Nation Nov 26 Is it possible to build ‘meat’ out of plant protein? Americans eat three times the world average of beef each year. However, with each pound requiring more than 50 gallons of water, producers in drought-stricken California are looking to find other ways to get protein into our diets. Dr. James…
Nation Nov 26 Residents react as their tent city is dismantled; ‘I just want to survive’ Homelessness is a nationwide concern, but is especially prevalent in Washington D.C. Last week, near the affluent neighborhood of Georgetown, city officials dismantled a tent city that had sprouted up under a freeway underpass. NewsHour looks at some of those…
Economy Nov 26 Were pilgrims America’s original economic migrants? Four hundred years ago, a group of pilgrims founded a colony in Plymouth. But what did they hope to accomplish there, how did they live? Economics correspondent Paul Solman jumps back in time to interview some of these early settlers…
World Nov 26 France, Russia unify to fight Islamic State French President Francois Hollande and Russia’s Vladimir Putin agreed in Moscow today to share intelligence in their fight against the Islamic State. Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Nathan Hodge of The Wall Street Journal, who was at the press conference with…
Nation Nov 26 Albuquerque mayor: Here’s a crazy idea, let’s give homeless people jobs There are more than 1,400 homeless people in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Now though, the state is working to get those people off the streets, by giving them jobs and living areas. Special Correspondent Kathleen McCleery reports on the city’s efforts.
Episode Nov 25 PBS NewsHour full episode Nov. 25 2015 Wednesday on the NewsHour, the U.S. military says ‘human error’ lead to the bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan, the Russian pilot shot down yesterday denies he violated Turkish airspace and Walter Isaacson gives us a look at Einstein’s life…
Arts Nov 25 Aretha Franklin on why she’ll never stop singing Aretha Franklin was honored recently by the National Portrait Gallery with a “Portrait of a Nation” prize, given out to some of the people who appear in its collection. Gwen Ifill spoke with the Queen of Soul about her career,…
Nation Nov 25 Can you cook delicious meals on just $4 a day? Can someone receiving food stamp benefits eat well on an average budget of $4 per day? That was the simple question that Leanne Brown set out to answer as a student, and now it's the core of her new cookbook,…