World Apr 24 Why Turkey doesn’t use the word ‘genocide’ for Armenia The Turkish government has rejected the term “genocide” to describe the mass killing of Armenians 100 years ago, a stance that has sparked criticism and protest. For two perspectives on the history and meaning today, Jeffrey Brown talks to Soner…
Nation Apr 24 Jon Krakauer tackles campus rape in ‘typical’ college town In many ways, Missoula, Montana, is a typical American college town. Now it’s the setting of author and journalist Jon Krakauer’s new investigative book, which dissects a series of student sexual assault cases and the challenges of prosecuting certain abusers.
Science Apr 24 How maps packed with data help scientists fight malaria High-tech maps may help researchers understand and predict disease outbreaks like malaria, an illness that kills between 600,000 and 1 million people each year. Scientists have begun using temperatures, rainfall patterns and other data to better target areas most at…
World Apr 24 Armenians remember victims 100 years since mass killings Armenia's government, joined by foreign leaders from Russia and France, marked 100 years since the first mass killings by Ottoman Turks in 1915; in total, an estimated 1.5 million people were killed. In Brussels, Lebanon and Los Angeles, people marched…
Episode Apr 23 PBS NewsHour full episode April 23, 2015 Thursday on the NewsHour, the U.S. admits it accidentally killed two Western hostages in Pakistan in a drone attack. Also: Questions about contributions and conflicts of interest at the Clinton Foundation, a personal story of transformation and gender identity, documenting…
Arts Apr 23 Turning Shakespeare’s sonnets into short films In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, we celebrate the anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth – and death – with some of the Bard’s sonnets, transformed into short films by the New York Shakespeare Exchange.
Economy Apr 23 How Barney Frank used government to fight inequality For more than half a century, Barney Frank was one of America's loudest voices for progressive policies, both financial and social. Economics correspondent Paul Solman spends a day in Boston with the famous former lawmaker and financial reformer to discuss…
World Apr 23 Photographer connects Armenians displaced around the world One hundred years ago this week, thousands of Armenians were rounded up in modern-day Turkey and deported or executed -- just the beginning of a mass elimination of Armenian Christians. Margaret Warner sits down with Armenian-American photographer Scout Tufankjian, who…
Nation Apr 23 The quiet revolution behind the word ‘transgender’ Alex Myers grew up as Alice, a girl, in rural Maine. In the mid-'90s, during the summer between junior and senior years at boarding school, Myers came out as transgender, starting the process of embracing his true gender identity. Once…
Politics Apr 23 Will questions about conflict of interest hurt the Clinton campaign? According to The New York Times, a uranium company that donated millions to the Clinton Foundation sought approval during Hillary Clinton's State Department tenure to sell control to Russia. Also, Reuters reported that the Clinton Foundation is re-filing tax returns…