PBS NewsHour’s Recent Stories
Nation Oct 25
Roads to Election 2020: What, why and how Americans are voting this electionPBS NewsHour Weekend criss-crossed the country including key battleground states to speak to voters about issues they most care about and how they plan to vote. We also spoke with reporters at our partner public media stations across the nation…
Nation Oct 24
Will a lack of door-knocking hurt Biden’s Wisconsin campaign?Wisconsin is a pivotal swing state for the presidential election and both campaigns are spending ample time on outreach there. While Trump surrogates like Vice President Mike Pence have been holding in-person events, Biden’s camp has been campaigning mostly virtually…
Nation Sep 19
Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be immortalized with statue in Brooklyn, NYCJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy began in Flatbush, Brooklyn in New York where she was born and raised. On Saturday, New York Gov. Cuomo announced that a statue honoring her contribution will be built in the NYC borough. NewsHour Weekend…
Education Aug 30
COVID-19 & The Classroom: Parents share their struggles and plans as schools reopenEven as schools strategize reopening, parents don’t know what the upcoming school year might look like. Some are struggling with balancing work with parenting while others are trying to cope with schools shifting from a hybrid structure to remote learning.
Episode Aug 16
August 16, 2020 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episodeOn this edition for Sunday, August 16, the postal service crisis becomes a voting rights issue, Black immigrants in Maine are disproportionately infected with COVID-19, and the first four-day, virtual Democratic national nominating convention kicks off Monday. Hari Sreenivasan anchors…
Episode Aug 09
August 9, 2020 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episodeOn this edition for Sunday, August 9, questions about presidential powers arise after President Trump extends COVID relief via executive orders, the risk of speeding up the census count, the sixth anniversary of Michael Brown’s killing and protests in Ferguson,…
Episode Aug 08
August 8, 2020 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episodeOn this edition for Saturday, August 8, President Trump signs four executive actions to extend COVID-19 economic relief and defer payroll taxes, protests in Beirut over the government’s response to the deadly explosion turn violent, and why Russia looms large…
Nation Jun 16
America in Black and Blue 2020America in Black and Blue 2020, a PBS NewsHour Weekend special, offers context for and insight into the widespread protests currently engulfing the nation after the latest display of police brutality against Black citizens with reports from across the country…
Health Mar 01
Washington state coronavirus outbreak ‘a mystery so far’The coronavirus has now spread to more than 60 countries and more confirmed cases are being reported in the United States. Washington on Saturday reported the first U.S. death from the virus as new cases continue to emerge in the…
World Jan 18
Making NewsHour Weekend: Covering stories at home, abroad and everywhere in betweenNewsHour Weekend producers Laura Fong and Mori Rothman reported in 2019 on the impact of the U.S. trade war with China on farmers in North Carolina and Wisconsin a year ahead of the 2020 Republican and Democratic national conventions. They…