Nation Jan 03 America is preparing for a manufacturing renaissance. Will there be enough workers? Previously, we took viewers inside a community college program that is training the manufacturing workers of tomorrow. In the second part of our coverage, we hear from employers about their efforts to recruit new talent and whether a manufacturing renaissance…
Education Jan 02 Community colleges gear up to train workers for America's proposed manufacturing future In the next decade, millions of manufacturing jobs will open up in the U.S. as workers retire. Meanwhile, the sector is also supposed to add more jobs with help from federal subsidies. But by some current estimates, only half of…
Nation Jan 01 New Year's celebrations turn to horror as death toll rises in New Orleans attack A deadly attack in New Orleans early New Year’s Day killed at least 15 people and left dozens injured after a man driving a truck barreled through the city's French Quarter. Authorities say they found an ISIS flag and weapons…
Arts Oct 21 Purdue program works to revive liberal arts as key part of the college experience Call it “the death of the humanities.” Over the last decade or so, majors in English and history are down by a third and humanities enrollment overall is down by almost a fifth. Now an initiative is working to revive…
Health Sep 24 Lawmakers challenge drug company CEO over steep prices for Ozempic and Wegovy Ozempic and Wegovy are some of the most popular drugs in the country, driven by their remarkable success in treating diabetes and obesity. But the drugs are extremely expensive, and the drugmaker’s CEO appeared on Capitol Hill Tuesday to face…
Health Sep 18 Investigation links Georgia's abortion ban to preventable deaths of 2 women We’re learning more about the effects of abortion restrictions enacted after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. ProPublica found at least two women in Georgia who died after being unable to get either a legal abortion or timely…
Politics Sep 11 A look at how Trump's plan to increase tariffs would affect U.S. workers and consumers Tariffs are a hallmark of former President Trump’s economic agenda and some of them have bipartisan support as a way of dealing with China. But there are key differences between Trump and Vice President Harris when it comes to how…
Politics Sep 02 How union workers in battleground states could swing the election With a little more than two months to go to the general election, both Vice President Harris and former President Trump are fighting to win key Midwestern states like Michigan. Both candidates are determined to get as much of the…
Nation Aug 23 How Republican and Democratic convention delegates reflect American political divides With the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, both parties now have their official presidential nominees, and the race to Election Day begins in earnest. For her series, America at a Crossroads, Judy Woodruff takes us back to both convention…
Nation Aug 23 As artificial intelligence rapidly advances, experts debate level of threat to humanity The development of artificial intelligence is speeding up so quickly that it was addressed briefly at both Republican and Democratic conventions. Science fiction has long theorized about the ways in which machines might one day usurp their human overlords. As…