Health Jun 24 I is for infant: Reading aloud to young children benefits brain development A new study by the American Academy of Pediatrics shows that reading daily to young children, starting in infancy, can help with language acquisition and literacy skills. But, the report says, many children are missing out. Jeffrey Brown takes a…
Nation Jun 24 50 years later, 'Freedom Summer' leaders recall pivotal fight against discrimination A new documentary “Freedom Summer” looks back to the deeply segregated Mississippi of 1964, and the young people who came from around the country to lend a hand in the struggle against racism. For a look back at the moment,…
World Jun 24 Kurdish leader: 'We are facing a new reality and a new Iraq' Secretary of State John Kerry made an emergency visit to the Kurdish region of Iraq to meet with President Massoud Barzani, urging him to support political reform in Baghdad in the face of the military onslaught by ISIL. But Barzani…
World Jun 24 How ISIL capitalized on vulnerabilities of Iraq's security forces The United Nations estimates that, at minimum, 1,000 people have been killed in two weeks of fighting in Iraq. Judy Woodruff talks to two former U.S. Army officers who served in Iraq -- retired Lt. Col. Douglas Ollivant and retired…
Nation Jun 24 News Wrap: Homeland Security sends agents to address child migrant crisis In our news wrap Tuesday, 115 Homeland Security agents were deployed to the Rio Grande Valley to handle a surge of thousands of undocumented children at the U.S. border. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said another 150 agents may…
Episode Jun 23 Monday, June 23, 2014 Monday on the NewsHour, Secretary of State John Kerry visits Iraq to urge political reform. Also: Three Al Jazeera journalists are convicted on terrorism charges in Egypt, previewing Tuesday’s slate of congressional primaries, teaching young adults the skills to get…
Education Jun 23 'Ivory Tower' explores why American higher education is so pricey The rise in U.S. college tuition is unsustainable. That’s the argument of a new television documentary, “Ivory Tower,” which tackles growing worries and critique over college costs and student debt. Jeffrey Brown talks to filmmaker Andrew Rossi about the origins…
World Jun 23 Egypt's conviction of Al Jazeera journalists sparks international outcry The Egyptian court where Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed were convicted on terrorism charges broke into pandemonium when their jail sentences were announced. Jeffrey Brown reports the trial was widely dismissed by Western officials…