Aug 18 Column: I'm a young, black female, and I may not vote in this presidential election By Arielle Newton On paper, I'm a progressive candidate's ideal. I'm a 23-year-old, black, queer, college-educated woman who is drowning in more than $160,000 of undergraduate student loan debt. I fervently believe in unlimited access to reproductive healthcare, despise corporate welfare, and consider… Continue reading
Aug 18 Obama administration approves Arctic drilling ahead of president's visit to Alaska By Kevin Freking, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's approval of the final permit to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean clashes with the message President Barack Obama will deliver when he visits Alaska to emphasize the dangers of climate change, some environmental… Continue reading
Aug 18 First 2 women set to graduate from Army Ranger School By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Two women have passed the Army's Ranger School, becoming the first females to complete the grueling combat training program and earn the right to wear Ranger tabs on their uniforms. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch 54:32 PBS NewsHour full episode August 17, 2015 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, more than a dozen presidential candidates meet at the Iowa State Fair. Also: A toxic spill at a gold mine in Colorado affects life downstream, what the growing cost of medicines means for corporate health care… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch 0:39 Remembering an ordinary superhero in the lives of sick kids By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, we mark the passing of an everyday hero. Maryland businessman Lenny Robinson used his love of Batman to bring joy to sick children. Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch 6:13 Toxic spill causes hardship for the Navajo farmers and ranchers downstream By PBS News Hour It's been nearly two weeks since an EPA accident at a defunct Colorado mine fouled rivers in multiple states, and among the hardest hit residents are the Navajos. Special correspondent Kathleen McCleery reports from New Mexico. Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch 6:31 Are Iowa voters having a summer romance with Sanders and Trump? By PBS News Hour This year at the Iowa Fair, there was the usual celebration of corn, butter and pork, and then there were the tell-tale signs of an election year: the governors and senators, the legacy candidates, the outliers and the upstarts. Gwen… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch 6:18 How the growing cost of drugs might affect your employer's health plan By PBS News Hour More than half of large U.S. employers will more tightly manage their employees' use of prescription drugs next year, according to a new survey. The increased expenses from costly drugs threaten to push some employer health care plans over a… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch Why poor students drop out even when financial aid covers the cost By PBS News Hour Among the many students heading off to college this fall, those from wealthier backgrounds are far more likely to graduate after four years. Hari Sreenivasan takes a look at why that occurs, and what one university is doing to combat… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch 7:31 Why the electability equation isn't yet on voters' minds By PBS News Hour Are the summer surges enjoyed by Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders a sign of real political momentum, or just a passing fancy for voters? Judy Woodruff talks with Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of… Continue watching