Health Jan 01 Will drug companies be held accountable for America's opioid epidemic? The nation’s opioid crisis was declared a public health emergency in 2017 and received new funding this past October. But rampant addiction led to some 40,000 overdose deaths in the U.S. last year, and 2019 could see the culmination of…
Episode Dec 31 December 31, 2018 - PBS NewsHour full episode Monday on the NewsHour, videos emerge apparently showing migrant children at an Arizona shelter being treated with physical roughness by employees of a government contractor. Also: Assessing civilian casualties from U.S. airstrikes against ISIS, Politics Monday, how Israel is handling…
World Dec 31 News Wrap: House Democrats to propose funding plan In our news wrap Monday, the partial government shutdown reached day 10, but House Democrats are formulating a plan that could end it. Their forthcoming proposal would fund the Department of Homeland Security into early February, allocating $1.3 billion for…
Nation Dec 31 Troubling video sparks more questions about treatment of migrant children in shelters Troubling videos from inside an Arizona migrant children’s shelter appear to show employees of a government contractor treating children roughly. The footage, which was taken in September, was obtained through an open records request by Mary Jo Pitzl of the…
World Dec 31 'Systemic shortfalls' obscure true civilian cost of U.S. airstrikes against ISIS The U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria released its latest estimate of civilians killed by U.S. airstrikes since 2014. Over the past four years, 1,139 civilians were killed by accident. But how was this figure calculated, and is…
Politics Dec 31 Democrats take control of the House this week. Can they get past the wall? Political correspondent Lisa Desjardins and The Washington Post’s Erica Werner join Amna Nawaz to discuss House Democrats’ forthcoming plan for funding government agencies currently shut down, Sen. Elizabeth Warner's step toward a 2020 presidential bid amidst what is expected to…
Arts Dec 31 The best books of 2018, according to experts In 2018, notable new books often reflected and supplemented conversations around current trends, topics and events. Author Ann Patchett and Washington Post book critic Carlos Lozada join Jeffrey Brown to share their favorite books of the year.
Nation Dec 31 In Arizona, more Navajo take to the dirt for 'Rez golf' In northeast Arizona, much of the land of the Navajo Nation is harsh and inhospitable. It’s dry, rocky and dotted with dense sagebrush. Yet a growing number of Navajo are taking to the desert with clubs, balls and tees. Called…
Episode Dec 30 December 30, 2018 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 30, no signs of overcoming a stalemate as the government shutdown heads into the new year, and we sit down with California's highest-ranking Muslim judge to discuss his professional success, and his faith. Plus,…
Nation Dec 30 Making NewsHour Weekend: Getting stuck in a swamp, and other adventures In part four of our series "Making NewsHour Weekend," producer Sam Weber and anchor Hari Sreenivasan look back on where their reporting took them in 2018, from the swamps of Florida to the ocean off Scotland’s coast. They also recall…