Nation Aug 07 How Chicago communities are trying to stop gun violence Sixty-six people were shot over the weekend in Chicago, and behind those numbers are stories of the victims and their families. Nick Schifrin talks with Lance Williams of Northeastern Illinois University and Tamar Manasseh of Mothers and Men Against Senseless…
Education Aug 07 This teen-led food co-op is harvesting a healthier future In many urban areas across the country, the lack of access to fresh fruits and vegetables is a common problem. As part of the PBS NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs, Kevin Broome reports that a cooperative of high school students in…
Episode Aug 06 August 6, 2018 - PBS NewsHour full episode Monday on the NewsHour, National Security Adviser John Bolton discusses restoring sanctions on Iran after pulling out of the nuclear deal, plus the fallout for Iran's economy. Also: Climate change exacerbates the world's wildfires, President Trump's changing story on his…
Politics Aug 06 News Wrap: Rick Gates takes the stand in Manafort case In our news wrap Monday, the star witness in Paul Manafort's tax and bank fraud trial took the stand. Rick Gates testified that he hid foreign bank accounts and helped Manafort file false tax returns. Also, a manhunt is underway…
Nation Aug 06 Climate change is making wildfires more extreme. Here's how High winds, high temperatures, pervasive drought. These extreme conditions are driving two enormous fires in California, and many more throughout the American West and much of Northern and Western Europe. William Brangham talks with Michael Mann of Pennsylvania State University…
Politics Aug 06 Tamara Keith and Eliana Johnson on Trump's meeting tweet, Paul Manafort on trial Tamara Keith of NPR and Eliana Johnson of Politico join Nick Schifrin to discuss President Trump’s explanation of a 2016 meeting in Trump Tower related to the Russia probe, the testimony of former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates in the…
Nation Aug 06 How prepared is the U.S. to fend off cyber warfare? Better at offense than defense, author says “We spent years worrying about the giant cyber-Pearl Harbor,” says David Sanger, author of “The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage and Fear in the Cyber Age.” But, he argues, that has blinded us to more subtle uses, in which we are…
Arts Aug 06 Are you a man who is interested in book clubs? Here are rules for starting your own Maybe you’re a guy. Maybe you like books. Maybe you like talking with people about books. So what's stopping you from having your own book club, a.k.a. “Literary Domination Society”? Author Nick Arvin shares his humble opinion on why men…
Episode Aug 05 August 5, 2018 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, Aug 5, 40 years since the Love Canal environmental crisis, residents say that chemicals there continue to make them sick. Also, hundreds of toxic sites await cleanup under the Superfund program. Megan Thompson anchors from…
Nation Aug 05 Hundreds of toxic sites await cleanup under Superfund program In 1980, the Congress approved the Superfund program, generating money to clean up the country’s most hazardous toxic sites by imposing a tax on industries that polluted the most. Since 2000, the program’s purchasing power has declined by 40 percent…