Nation Mar 21 Stockton, California, gave residents a guaranteed income. Here's what happened What would happen if you gave people $500 a month, no strings attached? Stockton, California set out to answer that question two years ago as one of the first U.S. towns to pilot a Universal Basic Income program. Former Stockton…
Episode Mar 20 March 20, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, March 20, after Tuesday’s shooting in Atlanta, public outcry over anti-Asian hate crimes, including input from comedian and actress Margaret Cho, parenting in a pandemic: tips to try at home, and, in our signature segment,…
Nation Mar 20 Actress Margaret Cho on why racism is a 'deep well of shame' for some Asian Americans For more on the history of and recent rise in anti-Asian American racism and hate crimes, Oscar, Golden Globe, Emmy & Grammy-nominated comedian and actress Margaret Cho joins Hari Sreenivasan. She speaks about her own family’s experience with racism in…
Education Mar 20 How to handle tantrums, anxiety and other pandemic parenting challenges There is little doubt that parenting during a pandemic has been challenging, and even with schools starting to reopen, the disruption to routines and structure has created new anxieties for parents and children alike. Hari Sreenivasan spoke with clinical psychologist…
Episode Mar 19 March 19, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, the CDC relaxes some social distancing rules for schools, President Biden met with Asian American leaders in Atlanta after the spa attacks, the world's two largest powers square off in a meeting that could signal trouble…
Health Mar 19 CDC relaxes social distancing guidelines for schools In new guidelines released Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its social distancing requirements for students in school, stating they could safely sit three feet apart — rather than six — without barriers if they are wearing…
World Mar 19 News Wrap: Biden, Harris meet with Asian American leaders in Atlanta following attacks In our news wrap Friday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Asian American community leaders in Atlanta as authorities publicly identified the remaining shooting victims from this week's deadly attacks. Also, the Taliban is warning the…
World Mar 19 U.S., China exchange strong words, but both label talks constructive The first talks between Beijing and the Biden administration concluded Friday in Anchorage, Alaska. Although both sides labeled them constructive, there was no shortage of tough and candid words. Susan Thornton, an American diplomat who formerly served as the assistant…
Politics Mar 19 Brooks and Capehart on COVID vaccine hesitancy and the Georgia attacks New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including Republican reluctance to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the response to violence against Asian Americans and the Atlanta attacks,…
Nation Mar 19 Remembering 5 amazing lives lost to COVID-19 More than 530,000 American lives have been lost to COVID-19 as the pandemic continues to affect the country. As we do every Friday, we shine the spotlight on five amazing lives that were lost to COVID-19.