Jun 24 Watch 9:49 Private prisons help with overcrowding, but at what cost? By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green, Sam Weber The Obama administration last year announced it would phase out privately-run prisons, citing little benefits to public safety and higher rates of assault and violence on the inside. The Trump administration reversed that decision while pointing to potential increases in… Continue watching
Jun 24 Big cases, retirement rumors as Supreme Court nears finish By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Supreme Court action is expected on the Trump administration's travel ban and in a separation of church and state case that arises from a Missouri church playground. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 3:45 Will a new law hold the VA more accountable? By PBS News Hour President Trump signed a bipartisan-backed law yesterday aimed at improving the Veterans Administration, which has been criticized for its quality of care. The law creates a new VA accountability office and makes it easier for the VA to fire employees. Continue watching
Jun 24 This archive holds a history of LGBTQ trailblazers in Brooklyn By Corinne Segal From Oscar Wilde to choreographer and dancer Bill T. Jones, a look at when LGBTQ trailblazers brought their stories to Brooklyn. Continue reading
Jun 24 Five GOP senators now oppose health care bill as written By Alan Fram and Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press Nevada Republican Dean Heller became the fifth GOP senator to declare his opposition to the party's banner legislation to scuttle much of Barack Obama's health care overhaul on Friday. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch 6:55 Rebuilding a Chicago neighborhood by forging connections to the Muslim community By PBS News Hour The South Side of Chicago has long been plagued with some of the highest crime rates in the nation, but a man of faith is trying to transform the area by focusing on the everyday needs of those who live… Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch 8:40 Rev. William Barber is building a new 'moral movement' to reach people on race By PBS News Hour Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault speaks with Reverend William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, co-authors of “The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear,” about what it takes to tackle America’s racial divide. Continue watching
Jun 23 Three high-profile police shooting trials ended this past week. Here's what happened By Joshua Barajas Here's a look at what happened in those trials and in other major police shooting cases, as well as what's next for the families of the victims and the officers involved. Continue reading
Jun 23 Military chiefs want 6-month delay on transgender enlistment By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Military leaders want to review how transgender troops are treated, if they're discriminated against or have had disciplinary problems, the officials said. Continue reading
Jun 23 Second mistrial declared in Ohio officer's fatal shooting of Sam DuBose By Joshua Barajas An Ohio judge declared a mistrial Friday in the retrial of a former University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot Samuel DuBose in July 2015 during a traffic stop after his vehicle was flagged for a missing license plate. Continue reading