Economy Sep 18 Why the typical worker is struggling to share U.S. prosperity The latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows a pattern of uneven progress. While the poverty and unemployment rates have fallen, prosperity is no longer widely shared as the economy grows. Sheldon Danziger of the Russell Sage Foundation talks…
World Sep 18 Police thwart jihadist copycat beheading plot in Australia Australian police officers raided at least a dozen homes and held six suspects in Sydney after learning of a plot to behead a random person in public. The prime minister said that an Australian who is a senior member of…
Episode Sep 17 PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 17, 2014 Tonight on the program, we examine the state of U.S. troops in Iraq, where President Obama stressed that the forces would only be there to act as advisors. Also: whether domestic violence cases undermine the NFL, the last day of…
Science Sep 17 GMO debate grows over golden rice in the Philippines Vitamin A deficiency is a deadly threat to kids and pregnant mothers in the Third World. In the Philippines, the best nutrient sources are rarely part of the daily diet, so researchers have tried adding vitamin A to rice, a…