World Apr 11 Gathering evidence of Syria war crimes in 'The Assad Files' Five years of brutal civil war in Syria have killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions more. Now, a new journalistic project aims to document President Bashar al-Assad’s principal role in the systematic campaign of detention, torture and murder that…
Nation Apr 11 The long influence of Jackie Robinson, on and off the field A new PBS documentary produced by Ken Burns examines the struggles Jackie Robinson faced in breaking baseball’s color barrier -- and his achievements as a player on the diamond and as a civil rights activist in later life. John Yang…
Arts Apr 11 Playwright Tracy Letts unravels different ages of identity in a single life Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts has famously depicted family dysfunction, but his latest play, “Mary Page Marlowe,” is more concerned with questions of identity, examining the life of its protagonist from infancy to old age in non-linear fashion to find…
Episode Apr 11 PBS NewsHour full episode April 11, 2016 Monday on the NewsHour, GOP candidates ramp up their war over delegates as the nomination race tightens. Also: Amy Walter and Tamara Keith talk politics, corruption runs rampant in Kenya, documenting Syrian war crimes in real time, why poor people…
Episode Apr 10 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 10, 2016 Sunday on NewsHour Weekend: The terrorists who attacked Brussels in March originally intended to strike Paris. Also, how the critically acclaimed TV series ‘The Wire’ is inspiring classrooms across the nation. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.
Nation Apr 10 Water systems across country repeatedly exceed federal lead standards An Associated Press investigation of Environmental Protection Agency records has found nearly 1,400 water systems providing tap water to nearly 4 million Americans exceeded the acceptable lead level at least once between 2013 and 2015. AP Reporter Meghan Hoyer, who…
Education Apr 10 How 'The Wire' is inspiring new classroom curricula Columbia University this week held a conference on how lessons from ‘The Wire’ -- the critically acclaimed TV series on Baltimore’s inner-workings of gangs, media and government -- cut across academic disciplines. The show has become a popular talking point…
World Apr 10 How Al-Shabab is recruiting young men from Kenya Al-Shabab, an Al Qaeda-linked militant group based in Somalia responsible for a shopping mall attack in Kenya that killed 67 in 2013, is enlisting more recruits from Kenya than any other country. In the second part of the NewsHour series…
Episode Apr 09 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 9, 2016 Saturday on NewsHour Weekend: Secretary of State John Kerry makes a surprise visit to Afghanistan to ease political tension there. Also, new laws are blocking anti-discrimination measures for gay, lesbian and transgender people. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.
Nation Apr 09 Sleep-deprived teens at greater risk for injuries, accidents A study by the Centers for Disease Control published this week shows sleep-deprived teenagers are more likely to receive sports injuries and become involved in automobile accidents. One of the study’s authors, Dr. Anne Wheaton, spoke with Hari Sreenivasan about…