankah, a Cardozo…
Politics Mar 29 A crucial endorsement and a criminal charge as candidates look to Wisconsin The presidential candidates turned their attention to Wisconsin, site of the primary season's best big contest. Gov. Scott Walker endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz, who in turn launched another round of criticism against Donald Trump. But recent polling shows that Trump…
Politics Mar 29 What the immigration debate means for the White House race Immigration reform is one of the biggest issues of this year’s presidential race, and every contender has their own take. Judy Woodruff talks to Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies, Frank Sharry of America’s Voice and Brittney Parker…
World Mar 29 News Wrap: Pakistan holds 200 Lahore bombing suspects after rounding up thousands In our news wrap Tuesday, Pakistani authorities reported that they are holding more than 200 suspects in the wake of Sunday’s suicide attack against Christians in Lahore. Also, the State Department and Pentagon ordered families of U.S. diplomats and military…
Nation Mar 29 Without Scalia, Supreme Court splits on union fees case The Supreme Court split 4-4 on a case on whether unions can collect fees from government employees who choose not to join. The outcome was an unlikely win for unions and a stark example of the impact of Justice Antonin…