World Nov 28 How inflation, climate change and energy costs are pushing up food prices In the US, inflation is now above six percent, and globally, food prices are at their highest since 2011. Climate change, energy demands and inflation are causing shortages and driving up costs in some of the poorest nations. Wall Street…
Episode Nov 27 November 27, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, November 27, new restrictions as scientists race to learn more about Omicron, the new coronavirus variant, what to know about vaccinating children for COVID-19, and how a woman used a DNA test to find a…
Health Nov 27 COVID-19 vaccines and children: What you need to know Millions of children over five across America have been vaccinated against the coronavirus – advancing the fight against the pandemic. Still, parents have concerns about potential side effects and possible booster shots. Dr. Sallie Permar, pediatrician-in-chief at New York Presbyterian…
Episode Nov 26 November 26, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, a highly mutated and transmissible strain of COVID-19 emerges in South Africa and prompts markets to fall and new travel bans, why dozens of men in Louisiana have spent most of their the life behind bars…
Health Nov 26 Alarm grows after emergence of new omicron COVID-19 variant. Here's what you need to know A newly emerged variant of the coronavirus known as “omicron” is causing widespread concern. First discovered in South Africa, it's now been detected in multiple nations, including Europe and Israel. Many nations including the U.S. are considering travel bans to…
Nation Nov 26 News Wrap: Ukraine president implicates Russia in plot to overthrow the government In our news wrap Friday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said intelligence services found Russia is involved in a plot to overthrow the government, the FDA reported Merck's experimental COVID-19 pill is effective, Russian rescuers found one survivor inside a Siberian…
Nation Nov 26 Brooks and Capehart on new COVID-19 variant, inflation, Ahmaud Arbery verdict New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including the new COVID- 19 variant, inflation, President Biden's leadership decisions at the Federal Reserve and the verdict in…
Episode Nov 25 November 25, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Thursday on the NewsHour, many Americans face food insecurity this Thanksgiving amid the ongoing pandemic and rising prices, California's largest utility company is questioned over whether its ancient equipment sparked this year's biggest wildfire, and a look at how the…
Nation Nov 25 News Wrap: Europe's COVID-19 surge raises new alarms In our news wrap Thursday, Germany became the fifth European nation to pass 100,000 deaths as the Czech Republic declared a 30-day emergency and France announced stricter mandates. Also, millions of Americans celebrated Thanksgiving Day with a return to traditions,…
Nation Nov 25 How broken faith in American institutions is creating a 'rising sense of fury' When journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Evan Osnos moved back to the U.S. in 2013 after working abroad for 10 years, he was struck by the anger and fear seeping into American political culture. He recently spoke with Judy Woodruff…