Dec 10 Second season of ‘Serial’ is released, tells Bowe Bergdahl’s story By Corinne Segal The second season of "Serial" is here, and its first episode confirms it: the team will address the story of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 53:44 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 9, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, a look at how Republican leaders are distancing themselves from party frontrunner Donald Trump. Also: Affirmative Action returns to the Supreme Court, a look at the accuracy of polls and what we should read into them,… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch 10:06 What’s different about the latest challenge to affirmative action? By PBS News Hour Should race be a consideration in college admissions? For the second time in three years, the Supreme Court justices are considering the constitutionality of that question. Gwen Ifill examines the opposing viewpoints with Richard Kahlenberg of the Century Foundation and… Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch News Wrap: Planned Parenthood attacker shouts ‘I’m guilty’ in court By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Robert Lewis Dear, the man accused of attacking a Planned Parenthood clinic, blurted out that he's guilty during a court hearing. Also, the San Bernardino shooters talked of violence as far back as 2013, according… Continue watching
Dec 09 FBI: California shooters radicalized at least 2 years ago By Eric Tucker and Asif Shahzad, Associated Press The two San Bernardino shooters were radicalized at least two years ago — a year before one of them came to the U.S. on a fiancée visa — and discussed jihad and martyrdom as early as 2013, FBI Director James… Continue reading
Dec 09 Supreme Court torn over Texas affirmative action program By Mark Sherman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears torn over the use of race in college admissions and may not be ready to make a decision without more information. Continue reading
Dec 09 North Face co-founder Douglas Tompkins dies while kayaking in Chile By News Desk American millionaire businessman and conservationist Douglas Tompkins died Tuesday from severe hypothermia after his kayak capsized in a lake in southern Chile. Continue reading
Dec 09 Time champions German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its Person of the Year By Larisa Epatko Time magazine named German Chancellor Angela Merkel its Person of the Year on Wednesday, calling her “Chancellor of the Free World” in an article that traced her success back to her upbringing in East Germany. Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch Supreme Court mulls representation in ‘one person, one vote’ case By PBS News Hour Who should be counted when states divvy up their territory for representation: all residents or only those who can vote? The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday involving the very nuts and bolts of how American democracy works. Marcia Coyle… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 11:00 Are politics of fear driving anti-Muslim sentiment? By PBS News Hour The threat of attacks at home can drive divisive and dangerous rhetoric. How do we keep our fear in check? Gwen Ifill explores that question with Ronald Brownstein of The Atlantic, Dalia Mogahed of the Institute for Social Policy and… Continue watching