Jun 21 Can you guess how many Americans have absolutely no savings at all? By Kristen Doerer, Paul Solman Sixty-six million Americans have zero dollars saved for an emergency expense -- zero -- and 28 percent have only six months worth of savings, according to a new report by Bankrate. Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch 5:40 Tough times for U.S. towns powered by fossil fuel energy jobs By PBS News Hour Plummeting fuel prices are usually considered a good thing, but in rural Wyoming -- where fossil fuels like coal employ 10 percent of the state’s private sector workforce -- they can spell disaster. For the people of Gillette, dropping coal… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch 51:30 PBS NewsHour full episode June 20, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, the debate over gun control takes center stage on Capitol Hill. Also: The battle for Fallujah leaves tens of thousands stranded in the desert, Amy Walter and Tamara Keith talk politics, how rural Wyoming is struggling… Continue watching
Jun 20 The science behind why power corrupts and what can be done to mitigate it By Dacher Keltner We gain power by advancing the welfare of other people, and yet, when we feel powerful, we lose those very skills that got us there and take more than our fair share. Continue reading
Jun 19 Oil bust leaves states with massive well cleanup By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press The worst oil bust since the 1980s is putting Texas and other oil producing states on the hook for thousands of newly abandoned drilling sites. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 24:50 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 18, 2016 By Michael D. Regan On Saturday's edition of PBS NewsHour Weekend, victims of last week's mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub are laid to rest and fears in Belgium over an imminent terrorist attack leads to charges against three people in the country. Later,… Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch 9:01 World's largest Syrian refugee camp has developed its own economy By PBS News Hour Zataari in Jordan, the largest Syrian refugee camp in the world with 80,000 people, was supposed to provide temporary housing when the government and United Nations opened it in 2012. But since residents have not been able to leave, they… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch 52:37 PBS NewsHour full episode June 17, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, why a group of State Department officials thinks the United States is mishandling the Syrian Civil War. Also: Brazil struggles with toxic water as the Olympics draw near, experts say the economic cost of Brexit may… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch 7:15 Is the economic cost of Brexit too great? By PBS News Hour With a British referendum looming over whether to leave the European Union, many in favor of staying cite cultural and altruistic reasons. But according to some, including Prime Minister David Cameron, Brexit would also have severe economic consequences, including massive… Continue watching
Jun 17 The case for Britain to stay in the EU By Paul Solman Britain's European Union memebership benefits not only its economy, but its labor standards too. Continue reading