World Oct 23 The obstacles and dangers of reporting on Syria Telling the stories of conflict in Syria and Iraq has become prohibitively dangerous for many news organizations; more than 70 journalists have been killed while covering the Syrian war. While a few international reporters remain in the country, much of…
Education Oct 23 Why did no one flag UNC’s bogus classes? For more than 18 years, thousands of students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill took credit courses that never met as a class with a professor; a disproportionate number of the students in those classes were athletes.
Science Oct 23 Space-inspired safety gear, contamination-cleaning robots: How innovation could aid Ebola prevention
Episode Oct 22 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 22, 2014 Tonight on the program, we take a look at a deadly shooting in Canada that left one soldier and a suspected gunman dead. Also: sitting governors at risk of losing elections, diseases that are more of a threat than Ebola,…
Health Oct 22 Debating the pros and cons of freezing eggs News of Apple and Facebook paying for their employees’ egg freezing has sparked conversation on the advancement of family planning. Gwen Ifill speaks with Sarah Elizabeth Richards, author of “Motherhood Rescheduled” and Alta Charo of the University of Wisconsin-Madison on…
Nation Oct 22 Remembering Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, a ‘spiritual leader for good journalism’
World Oct 22 State Department faces criticism in uphill social media war against Islamic State group Three teenage girls from Denver were detained in Germany last weekend by American authorities under suspicion of joining the Islamic State. The militant group lures recruits worldwide with a sophisticated social media operation. Margaret Warner reports on how the U.S.