Jun 18 Elizabeth Brackett taught me that a good story begins with people By Merrill Schwerin It’s hard to imagine anything ever slowing Elizabeth Brackett. In her more than two decades of work for the PBS NewsHour, she braved earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and presidential campaigns. She never yawned. She always pushed for more — more… Continue reading
Jun 18 Trump’s family separation policy starts dividing Republicans By Jill Colvin, Associated Press The emotional policy of separating children from their parents is also starting to divide Republicans and their allies as Democrats turn up the pressure. Continue reading
Jun 18 Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of immigrant children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of chips and large foil sheets… Continue reading
Jun 17 Elizabeth Brackett, longtime intrepid special correspondent for the NewsHour, dies at 76 By Patti Parson Brackett, who worked on and off as a midwest correspondent for the PBS NewsHour starting in 1984, died Sunday after a bicycle accident left her critically injured. She was 76. Continue reading
Jun 17 ‘Free our children now’ — On the U.S.-Mexico border, activists protest separation of immigrant families By Vivekae Kim As families around the country celebrated Father’s Day, immigration activists in Texas on Sunday held a march and vigil to draw attention to recent separations of immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch 6:16 ‘They didn’t let racism win’ — The story of an interracial couple on opposite sides of WWII By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green During World War II, Elinor Powell, an African American nurse, joined the racially segregated army in Jim Crow-era Arizona. The discrimination she faced compounded after she fell in love with Frederick Albert, a German prisoner of war to whom she… Continue watching
Jun 17 Erosion of immigrant protections began with Trump inaugural By Amy Taxin, Associated Press The Trump administration's move to separate immigrant parents from their children on the U.S.-Mexico border has grabbed attention around the world, drawn scorn from human-rights organizations and overtaken the immigration debate in Congress. Continue reading
Jun 17 DC’s public schools go from success story to cautionary tale By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press Washington's school system has gone from a point of pride to perhaps the largest public embarrassment of Mayor Muriel Bowser's tenure. Continue reading
Jun 17 How recycling more steel and aluminum could slash imports without a trade war By Daniel Cooper, The Conversation The U.S. could slash imports of these metals not by imposing duties but by boosting the reuse and recycling of old metal products. Continue reading
Jun 17 1 dead, 20 injured in New Jersey arts festival shooting By Mike Catalini, Associated Press An all-night arts and music festival turned deadly Sunday morning when gunfire erupted in a crowd, sending people stampeding and leaving one suspect dead and 20 people injured, authorities said. Continue reading