Sep 01 Watch 6:57 Georgetown University tries to make amends for profiting from slavery By PBS News Hour Georgetown University is taking an unprecedented step to respond to and apologize for its ties to slavery. The university will give special preference to applicants who are descendants of Georgetown’s slaves, plans to rename a building in honor of one… Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch 3:09 News Wrap: Florida prepares for first hurricane since 2005 By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, residents along Florida’s Gulf Coast are bracing for a direct hit by Hurricane Hermine, the first to make landfall there in 11 years. Early rain has already caused minor flooding. Also, California state lawmakers voted… Continue watching
Sep 01 35 years after shooting Reagan, Hinckley to be released next week By Dan Cooney John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Ronald Reagan 35 years ago will be released to his mother’s home in Virginia on Sept. 10, his attorney said Thursday. Continue reading
Sep 01 Milwaukee’s problems span decades, but solutions divide generations By Kenya Downs The latest uprising in Milwaukee highlights a generational divide on solutions to decades of discrimination and police violence. Continue reading
Sep 01 SpaceX rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral, $195 million satellite destroyed By Nsikan Akpan No casualties were reported after a SpaceX rockets exploded Thursday morning at Cape Canaveral. Continue reading
Sep 01 Mylan’s generic EpiPen — a price break or marketing maneuver? By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Following weeks of criticism, Mylan said Monday it will offer a generic version of its life-saving allergy treatment, the EpiPen. But what does this development mean for consumers and the marketplace?… Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 53:48 PBS NewsHour full episode Aug. 31, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, Donald Trump makes a surprise visit to meet with the president of Mexico ahead of a major speech on immigration. Also: A portrait of life on the U.S.-Mexico border, the controversy surrounding filmmaker Nate Parker, college… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 6:09 An author’s eulogy for ‘White Christian America’ By PBS News Hour The demographic makeup of America is undergoing a visible change, and with it, America’s culture -- dominated by white Christian culture -- and American power structures are shifting, too. That’s the premise of Robert Jones’ new book, “The End of… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 3:47 News Wrap: McCain, Rubio win their primaries By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Republican Senators John McCain and Marco Rubio sailed past their primary election opponents ahead of tough general election contests. Also, for the first time in more than 50 years, a U.S. commercial flight landed in… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 5:33 What people on the border think about building a bigger fence By PBS News Hour Donald Trump’s talk of building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico has been one of the most-repeated tropes of his campaign. Currently, there stands a 652-mile-long wall running across the almost 2,000 mile border. It stretches not just along… Continue watching