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…
Nation May 02 Why are Baltimore teens in poorer health than those in urban Nigeria? In the Baltimore neighborhood of Sandtown, the infant mortality rate is more than than six times the national average, and life expectancy is more than a decade lower than in the rest of the country. And the health outlook is…
Nation May 02 Staggering arrest rates strain Baltimore community relations with police All week long, many young people from the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood and other inner city Baltimore communities have been protesting the death of Freddie Gray at the hands of police. Natasha Pratt-Harris, an associate professor of criminal justice and sociology at…
Nation May 02 In Freddie Gray's neighborhood, a bleak outlook for family life In the Sandtown neighborhood of Baltimore, where Freddie Gray grew up and was arrested, both the number of babies born to teenagers and the incarceration rate are exponentially higher than the national average. Tara Huffman, the director of the criminal…
Nation May 02 Is Baltimore better equipped to handle unrest should tensions rise again? The city of Baltimore, Maryland, headed into a weekend of rallies and demonstrations after the six officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray were released on bail. For the latest, Luke Broadwater of The Baltimore Sun joins…
Episode May 01 PBS NewsHour full episode May 1, 2015 Friday on the NewsHour, six Baltimore police officers are charged in the homicide of Freddie Gray. Also: Baltimore struggles to end crime and hunger in hard-hit neighborhoods after riots, an HIV outbreak of historic proportions in Indiana, Mark Shields and…
Nation May 01 Will the Pacquiao-Mayweather match revive American interest in boxing? Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao and Floyd "Money" Mayweather are considered the best fighters of their generation. On Saturday, they'll face off in a boxing match that's been nearly a decade in the making. Jeffrey Brown talks to Jeremy Schapp, author of…
Nation May 01 'There's always need': Baltimore unrest highlights struggles with hunger and crime One in five people in Baltimore live in a “food desert,” an area without grocery stores and fresh food, made worse by the recent riots that destroyed some of the convenience stores on which many rely. But that’s just one…
Nation May 01 Do Baltimore's charges against police signal a change? To learn more about the charges against six officers in the death of Freddie Gray, Judy Woodruff talks to David Harris of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and former Baltimore prosecutor Debbie Hines.