Arts Mar 07 A chronicle of Afghanistan’s modern-day Romeo and Juliet Zakia and Ali are Afghanistan’s Romeo and Juliet -- with all the heartache that description implies. Separated by religion, ethnicity and their own families, the young couple defied them all by eloping. Rod Nordland of the New York Times chronicles…
Education Mar 07 Wi-Fi on wheels leaves no child offline The digital divide and lack of reliable Internet access at home can put low-income and rural students at a real disadvantage. So when superintendent Darryl Adams took over one of the poorest school districts in the nation, he made it…
Education Mar 07 Students running small-town market know business As a sparsely populated Nebraska town in an equally sparsely populated county, Cody is not where one might expect to find a thriving retail business. But the Circle C Market has been making a (small) profit there for the last…
Politics Mar 07 Can GOP and Democratic competitors continue to gain traction? Hari Sreenivasan sits down with Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR to discuss the latest in politics, including last night’s Democratic debate, Donald Trump’s slowing momentum, the possibility of a GOP restructure and the…
Episode Mar 07 PBS NewsHour full episode March 7, 2016 Monday on the NewsHour, trailing presidential contenders play catch-up in the weekend’s primaries. Also: Amy Walter and Tamara Keith talk politics, remembering the life and legacy of Nancy Reagan, Europe weighs the threat of terrorists hiding among migrants, a look…
Politics Mar 07 News Wrap: Former first lady Nancy Reagan dies at age 94 In our news wrap Monday, tributes poured in from across the nation after former first lady Nancy Reagan’s death Sunday at age 94; President Obama offered a few words of praise for the conservative icon. Also, former president Jimmy Carter…
World Mar 07 Can security forces screen refugees arriving in Europe? As more and more Middle Eastern refugees look to an increasingly overwhelmed Europe for asylum, concerns over terrorist infiltration are growing. Human rights activists say such worries are nothing more than xenophobic scaremongering, while military officials and counterterrorism experts contend…
Politics Mar 07 An American icon: remembering Nancy Reagan Former first lady Nancy Reagan died of heart failure Sunday at age 94. Long considered an American icon, Reagan was known for her anti-drug advocacy and unfailing support for her husband; she often said that her sole mission in life…
Episode Mar 06 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 6, 2016 On this edition for Sunday March 6, former First Lady Nancy Reagan has died -- we look back at her life and her impact on the nation. Later, a look at the 2016 presidential campaign as the race heads now…