Economy Nov 12 Given Internet access, can kids really learn anything by themselves? It started with a hole in the wall. Sugata Mitra, working for a software company in Delhi, cut a gap between his firm and the slum next door, putting out an Internet-connected computer for kids in the community to use.
Education Nov 12 At Mizzou, Yale and beyond, campus protests stir fresh questions about free speech At the University of Missouri, protests and a president's resignation have put a spotlight on heated debate taking place on campuses across the country over hateful speech and racial insensitivities. Greg Lukianoff of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education…
World Nov 12 Feeling burden of migrant crisis, Sweden imposes border controls Sweden is the latest European country to impose border controls. So far, the Scandinavian nation has accepted more refugees per capita than any other country on the continent, which has taken a toll on its public services. Special correspondent Malcolm…
World Nov 12 News Wrap: Islamic State claims Beirut suicide bombings In our news wrap Thursday, two suicide bombings in Beirut killed at least 37 people and wounded almost 200 more. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the attacks. Also, protests spread across Afghanistan in response to a rash…
World Nov 12 Kurdish forces cut off key Islamic State route in Iraq American airstrikes hammered Sinjar as the Kurdish Peshmerga ground force began an offensive on the Iraqi town held by the Islamic State. Gwen Ifill reports.
Episode Nov 12 PBS NewsHour full episode Nov. 12, 2015 Thursday on the NewsHour, a look at the free speech vs. hate speech debate taking place on college campuses. Also: A culture clash for refugee newcomers in Sweden, empowering students to learn without teachers, honoring a soldier who saved his…
Nation Nov 11 Honoring service members lost in combat by cheering on their families As Americans recognize veterans' service to our country, some are also paying tribute to those who have lost a family member in war. Special correspondent Dennis Kellogg from our PBS station in Nebraska reports on one organization's efforts to support…
Arts Nov 11 Author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar turns his powers of observation to Sherlock’s brother Mycroft Holmes is the elusive and possibly more intelligent older brother of Sherlock Holmes. Now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- NBA All-Star, writer and Arthur Conan Doyle devotee -- has co-authored a novel about the lesser known but no less intriguing brother…
World Nov 11 What an ancient boneyard reveals about our earliest global wanderers On a years-long hike across the globe, journalist Paul Salopek is following the path humans took after the Ice Age. One of the most important human migration sites in the world is in Dmanisi, Georgia, where people have walked for…
Nation Nov 11 Why more and more Millennials aren’t leaving the nest A new analysis of census data from the Pew Research Center finds that 36 percent of women between the ages of 18-34 are living at home with parents or relatives, while an earlier analysis found that 43 percent of men…