Health Jul 04 This advice could help parents of kids with serious illnesses As a psychologist and counselor specializing in the care of children with cancer, Joanna Breyer has advice for families facing stress for which they never prepared. Author of "When Your Child Is Sick," Breyer joins Judy Woodruff for a conversation.
Arts Jul 04 Why Mister Rogers was 'the least likely TV star of all time' Millions loved Fred Rogers and his neighborhood. Filmmaker Morgan Neville watched the iconic PBS show as a kid, and then rewatched it as an adult. He found something worth celebrating, a voice that he says he doesn't hear in our…
Episode Jul 03 PBS NewsHour full episode July 3, 2018 Tuesday on the NewsHour, the Trump administration reverses Obama-era guidelines on college admissions in a move to discourage schools from aiming for racial diversity. Also: Immigrant families in limbo weeks after an executive order halted separations, America's role in Yemen's…
World Jul 03 News Wrap: Thai rescue teams deliver food, scuba lessons to boys trapped in cave In our news wrap Tuesday, 12 boys and their soccer coach remain stuck in a flooded cave in Northern Thailand after being found on Monday, and it's not clear when they'll get out. Also, President Trump interviewed three more candidates…
Education Jul 03 How will colleges react to Trump policy on race in admissions? The Trump administration is rescinding an Obama-era policy that called for considering race in college admissions. The Departments of Justice and Education announced that they'll advocate "race-neutral" admissions instead. Judy Woodruff learns more from Marcia Coyle of The National Law…
World Jul 03 The ordeal of navigating migrant family reunification, in one toddler's story Two weeks ago, 3-year-old Sofi and her grandmother were making the journey through Mexico to seek asylum in the U.S. Although they entered legally and with guardianship documents, they were separated two days after entering, and two days after President…
Science Jul 03 If you have Gmail, here's who's scanning your inbox A year ago, Google’s Gmail said it stopped its practice of scanning users’ inboxes to personalize ads. But it still allows outside app developers to scan inboxes, according to a Wall Street Journal report. John Yang talks with tech reporter…
World Jul 03 Skeptical about World Cup excitement? Here's what to watch The men's World Cup is in full swing in Russia, and the field of 32 nations has been whittled down to eight, with underdogs eliminating some of the tournament favorites. William Brangham talks with Sebastian Abbot, the author of "The…
Poetry Jul 03 Kevin Young intertwines personal and public history in 'Brown' As a writer, editor and archivist, Kevin Young is a poet actively engaged with the world. In his new collection, "Brown," Young draws heavily on his boyhood in Topeka, Kansas, tying it in large and small ways to the wider…
Nation Jul 03 We stigmatize accents, but language belongs to everyone Scholar and novelist Hernan Diaz was born in Argentina, grew up in Sweden, and spent most of his life in the United States. To some degree, he says, he has a foreign accent in every language he speaks. Diaz shares…