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…
World Apr 23 'Intelligence failures' led to accidental drone deaths, says former counterterror center director
Nation Apr 23 News Wrap: No jail time for former CIA director Petraeus for sharing secrets with mistress On our news wrap Thursday, a federal judge sentenced former CIA Director David Petraeus to two years probation and a $100,000 fine for giving classified material to his biographer and mistress. Also, the Senate confirmed Loretta Lynch, the first black…
World Apr 23 Obama apologizes for drone-strike deaths of two hostages in Pakistan President Obama apologized to the families of two al-Qaida hostages -- an American and an Italian -- who were killed in January when a drone fired at a terrorist target in Pakistan. An independent review of the attack is underway.
Episode Apr 22 PBS NewsHour full episode April 22, 2015 Wednesday on the NewsHour, Saudi Arabia resumed its air campaign in Yemen hours after it announced an end. Also: Stopping police brutality in Philadelphia, links between energy drilling and earthquakes in Oklahoma, China invests billions to construct a canal through…
Nation Apr 22 Crime ring busted for stealing valuable Kentucky bourbon In 2013, 200 bottles of valuable Pappy Van Winkle bourbon whiskey were stolen from a locked and secure distillery in Kentucky. On Tuesday, authorities said they found a bourbon crime ring connected with the heist; nine people were indicted for…