World Feb 21 Praise for the printed page: Will Amazon leave French bookstores in peril? In France, even though the price of books was fixed years ago to prevent price differentiation, some worry the country's thousands of bookstores may now be in jeopardy as more customers flock to online retailers, such as Amazon. The online…
Episode Feb 20 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 20, 2015 Friday on the NewsHour, Greece gets a four-month extension to its economic bailout. Also: New allegations of excessive police force that go beyond black and white, news stories from Ozy worth your attention, a poet creates a paradise for the…
Arts Feb 20 How poet W.S. Merwin found paradise by planting palm trees In the late 1970s, the renowned poet W.S. Merwin bought three acres of an old pineapple plantation in Hawaii -- a “paradise lost,” where little would grow due to deforestation and chemicals leftover in the soil. Little by little, he…
Nation Feb 20 Police use of force not always black and white In recent days, two incidents have added to national concern about excessive police force against minorities. Police shot and killed a hispanic man in Washington state, and in Alabama, an Indian man was partially paralyzed after an officer knocked him…
Nation Feb 20 Not Trending: More stress for female commuters, rediscovering Dr. Seuss When we only pay attention to the things that are trending in our social networks, we may be missing some compelling stories. Carlos Watson, CEO of website Ozy, joins Gwen Ifill to share a few overlooked items, including a commuter's…
Economy Feb 20 EU deal averts Greek economic crisis for now Greece received a four-month bailout aid extension deal, easing some worries about the global economy after tense negotiations over austerity measures and giving the Greek economy some temporary breathing room. Judy Woodruff speaks with David Wessel of the Brookings Institution…
Nation Feb 20 News Wrap: Bone-chilling cold breaks records for East Coast In our news wrap Friday, Washington, New York, Trenton and Baltimore all broke temperature records during a burst of arctic air that wreaked havoc by freezing pipes. Also, about 800,000 people who use HealthCare.gov received the wrong tax information from…
Episode Feb 19 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 19, 2015 Thursday on the NewsHour, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discusses preventing violent extremism at its root. Also: How terrorists finance their deadly work, the secretary of health and human services on the successes and challenges of Obamacare, Yazidi girls trapped by…