World Mar 09 Can we achieve global gender equality by 2030? Twenty years since the UN announced a major effort to reduce global gender inequality, women and girls today are far from getting equal treatment and participation in society, while violence against females is commonplace. Lakshmi Puri of UN Women joins…
Mar 08 PBS NewsHour Weekend full program March 8, 2015 On this edition for Sunday, March 8, 2015, the latest from Baghdad as Iraqi forces launch an offensive against the Islamic State, why the director of the CIA plans to restructure the agency, and in our signature segment, the increasingly…
World Mar 08 What's behind the growing rift between Iraq and U.S. forces in the fight against Islamic State?
Nation Mar 08 Will reshuffling the CIA help the agency meet 21st century challenges? The director of the CIA is ordering sweeping reforms designed to dramatically change the agency starting at the top. Associated Press reporter Ken Dilanian joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss what is changing and why.
Mar 07 PBS NewsHour Weekend full program March 7, 2015 On this edition for Saturday, March 7, 2015, 50 years after civil rights marches in Selma, Ala., a look at the ongoing battle over voters rights. Later, an expert weighs in on what's behind the CIA's restructuring. And, in our…
World Mar 07 As military advances in Nigeria, Boko Haram ramps up bombings As many as five separate bomb blasts reportedly killed at least 54 people and wounded 143 others in Northeastern Nigeria on Saturday. Suicide bombers targeted several crowded markets and a busy bus station. Michelle Faul, the Associated Press Nigerian bureau…
Nation Mar 07 How much have voting rights changed since the first march on Selma? Chief Washington Correspondent for CNBC and political writer for the New York Times John Harwood joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how voting rights have changed the political landscape since the first march on Selma in 1965.
Nation Mar 07 After Brittany Maynard, right-to-die movement finds new life beyond Oregon Last fall, the story of 29-year-old Brittany Maynard, who moved to Oregon so she could legally end her own life, brought the issue of assisted suicide back into the national spotlight. Now, the movement's renewed momentum may affect end-of-life care…
World Mar 07 How did the Charlie Hebdo attacks affect rising Islamophobia in France? By some estimates, the French city of Marseille is now 30 to 40 percent Muslim -- once of the highest concentrations of Muslims anywhere in France. But even in Marseille, tensions between Muslims and non-Muslims have been rising for years.
Episode Mar 06 PBS NewsHour full episode March 6, 2015 Tonight on the program, we take a look at the job numbers, with stronger growth in February than predicted. Also: U.S. allies raise concerns about Iran's involvement in Iraq, helping victims of Agent Orange offers healing for Vietnam vets, Mark…