Aug 04 Watch Lose your job? It may pay to announce it By PBS News Hour When Sree Sreenivasan found himself out of a job, he did what he knows how to do best: broadcast the news on social media. The former Chief Digital Officer at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art filled his schedule with… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 53:25 PBS NewsHour full episode Aug. 4, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, Donald Trump makes a surprising visit to Maine as swing-state polls show him trailing. Also, allegations of sexual abuse within USA Gymnastics, Obama speaks at the Pentagon about fighting ISIS in Libya, the remnants of a… Continue watching
Aug 04 How one digital expert turned his social network into a new job By Roben Farzad Sree Sreenivasan showed how a public use of social media and networking can land you on your feet again after losing a job. Continue reading
Aug 04 Column: A Massachusetts law is the most promising step yet toward equal pay By Ariane Hegewisch Earlier this week, Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts signed an equal pay law that is the most comprehensive statutory attempt yet to address gender pay inequality in the country. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 4:34 News Wrap: Kansas incumbent loses House GOP primary; Obama pardons 214 By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) lost the GOP primary on Tuesday. During his three terms, he repeatedly conflicted with party leaders, a pattern that cost him his seat on the House Agricultural Committee. Also, President Obama… Continue watching
Aug 03 Column: The economic issues roiling South Africa on election day By Vikram Mansharamani Political scandals and economic weakness have driven the party of Nelson Mandela to a moment of reckoning. Continue reading
Aug 03 What Clinton and Trump propose for Social Security and Medicare By Philip Moeller What's in store for Social Security and Medicare?… Continue reading
Aug 03 Column: When capitalism only rewards shareholders, it’s time for reform By Bruce Scott Capitalism is not a self-regulating system and never has been. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 3:10 News Wrap: Obama renews case for TPP; more DNC resignations By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama renewed his case for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal both presidential candidates have disavowed. Also, the Associated Press reports that the Democratic National Committee’s chief executive has resigned and that other staff… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 7:07 A stretch of North Dakota highway witnesses oil’s boom and bust By PBS News Hour Oil prices have been dropping since the industry’s boom in 2014, and with that decline comes economic uncertainty for oil towns like Dickinson, North Dakota. Over 180 rigs drilled at the nearby Bakken oil field two years ago; only 27… Continue watching