Feb 13 Watch Closing the Gap: Sen. Tim Scott on fighting poverty by offering 'cafeteria plan' of educational choices By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch In 'second machine age' of robots, it's time for humans to get creative By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch Possible unionization by Volkswagen auto workers spurs political backlash in Tennessee By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch How will regulators see the Comcast-Time Warner deal? By PBS News Hour Comcast is making a bid to buy Time Warner for $45 billion. If approved, Comcast will extend its geographic reach and control nearly 30 percent of all paid cable subscribers in the United States. Gwen Ifill learns more about the… Continue watching
Feb 13 Are robots outsmarting us? By Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee Robots are no longer futuristic. They’re driving our cars, beating us at Jeopardy, and as software, booking our travel tickets. Leading the second machine age, they're not just automating manual labor anymore; they're giving our cognitive function a run for… Continue reading
Feb 13 Comcast set to acquire Time Warner Cable for $45 billion By Joshua Barajas Comcast announced Thursday its plans to acquire Time Warner Cable in a $45.2 billion deal that would merge the top two U.S. cable operators. Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch News Wrap: House votes to raise debt ceiling without conditions By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, House Republicans gave up the hope of adding a provision on military pensions to legislation that would raise the debt ceiling. Also, in her first public comments as the chair of the Federal Reserve, Janet… Continue watching
Feb 11 Creator of popular 'Flappy Bird' discontinues game By Ruth Tam Not many people choose to walk away from a fortune. But that’s exactly what Dong Nguyen, 29, did as the creator of the notoriously difficult but immensely popular smartphone game “Flappy Bird.” “Flappy Bird,” which appears as a throwback to… Continue reading
Feb 10 How Social Security could affect your eligibility for food stamps or other public assistance By Laurence Kotlikoff Public assistance recipients are required to apply for all other types of benefits for which they may be eligible, including Social Security. If their Social Security benefits exceed a certain amount, that could affect their eligibility for other forms of… Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch Erosion of middle class buying power hits familiar brands By PBS News Hour Continue watching