Nation Apr 03 Piecing together factors that may have led to the Fort Hood mass shooting Army officials shed new light on the suspected gunman believed to have perpetrated the second mass shooting at Fort Hood in five years. Three people were killed and 16 wounded before Ivan Lopez, an Iraq veteran, killed himself. Judy Woodruff…
Episode Apr 03 Thursday, April 3, 2014 Tonight on the program, we examine a deadly shooting at Fort Hood in Texas that killed three and wounded 16. Also: USAID created Cuban Twitter-style platform to sow unrest, why we are fighting a proxy in Afghanistan, a dramatic production…
Nation Apr 02 Former inmate speaks out against U.S. 'commitment' to mass incarceration During Michael Santos’ 26 years in federal prisons, he read books on history and law, earned undergraduate and master’s degrees and wrote seven books about the criminal justice system. Now, just six months after his release, Santos is imploring prisoners…
World Apr 02 Multiple crises emerge from conflict in the Central African Republic More than 800,000 people have been displaced in the Central African Republic in the past year, caught in the crossfire between warring groups. Gwen Ifill talks to Mark Yarnell of Refugees International about the multiple layers of the human rights…
Episode Apr 02 Wednesday, April 2, 2014 On the NewsHour Wednesday, the Supreme Court struck down a major campaign finance limit. We get reactions to the decision. Also: IMF chief Christine Lagrande on the crisis in Ukraine, a former inmate’s mission to help prisoners turn their lives…