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Daily Video February 16 2017

Community comes together to help homeless students and families

In order to address the homelessness problem facing students, a school district in Kansas City, Kansas, with over 1,000 homeless students, partnered with Avenue of Life, a nonprofit organization that brings students out of homelessness by supporting the entire family.

Daily Video February 15 2017

Student volunteers use technology to monitor human rights abuses

In places where violent conflict makes it difficult for human rights investigators to observe, social media platforms now make it possible to document abuses.

Lesson Plan February 15 2017

Lesson plan: What public libraries can teach us about immigration

In this PBS NewsHour Extra lesson, students will explore what immigration looks like at grassroots levels across the country. Students will research if their community has programs that welcome immigrants and explore options for creating similar civic activities.

Daily Video February 09 2017

House Speaker Paul Ryan on immigration ban, Russia

In an interview with PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan said he is getting along well with President Donald Trump, although he disagrees with some of the President's recent statements.

Daily Video February 08 2017

Submarine dives deep to study endangered coral reefs

The new, privately-funded Nekton project explores and records deep sea life in Bermuda to shed light on the dangers facing coral reefs.

Daily Video February 06 2017

American Muslim Marine hopes to foster dialogue about religion

Mansoor Shams is a former U.S. Marine who served from 2000 to 2004. Shams has been traveling around the U.S. with a sign that reads, “I’m a Muslim and a U.S. Marine, Ask Me Anything.”

Daily Video February 03 2017

Why we shouldn't forget that U.S. presidents owned slaves

In honor of Black History Month, poet Clint Smith and Harvard University doctoral student, offers his take on the history of racial inequality in the United States.

Daily Video February 02 2017

Vice President Pence on Supreme Court, immigration restrictions

Vice President Mike Pence gave his first interview on Wednesday since taking office with the PBS NewsHour.

Daily Video February 01 2017

Trump names Neil Gorsuch as Supreme Court nominee

President Donald Trump named Neil Gorsuch as his pick to fill the vacancy on the United States Supreme Court.

Lesson Plan February 01 2017

Lesson plan: Invent your own device to battle invasive species

Stunning fish who were once kept as pets are destroying Florida’s coral reef ecosystem. In this PBS NewsHour lesson plan, students will learn how scientists are using a new invention, a lionfish zapping robot, to combat this harmful invasive species. They will then create their own invention to ward off invasive species in their community or region.

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