Nation Mar 30 News Wrap: Newark to reform policing under DOJ agreement In our news wrap Wednesday, the city of Newark, New Jersey, agreed to reform the way its police officers treat minorities under a settlement with the Justice Department. Also, President Obama commuted prison sentences for 61 drug offenders.
Nation Mar 30 The plan to balance conservation and development in Coachella Valley Southern California’s tranquil Coachella Valley has long been an environmental battleground. Home to 27 endangered and threatened species, the valley has also seen enormous population growth, with residents projected to double in the next 20 years. But a government plan…
Politics Mar 30 How Donald Trump turned media spectacle into campaign wins Donald Trump, front-runner for the GOP nomination, has been able to turn celebrity and controversy into nearly $2 billion in free media attention this election cycle. What’s driving his appeal and how has the electorate changed? Gwen Ifill talks to…
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…