Jan 08 Watch 7:56 Will 'Fire and Fury' split the Republican Party? By PBS News Hour How did Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury” gain traction and did it affect the Republican Party? What are the chances of an Oprah Winfrey presidential run? Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR talk… Continue watching
Jan 08 Does sexual harassment training work? By Rhana Natour Will companies respond to the #MeToo movement by pouring more money into trainings or will they focus on developing other solutions?… Continue reading
Jan 08 U.S. to end protections for Salvadoran immigrants By Zeke Miller and Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The Trump administration faces a Monday deadline on whether to extend protections that would allow nearly 200,000 Salvadorans to stay in the U.S. legally. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch 4:30 New federal guidance raises questions for legal marijuana By PBS NewsHour California this week joined a growing list of states and the District of Columbia where it is now legal to sell marijuana. But on Thursday Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded an Obama-era policy that discouraged federal prosecutors from bringing charges… Continue watching
Jan 07 Told their treehouse must go, owners appeal to Supreme Court By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press Local authorities are fighting a Florida couple who constructed a treehouse on their property overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. But unless the Supreme Court intervenes, the treehouse must be torn down. Continue reading
Jan 07 'These conversations are not comfortable' -- How colleges can address racial inequality By Corinne Segal, Ivette Feliciano Months after Evergreen State College became the center of a national debate on race and education, one woman is working to build a more inclusive culture there. Continue reading
Jan 07 Water fight between Florida, Georgia lands at Supreme Court By Gary Fineout and Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court hears argument Monday in the long-running dispute between Florida and neighboring Georgia over the flow of water in the Apalachicola River. Continue reading
Jan 06 John Young, NASA's longest serving astronaut, dies at 87 By Michael D. Regan Young was a vanguard of NASA's space program in a career that spanned more than four decades during which he walked on the moon, commanded the first space shuttle flight and became the only astronaut to enter space as part… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 10:41 Boston trains women to negotiate in an effort to close the wage gap By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman Equal wage laws have been on the books in the U.S. since the 1960s, but women still earn about 80 cents for every dollar that men earn, with black and Hispanic women earning even less. While federal efforts to close… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 3:32 Trump's short-lived voting fraud commission had no impact on election laws By PBS News Hour President Trump this week dissolved the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, a body that was supposed to root out and prevent suspected voter fraud after Trump’s unverified claim that “millions of people who voted illegally” cost him the popular… Continue watching