Nation Jan 03 Why a GOP-controlled Congress may abandon No Child Left Behind law When Congress returns to work next week, Republicans will have substantial majorities in the House and the Senate. Republican leaders have promised they will initiate new legislation, and one of their first efforts may be to roll back parts of…
Nation Jan 03 Viewers respond to report on jail time for people unable to pay fines Cities across the country are increasingly turning to what are known as private probation companies to collect unpaid fines. But are indigent people ending up in jail because they can't afford to pay? Hari Sreenivasan reads viewer comments to a…
Nation Jan 03 Pot pioneer: More states, Native American tribes mimic Colorado's marijuana laws The movement to legalize marijuana is spreading rapidly as the legal sale of marijuana for recreational use begins its second year in Colorado. This past November, Oregon and Alaska voted to legalize the possession and sale of recreational marijuana. Last…
Episode Jan 02 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 2, 2015 Tonight on the program, we examine the increase in human smugglers abandoning refugees at sea and where to place the responsibility. Also: schools learning to cope with the influx of undocumented teens, random DNA mutation may be the primary blame…
Education Jan 02 Schools provide educational and mental health support to influx of undocumented teens
World Jan 02 Who is responsible when a ship is abandoned at sea? A ship filled with refugees heading toward Italy was abandoned by its crew before making it to shore, the most recent case in an uptick in human smuggling. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Daryl Grisgraber of Refugees International about why human…