May 17 Watch 6:17 Urban League calls for $1 trillion ‘Marshall Plan’ to address persistent disparities between the races By PBS News Hour The title of the Urban League’s 40th annual "State of Black America" report is as stark as some of its numbers: "Locked Out: Education, Jobs & Justice." While much has changed, the report finds disparities between blacks and whites have… Continue watching
May 17 Watch 8:48 Do call it a comeback — how the checkerspot butterfly found salvation in a women’s prison By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 17 Watch 7:54 Teaching ‘different is OK’ to combat Islamophobia in U.S. schools By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 17 Watch 54:09 PBS NewsHour full episode May 17, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, a string of deadly terror attacks leave Baghdad reeling. Also: A fight at Nevada’s Democratic convention between Clinton and Sanders loyalists may signal a greater divide, when education and Islamophobia collide, a look at the state… Continue watching
May 17 Watch 5:03 News Wrap: The Senate advances measure to let 9/11 families sue Saudi Arabia By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the Senate passed legislation opposed by the White House that would let the families of 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia’s government for alleged complicity in the 2001 terror attacks. Also, the NTSB found operator error… Continue watching
May 17 Watch 8:35 Six months in, new Episcopal church leader reflects on church challenges By PBS News Hour Last November, the Most Reverend Michael Curry became presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, one of the oldest Christian denominations in the U.S. Curry’s ascension comes at a time of crisis and change, and the church, like most mainline Protestant… Continue watching
May 17 Watch 2:54 ISIS bomb attacks in Baghdad a new challenge for Iraq’s military By PBS News Hour Islamic State fighters unleashed a new wave of bombings Tuesday in Baghdad, attacks that have turned the Iraqi capital into a killing field. The casualties -- at least 200 civilians dead in the last week alone -- have put a… Continue watching
May 17 GMO foods pose greater risk to agriculture than human health, experts say By Dominique Bonessi Following a review of almost 900 studies, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reported today that genetically modified organisms -- GMOs -- pose no more of a health risk than traditionally bred crops. Continue reading
May 17 Segregation of black, Hispanic students on the rise, report finds By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Six decades after the Supreme Court outlawed separating students by race, stubborn disparities persist in how the country educates its poor and minority children. Continue reading
May 17 HIV rates soar among men who have sex with men in Southern states, D.C. By Helen Branswell, STAT Rates of HIV infection among men who have sex with men are highest in six Southern states and the District of Columbia, according to a new analysis, conducted by researchers at Emory University. Continue reading