World Aug 26 How Arab women are changing the face of journalism in the Middle East A new book called “Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World” shares the stories of female journalists working in the Middle East. The editor, Zahra Hankir, and NPR correspondent Hannah Allam, who wrote one of…
Nation Aug 26 How Andrew Luck's retirement highlights football's 'brutal' nature NFL quarterback Andrew Luck has announced his resignation at age 29. Plagued by injuries, the Indianapolis Colts player called it quits just two weeks before the new season begins. Sportswriter John Feinstein, author of the book “Quarterback,” which profiled Luck…
Arts Aug 26 Painter, printmaker and sculptor Oliver Lee Jackson on the artist who inspires him American painter, printmaker and sculptor Oliver Lee Jackson has a complex and diverse portfolio that expertly incorporates influences from the Renaissance to modernism and African culture to American jazz. A current National Gallery show presents 18 paintings he created in…
Episode Aug 25 August 25, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, August 25, world leaders gather in France for the G-7 summit, a look into findings from a newly released DEA opioid database and an author's exploration of food amid conflict. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New…
World Aug 25 G-7 leaders push back against Trump at this year's summit After a contentious meeting with some of the world's wealthiest democracies last year, President Trump on Sunday made a volley of comments at the 2019 G-7 summit in France, on everything from the trade war with China to Brexit to…
Health Aug 25 Tracking the flow of opioids across America The manufacturers and distributors of opioid prescription painkillers have supplied billions of pills throughout the U.S. An investigative series by The Washington Post looks at the opioid epidemic through the DEA's newly public database that tracks every pain pill sold…
Episode Aug 24 August 24, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, August 24, we take the show on the road to Charlotte, North Carolina, the home of the 2020 Republican National Convention next August. We speak to some of the state's Republican leadership about North Carolina's…
Politics Aug 24 What impact will North Carolina have on the 2020 election? Next August, the Republican National Convention will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina. NewsHour Weekend traveled there this week for a look ahead at how changing state demographics might impact the 2020 presidential election. Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Adam Hochberg,…
Politics Aug 24 How North Carolina became a swing state North Carolina stood as a Democratic stronghold until shifting demographics and a surge in the number of independent voters turned it into a swing state. Race has also played a factor in recent presidential elections, including in Donald Trump's 2016…
Episode Aug 23 August 23, 2019 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, the trade war between the U.S. and China escalates as both countries announce new tariffs. Plus: The state of the American economy, what’s at stake for Trump at the G-7 summit, devastating fires in the Amazon,…