Education Oct 20 At a school with a history of social protest, this teacher is leading an opposition to ‘excessive testing’
Oct 20 To kick off our fifth decade, watch how NewsHour has evolved In our NewsHour shares moment of the day, we celebrate the NewsHour’s 40th birthday with look at how we’ve evolved since that very first broadcast.
Nation Oct 20 What the return of high school football means to an oil boom town Like so many small towns on the Great Plains, Alexander, North Dakota, had been shrinking as more and more young people moved away. But for the first time in 28 years, Alexander has a football team, thanks largely to an…
World Oct 20 Slovenia asks EU for help policing migrant crossings Slovenia says nearly 20,000 migrants have entered the country from Croatia since Friday. On Tuesday, police on horseback tried to herd thousands of people to packed reception centers while the parliament considered sending additional troops to help prevent illegal crossings.
Politics Oct 20 News Wrap: House GOP mull choice for speaker In our news wrap Tuesday, House Republicans convened to discuss their choice for speaker, amid reports that Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin is edging closer to running. Also, former Gov. Jim Webb dropped his bid for the White House after…
Oct 20 Encouraging girls to become scientists? It’s not rocket science Women in the U.S. receive less than 20 percent of Bachelor's degrees in computer science, engineering and physics. Eileen Pollack, one of the first two women to receive an undergraduate degree in physics at Yale, offers a solution to getting…
Arts Oct 20 In ‘M Train,’ Patti Smith journeys to where art comes from Poet and performer Patti Smith crashed onto the rock scene 40 years ago, and made a splash in the literary world five years ago with an award-winning memoir, "Just Kids." Her newest book, "M Train," takes a trip through time…
Episode Oct 20 PBS NewsHour full episode October 20, 2015 Tuesday on the NewsHour, Canada’s Liberal Party makes a comeback. Also: How Slovenia and Greece are coping with the migrant crisis, a new study on treatment for schizophrenia, changing the guidelines for mammograms, how the oil boom brought football back…
Nation Oct 19 Volkswagen owners left in limbo after emissions revelations Last month, some 500,000 U.S. owners of Volkswagen and Audi's so-called "clean diesel" cars learned they had been duped. Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against the company and more are likely as states, car dealers and consumers grapple with…