Nation May 14 U.S. to step up arrests, deportation of undocumented immigrants Responding to a surge of Central Americans coming to the U.S. in recent years, the Department of Homeland Security has planned a month of raids on immigrants found to have crossed the southwest border illegally. Reuters reporter Julia Edwards, who…
Nation May 13 Top civil rights lawyer says U.S. criminal justice reforms are falling short The Equal Justice Initiative’s Bryan Stevenson has become a leading voice for criminal justice reform, and blames the U.S.’s world-leading incarceration rate on deep-seated institutional racism that goes back to slavery. As some states move to increase probation and parole…
Science May 13 How genetic sequencing can unlock secret DNA mutations — and save lives Every year, thousands of young people who seemed otherwise healthy die suddenly. The reason sometimes is long-rooted, secret gene mutations passed down through the generations. Doctors at the Scripps Translational Science Institute are using gene sequencing and “molecular autopsies” to…
Nation May 13 News Wrap: Pfizer halts sale of drugs used in lethal injection executions In our news wrap Friday, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer -- the last remaining federally approved supplier of lethal injection drugs -- announced it will no longer allow its products to be used for executions. Also, Russian President Vladimir Putin stepped up…
Politics May 13 Shields and Gerson on the Obama transgender decree, Trump's campaign Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the Obama administration’s new transgender restroom directive, Donald Trump’s latest attempts to unify the Republican party and what Sen. Bernie…
Nation May 13 Transgender bathroom battle goes national with Obama school directive Amid the national furor over North Carolina’s bathroom bill, the Departments of Justice and Education on Friday issued a joint directive to all public schools to allow transgender students the use of restrooms that match their gender identity. Although noncompliance…
Nation May 13 The lines are drawn in national debate over transgender bathroom access The Obama administration’s new directive that all public schools should allow transgender students access to restrooms that correspond with their gender has intensified a nationwide fight over the issue. For more on the reaction to the order and its possible…
Episode May 13 PBS NewsHour full episode May 13, 2016 Friday on the NewsHour, the Obama administration orders all public schools to allow transgender students access to restrooms that match their identity. Also: Hezbollah’s top military commander is killed in Syria, why recent criminal justice reforms don’t go far enough,…
Nation May 12 News Wrap: Judge rules $175 billion Obamacare subsidy for the poor is unconstitutional In our news wrap Thursday, a federal judge struck down the Obama administration’s $175 billion spending plan to subsidize health care for low-income Americans, agreeing with Congressional Republicans that the government was spending the money without Congress’ approval. Also, Islamic…