Sep 12 The shortage of non-white professors is a self-perpetuating problem By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report People in doctoral pipelines to university jobs are disproportionately white, making black educators hard to come by. Continue reading
Sep 12 Mosque of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen set on fire By Harry Zahn The St. Lucie County sheriff’s office in Florida said the individual in the video was a white or Hispanic male who arrived at the mosque on a motorcycle and was “carrying paper and a bottle of some type of liquid.”… Continue reading
Sep 12 Worsening highway traffic slows down paid express lanes By Rebecca Beitsch, Stateline But as Americans drive more miles than ever before, express lanes are facing a challenge: they are too popular. So many drivers of all kinds are using the lanes that it is increasingly difficult for transportation officials to keep them… Continue reading
Sep 12 13 percent of U.S. reports household hunger. How do teens cope? By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News Researchers asked teens how they cope with hunger in their communities and the barriers preventing them from accessing food assistance programs. They discovered many teens shrink from seeking help for fear of being stigmatized. Continue reading
Sep 12 Hillary Clinton, and what you need to know about pneumonia By Helen Branswell, STAT Here’s what you need to know about pneumonia. Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch 2:58 After 9/11, Americans ‘summoned strength to carry on,’ Obama says By PBS News Hour Fifteen years ago, the U.S. faced the worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor. In New York, family members read the names of the victims at a ceremony marking the anniversary, while Obama spoke at the Pentagon. Watch some… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch 4:22 Looking beyond the polls in this year’s election By PBS News Hour Most national polls show Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton maintaining a lead over Republican Donald Trump. But with 57 days left, and a number of factors influencing the election, what comes next? NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Alison… Continue watching
Sep 11 CIA Director John Brennan warns of Russian hacking By Associated Press CIA Director John Brennan warned on Sunday that Russia has "exceptionally capable and sophisticated" computer capabilities and that the U.S. must be on guard. Continue reading
Sep 11 Meet the Native Americans fighting against the North Dakota pipeline By News Desk One man told the NewsHour he had never seen a greater assembly of Native Americans than at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch Fifteen years after 9/11, illnesses compound for first responders By Sam Weber, Laura Fong Tens of thousands of people who worked at ground zero are still coping with the long-term health effects from the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. 15 years after the attack, doctors and researchers continue to study the connection between… Continue watching