Apr 07 Watch 8:14 Anita Hill on the Thomas hearings, 25 years later: 'I would do it again' By PBS News Hour Twenty-five years ago, Anita Hill testified about sexual harassment from then-nominee Clarence Thomas. Now a new HBO film dramatizes the high-profile political battle that captured the nation’s attention and changed Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Hill joins Gwen Ifill to look… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 53:29 PBS NewsHour full episode April 7, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, Democratic candidates swap shots over qualifications. Also: The Obama administration takes steps to rein in big business, a Rust Belt town touts revitalization via refugees, questions emerge over U.S. involvement in Yemen’s civil war, Anita Hill… Continue watching
Apr 07 Why you should care about a multimillionaire CEO getting a year in prison By Lisa Desjardins Now that Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship has been convicted and sentenced for his role in violating federal mine safety laws, the story is not over. Here is why you should still care. Continue reading
Apr 07 Some states bypass Congress, create their own versions of the DREAM Act By Larry Gordon, The Hechinger Report While Congress remains deadlocked on a DREAM Act, some states welcome undocumented immigrants to public universities. Continue reading
Apr 07 First Syrian family from 'surge' resettlement program arrives in U.S. By Corinne Segal The first Syrian family to qualify for resettlement in the U.S. through a new "surge resettlement" program arrived in Kansas City, Missouri, late Wednesday night. Continue reading
Apr 07 Obama: GOP jeopardizing judicial integrity with Garland By Darlene Superville, Associated Press CHICAGO -- President Barack Obama accused Senate Republicans on Thursday of jeopardizing the "integrity of the judicial branch" by refusing to consider his "extraordinary" nominee to the Supreme Court. Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 9:01 These researchers don't just track the weather, they fly right into it By PBS News Hour When weather events like El Niño impose themselves, everybody on the planet feels it. Scientists are getting better at predicting El Niño, but there is still a lot they don't know amid an absence of data. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch 4:54 News Wrap: Pfizer, Allergan call off record merger By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and Irish rival Allergan abandoned a merger agreement after the Obama administration imposed rules to block the company from saving millions of dollars in taxes. Also, former coal executive Don Blankenship was… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch 5:08 Remembering Merle Haggard, outlaw legend of country music By PBS News Hour Merle Haggard rose to country music stardom singing about what he knew best: poverty, prison and heartache. He died Wednesday on his 79th birthday. William Brangham looks back at the singer's life. Continue watching
Apr 06 Ex-coal chief gets one year prison term for mine explosion By Dave Mistich and Ashton Marra, WVPB Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship has been sentenced to the maximum one year in prison and another year of supervised release for his role in a conspiracy at the company to skirt mine safety standards. Judge Irene Berger also… Continue reading