Dec 20 Watch 6:31 After Flint's lead crisis, the 'most important medication' for kids is education By PBS News Hour There is a well-established link between lead exposure and learning disabilities, but early childhood education has been shown to counteract the effects. In Flint, Michigan, where the youngest residents have been the most vulnerable to lead poisoning, the city has… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 5:27 Worries about access fuel women's rush to get contraception By PBS News Hour In the immediate aftermath of the election, concerns about access to birth control have spiked. For many women, there’s a fear that the incoming Trump administration will repeal the Affordable Care Act, and with it, access to free contraception. Lisa… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 5:47 Inside Obama's final push to transfer Guantanamo detainees By PBS News Hour According to a New York Times report, the Obama administration has notified Congress of its plans to transfer more than a dozen of the 59 prisoners who remain at the Guantanamo Bay detention center before President-elect Trump takes office. Charlie… Continue watching
Dec 20 Obama bans future oil, gas leasing in areas of Arctic and Atlantic oceans By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The move helps put some finishing touches on Obama's environmental legacy while also testing President-elect Donald Trump's promise to unleash the nation's untapped energy reserves. Continue reading
Dec 20 D.C. Council passes one of the nation's most generous paid family leave bills By Alison Thoet With Tuesday’s vote, the paid leave program will be funded by a new business tax that would raise $250 million a year to cover costs. Continue reading
Dec 20 'Flint deserves better'; four more charged in ongoing Flint water investigation By Joshua Barajas Video by PBS NewsHour Four former Flint, Michigan leaders, including two emergency managers, now face felony charges for their involvement in the city's water crisis, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced today. In a news conference Tuesday, Schuette said a… Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 54:25 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 19, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, a truck plows into a Christmas market in Berlin, killing and wounding shoppers. Also: Evacuations resume in Eastern Aleppo, protests greet the Electoral College, Politics Monday on today's political significance, a memorial for victims of lynching… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch News Wrap: Electoral College confirms election of Donald Trump By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the Electoral College confirmed Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential race. Mr. Trump was on track for 304 electoral votes, losing two defectors in Texas. Hillary Clinton lost four in Washington state. Also, state legislators… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch 7:46 Lynching memorial aims to help U.S. acknowledge a history of terror By PBS News Hour Lynchings -- unlawful executions used to terrorise and subdue black communities into passivity -- are perhaps one of the least discussed legacies of slavery and the Jim Crow South. A new memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, will commemorate victims of these… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch 9:19 How Bruce Springsteen tackles truth, in song and memoir By PBS News Hour Continue watching