Education Jan 06 Is the new GED test an educational improvement or setback? An overhaul of the GED to meet Common Core standards has made the high school equivalency test more rigorous and more expensive. As a result, fewer people are taking and passing it. Gwen Ifill gets debate from Randy Trask of…
Arts Jan 06 Archaeologists in Peru add drones to their list of tools In Peru, drones are keeping a watchful eye on some ancient cultural sites endangered by encroaching development or other perils. In our Culture at Risk series, Jeffrey Brown reports on how archaeologists and government officials are using the new technology…
Health Jan 06 What’s next in the global response to Ebola? What's next for curbing the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, where the death toll now exceeds 8,000? For one, drug companies have begun to experiment on humans in the affected region. Gwen Ifill talks about new approaches with Anthony Banbury,…
Episode Jan 06 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 6, 2015 Monday on the NewsHour, we get reaction to President Obama's primetime address to reassure the nation about terrorism. Also, the Justice Department investigates Chicago police for civil rights violations, the 2016 candidates weigh in on terrorism, a environmental group works…
Episode Jan 05 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 5, 2015 Tonight on the program, we examine the beginning of jury selection for Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Also: Lebanon is placing new rules on Syrians trying to cross the border, what to expect from the new GOP-led Congress, the…
Politics Jan 05 Remembering former Sen. Edward Brooke, 95, political giant and party outlier – Part 1