Sep 14 Watch 10:17 Uncovering the problem of forced marriage in the U.S. By PBS News Hour She was never verbally or physically threatened or restrained. But at age 19, Nina Van Harn felt like she couldn’t say no when she was expected to marry a man chosen by her family. And she is not alone in… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 6:08 How Uber is helping steer the future of self-driving cars By PBS News Hour Uber released its first fleet of self-driving cars in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. For now, they are also equipped with a human technician. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Alex Davies of Wired Magazine -- a journalist who took a ride in one… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 2:28 300 years old and this lighthouse is still a keeper By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, we visit the nation’s first lighthouse, which opened off Boston’s coast 300 years ago. Today, the lighthouse keeper is Sally Snowman, the first woman in a long list of caretakers. She describes… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 6:29 Inmates get a ‘second chance’ at federal grants for higher ed under experimental program By PBS News Hour In a pilot project announced this summer, the Department of Education will partner with dozens of colleges to provide higher education to prisoners who can't afford to pay; eligible inmates will be able to apply for federal grants under the… Continue watching
Sep 14 Twitter chat: Forced marriage in the U.S.? It happens here By Jaclyn Diaz When it comes to forced marriage and child marriage, few think of the United States. But in a new two-part series airing this week, PBS NewsHour special correspondent Gayle Tzemach Lemmon reports the stories of several women in the United… Continue reading
Sep 14 300 years on, America’s first lighthouse shines over Boston By Julia Griffin The original tower was blown up in an incident during the Revolutionary War and was rebuilt by the newly-formed United States in 1783. Continue reading
Sep 14 Obama administration sets goal to take in 110,000 refugees next year By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The United States will strive to take in 110,000 refugees from around the world in the coming year, the White House said Wednesday. Continue reading
Sep 14 Chelsea Manning will receive gender affirmation surgery, Army says By Corinne Segal The U.S. Army has told Chelsea Manning she will be permitted to receive gender affirmation surgery, ending a hunger strike that she began last week. Continue reading
Sep 14 As economy rebounds, state funding for higher education isn’t bouncing back By Luba Ostashevsky, The Hechinger Report Unlike after previous recessions, public higher-education spending is stubbornly down. And in some states, a bigger and bigger share of what they do spend on public universities and colleges is going to such things as employee pensions, not instruction. Continue reading
Sep 14 CDC deploys new rapid response teams to fight Zika By Virginia Anderson, Kaiser Health News ATLANTA — It was a call that public health officials were dreading, but for which they had prepared. Continue reading