Arts Oct 06 Lev Grossman’s ‘Magicians’ series casts spell on adult readers Lev Grossman’s bestselling series “The Magicians” proves that fantasy literature isn’t only for kids, having captured a new generation of readers with new worlds and mature, complicated characters. Grossman joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss his work and why the genre…
Science Oct 06 News Wrap: Neuroscientists to share Nobel in Medicine for discovering brain’s ‘GPS’ In our news wrap Monday, the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to three neuroscientists for discovering the brain system that helps people orient themselves. Also, pro-democracy protests seemed to wane in Hong Kong. Talks have begun between the government…
Economy Oct 05 New York City, LA among cities moving to raise minimum wage Matt Flegenheimer of the New York Times joins Hari Sreenivasan to talk about the U.S. cities moving to raise minimum wage on the local level, as the issue lingers in Congress.
World Oct 05 The War on ISIS: Where in the Middle East is the Islamic State making gains? Islamic State jihadists made several gains in cities throughout the Middle East over the past week and was met with powerful resistance in others. To try to make sense of what’s occurring on the battlefield in Syria and Iraq, former…
World Oct 05 Before ISIS: A history of beheadings to terrify, punish ISIS' release of yet another videotape showing the beheading of a western hostage has once again drawn international condemnation and refocused attention on the very practice. In fact, beheadings date back to ancient times, and today, they are hardly limited…
Nation Oct 05 Viewers respond to report on mandated extra reading time at Florida grade schools Viewers respond to a recent NewsHour Weekend signature piece examining Florida’s new law requiring low-performing elementary schools to provide an extra hour of reading every day. Hari Sreenivasan reads your comments.