May 08 Watch 3:56 The jobs market is slowly recovering, but not so much for women and women of color By PBS NewsHour While the economy is rebounding slowly and the U.S. is gradually adding more jobs 4.5 million women remain out of work compared with 3.7 million men. Valerie Wilson, director of race, ethnicity and economy at the Economic Policy Review joins… Continue watching
May 08 Major US pipeline halts operations after ransomware attack By Alan Suderman, Eric Tucker, Associated Press Colonial Pipeline did not say what was demanded or by whom, but ransomware attacks are typically carried out by criminal hackers who seize data and demand a large payment in order to release it. Continue reading
May 07 Watch 5:55 News Wrap: Harris appeals for Mexican cooperation on immigration In our news wrap Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris appealed for cooperation in a virtual meeting with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to curb the rise in migrants arriving at the U.S. border. Pfizer has started the application process… Continue watching
May 07 Watch 8:58 Why the latest jobs report was disappointing, and what it means for the economy By Lisa Desjardins, Diane Lincoln Estes, David Coles With millions of people still out of work during the pandemic, Friday's mediocre jobs report puzzled many analysts who expected hundreds of thousands more new jobs. Lisa Desjardins discusses its implications with Ellen Hughes Cromwick, a former chief economist at… Continue watching
May 07 Watch 6:10 How the US can address the ‘moment of crisis’ facing the AAPI community By Amna Nawaz, Alison Thoet Amna Nawaz speaks to Russell Jeung, a co-founder of the Stop AAPI Hate group and a professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University, about a growing and disturbing trend — a rise in hateful acts from slurs… Continue watching
May 07 Watch 3:46 Honoring 5 American lives lost to COVID-19 Each week, the PBS NewsHour pauses to remember five Americans lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and shares memories and highlights from their lives. Continue watching
May 07 Watch 6:02 Newton Minow’s concern for children transformed TV. Here’s what he’d still change 60 years ago this Sunday — on May 9, 1961 — then Head of the FCC, Newton Minow, gave his first major speech, declaring U.S. television programming a "vast wasteland," because he saw the missed opportunities of what TV could… Continue watching
May 07 In surprise, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won’t seek a second term By Bill Barrow, Jeff Amy, Associated Press Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms confirmed Friday that she will not seek a second term, an election-year surprise that marks a sharp turnabout for the city's second Black woman executive. Continue reading
May 07 Biden administration allocates $21.6 billion in rental assistance By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press The administration on Friday also announced changes in the rental assistance program aimed at addressing criticism that the emergency support has not reached many renters who need the help. The additional aid is included in the $1.9 trillion relief package… Continue reading
May 06 Watch 5:05 India records 400,000 new infections for the second time during second wave In our news wrap Thursday, the COVID emergency is growing ever more desperate in India as new infections top 400,000 for a second time, with nearly 4,000 deaths in 24 hours. French President Emmanuel Macron voiced support for releasing COVID… Continue watching