Jul 21 More children are in poverty today than before the Great Recession By Laura Santhanam, Megan Crigger Today, 22 percent of children live in poverty, up from 18 percent in 2008. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 54:01 PBS NewsHour full episode July 20, 2015 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, U.S. and Cuba officially normalized diplomatic relations after more than 50 years. Also: the week ahead in politics, illegal guns, gangs and summer violence on the streets of Chicago, a new boost for the search for… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 10:34 Gangs and guns fuel Chicago’s summer surge of violence By PBS News Hour In Chicago, the number of shooting deaths has climbed in 2015 after falling the last two years. Vonzell Banks was one of the victims -- a 17-year-old church choir drummer, who got caught in the crossfire during a family outing… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 7:45 Is Trump’s rapid rise headed for a reverse? By PBS News Hour Stuart Rothenberg of The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report and Susan Page of USA Today join Gwen Ifill to discuss the campaign disruption of Donald Trump, who offered controversial remarks about Sen. John McCain and religion over the weekend, plus… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 4:03 After five decades of hostility, what’s next for U.S. and Cuba By PBS News Hour Now that relations have been officially normalized, what’s next for diplomacy between Cuba and the United States? Judy Woodruff gets insight from María de los Angeles Torres of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 2:49 U.S. and Cuba restore relations with reopened embassies By PBS News Hour The Cuban Embassy in Washington, closed since 1961, reopened this morning, starting a new chapter in U.S.-Cuba relations. But sticking points remain, including Havana's demand for an end to a crippling trade embargo, and U.S. calls for Cuban democracy and… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 5:07 News Wrap: UN Security Council approves Iran nuclear deal By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to approve the Iran nuclear deal, setting the stage for the lifting of economic sanctions in return for limits on Tehran’s nuclear capabilities. Also, a suicide bombing at a… Continue watching
Jul 20 A Chicago ‘nightcrawler’ knows the city’s violence all too well By Chris Bury PBS NewsHour special correspondent Chris Bury reports on the uptick of deadly violence in Chicago. In the report, he introduces us to Paul “Pauley” Lapointe, a news photographer who has witnessed much of this violence, and who serves as a… Continue reading
Jul 20 Why a Chicago church allowed us in to film a teenager’s funeral, and why that’s important By Dan Morris When we asked the Reverend Derail Smith if we could film the funeral of 17-year-old Vonzell Banks, he hesitated. But ultimately the circumstances outweighed such concerns. "People need to see what’s going on here," he said. Continue reading
Jul 20 Is urgent care always a lower-cost alternative to the emergency room? By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Sallyann Johnson considers herself a pretty savvy health care consumer. When she fell and injured her hands and wrists, she didn’t head for an expensive emergency room, choosing an urgent care clinic near her Milwaukee home instead. Continue reading