World Sep 20 Japan passes controversial law to nix military limits This weekend, Japan gave the green light to its military to deploy troops abroad to help allies fight in the name of collective self-defense, removing a limitation on troops engaging only in self-defense were Japan to be attacked. Peter Landers,…
World Sep 20 After long journey to Germany, refugees confront new challenge of integration The United Nations this weekend said 80 percent of the migrants coming to Europe are from war-torn Syria, Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan. Recent refugees arriving in new countries face a challenge that will take much longer than the journey from…
Education Sep 20 Shadowed by fear and violence: One student’s story from a Rio slum Since 2003, PBS has followed children from different countries as part of the documentary series "Time for School." In this second installment, hear the story of Jefferson Narciso from Rocinha, one of Rio de Janeiro's poorest and violent neighborhoods. Shy…
Episode Sep 19 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode September 19, 2015 On this edition for Saturday, September 19th, 2015, the United States and Russia hold talks over military involvement in the Syrian Civil War. Also, in the first installment of our 'Time for School' series, a young man in Kenya struggles…
World Sep 19 What’s next for talks between the U.S. and Russia? The United States is calling on Russia to discuss a political settlement to the Syrian civil war. The U.S. and Russian defense secretaries have started talking also in order to avoid a direct conflict between American and Russian forces. New…
Arts Sep 19 ‘The world caught up with me’: Painter Alex Katz continues prolific work Alex Katz is considered one of the most prominent and prolific American artists of the past 50 years. Best known for his bright, billboard-sized portraits, Katz's work has been the subject of two museum retrospectives this year. NewsHour's Phil Hirschkorn,…
Education Sep 19 ‘Now it’s me as their elder’: After a mother’s death, a struggle to finish school in Kenya In 2000, the UN set a goal that by 2015, every child in every nation should be able to obtain free basic education. At the time, 100 million children of primary school age worldwide had never set foot in a school. Today,…
Sep 18 Baratunde Thurston on fighting racist absurdity with laughs When you're the one black friend, says Baratunde Thurston, you're kind of like a double agent trying to prevent thermonuclear war. The former Onion digital director, “Daily Show” producer and author of “How to Be Black,” gives his Brief but…
Arts Sep 18 An art collector with Broad influence opens his own museum Billionaire Eli Broad began his fortune building tract homes in the Detroit suburbs, and over the decades he and his wife also built an impressive art collection. Now the brand new Broad Museum is set to open in Los Angeles,…