Jul 02 Watch 24:55 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 2, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, July 2, ISIS claims responsibility for a terrorist attack in Bangladesh that killed at least 20 people. Later, immigrants in the American heartland are keeping rural businesses afloat. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York. Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch 5:01 South Dakota town embraces new immigrants vital to meat industry By PBS News Hour As rural America sees its populations shrink, one town in South Dakota is embracing new communities, including Karen people, an ethnic minority from Myanmar. Home to Dakota Provisions - a turkey processing plant that produces 200 million pounds of turkey… Continue watching
Jul 01 What people not from Detroit need to know about Detroit By Kristen Doerer "When people come to Detroit they see Detroit as a blank canvas and a blank slate....But that’s not true," says Aaron Foley, author of “How To Live In Detroit Without Being A Jackass.”… Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 52:28 PBS NewsHour full episode June 30, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, the Pentagon lifts the ban to allow transgender people to openly serve in the armed forces. Also: Identifying the Istanbul airport bombers, Samantha Power on our perception of refugees, a luxury company brings manufacturing back to… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch How Shinola Turned Detroit Into a Luxury Brand By PBS News Hour When it comes to luxury items, consumer minds are likely to think about some of the world’s fashion meccas. Think Paris. Milan. New York. But Detroit? One growing company would like to think so. With its line of watches, bikes,… Continue watching
Jun 30 How a luxury watch and bicycle company became part of Detroit's revitalization By Kristen Doerer In recent years, a revitalization has taken place in “midtown” Detroit, and businesses, like luxury watch and bicycle company Shinola, have made Detroit their home. Continue reading
Jun 30 Column: Why the Fed should print more money, not less By Paul Solman In the current economic environment, central banks certainly should create new money -- not only to shore up the world banking system short-term in a time of tremulous uncertainty, but more importantly, in order to make necessary investments. Continue reading
Jun 30 Column: What's behind these big merger deal busts? By Ben Gomes-Casseres Anti-trust authorities have been active of late: several big merger deals have been stopped dead in their tracks. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 2:56 News Wrap: Obama warns against Trump isolationism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 29 Column: The monetary bubble to end all bubbles is coming By Terry Burnham The world’s central banks are likely to vastly increase their money creation, resulting in the biggest monetary bubble ever, with perhaps $100 trillion more new money on its way into the global economy, predicts economist Terry Burnham. Continue reading