Economy Apr 30 Is it nuts to grow almonds during a drought? The almond, America’s most popular nut and California's most lucrative agriculture export, is also a water guzzler. It takes approximately a gallon of water to grow a single almond. While prices are at record highs due to global demand, the…
Nation Apr 30 Orioles’ John Angelos on how the system is failing Baltimore Gwen Ifill talks to John Angelos, executive vice president of the Baltimore Orioles, about his defense of protesters, the economic factors behind the city’s anger and frustration, as well as why the baseball team closed to the public during a…
World Apr 30 News Wrap: Two earthquake survivors rescued as Nepal death toll grows In our news wrap Thursday, two survivors were pulled from rubble in Nepal, five days after the deadly earthquake. Officials say the overall death toll has passed 5,900, with no end in sight. Also, Baltimore police finished their investigation into…
Episode Apr 29 PBS NewsHour full episode April 29, 2015 Wednesday on the NewsHour, devastation from the massive earthquake continues to cripple Nepal. Also: Violence subsides in Baltimore but unresolved problems remain, breaking the gender barrier in professional basketball, what a new trade agreement with Asia would mean for the…
Economy Apr 29 What’s in the Trans-Pacific Partnership for U.S. and Japan? Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s U.S. visit came at a critical moment in the fight to establish a sweeping Trans-Pacific Partnership. An agreement could mean hundreds of billions of dollars in business, exports and profits, but opponents warn it would…
Nation Apr 29 How do we change broken police relations in America? Gwen Ifill talks to Laurie Robinson of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic, and Lester Spence of Johns Hopkins University about the forces driving Baltimore’s upheaval and what’s needed to improve relations between…
Education Apr 29 ‘World’s best teacher’ does not believe in tests and quizzes For 25 years, Nancie Atwell has run a small, independent K-8 school in Maine, where the goal is not just teaching young students, but also teachers. At the Center for Teaching and Learning, the school day is driven by a…
Nation Apr 29 News Wrap: LA County OKs sheriff’s dept. abuse settlement In our news wrap Wednesday, Los Angeles County approved a settlement over systematic abuses of minorities. Under the settlement, the sheriff’s department agreed to three years of federal monitoring. Also, the government reported today that the first quarter GDP rose…