Nov 23 Watch 5:18 Campsites in San Diego are providing shelter for homeless families in need By PBS News Hour Campsites in San Diego are providing shelter to hundreds of people and their families in a difficult spot. The Alpha Project manages campsites that currently house 200 of San Diego’s homeless, and nearly a quarter of their residents are children. Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch 3:59 Houston needs rebuilding after Hurricane Harvey, but are there enough workers to do it? By PBS News Hour More than 30,000 homes were flooded after Hurricane Harvey tore through Houston earlier this year. Now, with residents working to rebuild their city, a lack of construction workers may hinder the process. And with the risk of deportation looming, many… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch 7:10 Why your Thanksgiving cranberries might be more trouble than they're worth for local growers By Paul Solman The price of cranberries has been sinking for more than five years due to overproduction. Families like the Rhodes, who own Edgewood Bogs in Massachusetts, are used to periodic cycles of oversupply and falling prices, but new bogs in western… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch 4:01 The real story behind the White House turkey pardon ceremony By Lisa Desjardins The presidential pardon is bestowed to one lucky turkey every year in November. But why has theatrical, annual tradition become part of our American holiday traditions? Lisa Desjardins has the answer. Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch 3:20 Kindness requires action, says entrepreneur and author Daniel Lubetzky By PBS News Hour Daniel Lubetzky, founder and CEO of the “Kind” snack company, believes kindness requires courage and action. After law school, Lubetzky founded a company to bring people of conflict regions together through business ventures, and it all started out with a… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch 2:18 Football fans in Iowa find a way to bring joy to young patients at a nearby hospital By Nsikan Akpan For some families at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, it’s easy to feel disconnected from the world outside. The Kohn family has spent more than 300 days in the children’s ward, while their young son waits for… Continue watching
Nov 23 Column: This Black Friday, do something different. Get outdoors By Richard Coolidge This year on Black Friday, take your dog for a walk, go on a hike, explore a beach, get out on the water, play a board game, spend time with those who matter. Continue reading
Nov 23 How advertising made turkey and cranberry sauce into Thanksgiving traditions By Samantha N. N. Cross, The Conversation At Thanksgiving, what makes turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie so special? This researcher and her colleagues studied 99 years of Thanksgiving ads in Good Housekeeping magazine to find out. Continue reading
Nov 23 Sessions orders review of background check system for guns By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday ordered a far-ranging review of the FBI database used to check the backgrounds of prospective gun buyers, after the Air Force failed to report the criminal history of the gunman who slaughtered… Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch 5:59 News Wrap: Former USA gymnastics doctor pleads guilty to sexual assault of 7 young athletes By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, former USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar pleads guilty to sexually assaulting seven young athletes. Four states investigate ride-sharing company Uber after reports that the company concealed a hack of 57 million users. And Lebanese Prime… Continue watching