May 08 Watch 9:08 Why thousands of students are seeing Broadway smash ‘Hamilton’ By Saskia de Melker, Melanie Saltzman This spring, 20,000 public high school students from low-income neighborhoods in New York City will get the opportunity to see “Hamilton,” the Broadway smash hit nominated this week for a record 16 Tony Awards. Students can see the show as… Continue watching
May 06 Watch 53:23 PBS NewsHour full episode May 6, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, some major Republicans reject Donald Trump’s overtures for unity as President Obama weighs in on the GOP nominee. Also: Thousands flee as Alberta wildfire continues to spread, why Puerto Rico is on the brink of financial… Continue watching
May 06 Watch 4:25 News Wrap: U.S. job growth lower than expected By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the latest numbers from the Department of Labor show that the U.S. economy added 160,000 jobs in April, short of the 215,000 many economists predicted, while unemployment remained flat at five percent. Also, early reports… Continue watching
May 06 Watch 8:24 Puerto Rican economic disaster leaves residents struggling By PBS News Hour For years, the Puerto Rican economy has been in decline, and the U.S. territory is now on the brink of disaster, with $72 billion of overall debt and an unemployment rate twice that of the mainland. As the island’s government… Continue watching
May 06 Column: Don’t be fooled. CO2 emissions still tied to economic growth By Robert Stavins The carbon intensity of many economies continues to fall. But don’t be fooled. Economic growth does affect CO2 emissions. Continue reading
May 06 Job gains fall short, but wages see upswing By Kristen Doerer The U.S. economy added 160,000 jobs in April, and the unemployment rate remained at 5 percent. Continue reading
May 05 Watch 7:36 How a low-cost airline cashed in on cheap flights to paradise By PBS News Hour Sometimes called "the Southwest Airlines of Europe," Norwegian Airlines makes a profit even though it undercuts prices of U.S. and foreign competitors. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports from the islands of Guadeloupe on how the low-cost airline took a risk… Continue watching
May 05 For transgender people in North Carolina, it’s about more than bathrooms By Roben Farzad Last month, North Carolina’s state legislature passed HB2 -- a controversial bill that requires transgender people to use the bathroom correlated with the gender on their birth certificate and excludes gay and transgender people from anti-discrimination protections. Read how two… Continue reading
May 05 Column: In Brazil, finding opportunity in deepening crisis By Vikram Mansharamani Brazil is suffering from a toxic cocktail of economic, political and public health crises. Once hailed as a beacon of emerging market growth, the country now wallows in pessimism. Continue reading
May 04 Column: ‘Mainstream America’ doesn’t actually exist By Gerald Jaynes "Mainstream America" is a flawed, dangerous idea. Continue reading