Nation May 04 Why the place you grow up can limit earning power for life Poor children in Baltimore face worse economic odds than low-income kids elsewhere. That’s according to a new analysis by Harvard’s Equality of Opportunity Project, which found that where a child is born has a huge effect on their future financial…
Politics May 04 Will 2016 be the year of the political outsider? The field of Republican contenders for 2016 has grown by two: retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard CEO, have both announced their candidacies. Gwen Ifill talks to Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara…
Nation May 04 FBI investigates Muhammad cartoon contest attackers The FBI searched for terror ties to an attack in Texas by two gunmen. Both attackers were killed after they opened fire outside a contest of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Federal agents searched an apartment that belonged to a…
Episode May 03 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 3, 2015 On this edition for Sunday, May 3rd, 2015, the curfew in Baltimore ends after days of unrest, a major outbreak of the Avian Flu is reported in the Midwest, and in our signature segment, from Northern Iraq, women take up…
Nation May 03 Bulk of women soldiers who report sexual assault report retaliation A survey published this week showed that a large percentage of women soldiers who reported unwanted sexual advances said they faced retaliation. USA Today reporter Tom Vanden Brook joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.
Nation May 03 How did Iowa’s Avian Flu outbreak get so bad? Iowa, the country's largest egg-producing state, declared a major outbreak of the Avian Flu. And to try and contain the disease, millions of chickens and turkeys there and in Wisconsin and Minnesota have been killed. Amy Mayer, a reporter for…
World May 03 How Kurdish women soldiers are confronting ISIS on the front lines In Iraq, an all-female unit within the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, is on the front lines of a fierce battle against the Islamic State. Martin Himel reports.
Episode May 02 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 2, 2015 On this edition for Saturday, May 2, 2015, thousands of people rally in Baltimore after the six police officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray were released on bail, dozens of men face trial in Afghanistan for…