Jul 21 Watch 7:05 Why minority kids are being left behind by the economic recovery By PBS News Hour Child poverty is worse now than it was before the Great Recession, despite strides toward economic recovery. That's according to a new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which found that rates were most severe for African-American and Native… Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch 6:05 News Wrap: Obama likens Iran deal opposition to Iraq war push By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama invoked the drive to go to war with Iraq in describing why some politicians and pundits are fervent in their opposition to the Iran nuclear agreement. Also, a Jordanian uncle of the man… Continue watching
Jul 21 U.S. airstrike kills senior Khorasan Group leader in Syria By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press A U.S. airstrike in Syria has killed a key figure in a dangerous al-Qaida offshoot, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Muhsin al-Fadhli was killed in a July 8 air attack while traveling in a vehicle near Sarmada, Syria, Pentagon spokesman Capt. Continue reading
Jul 21 Here's what we know so far about Sandra Bland's death By Colleen Shalby The death of Sandra Bland -- a 28-year-old African-American woman from Naperville, Illinois-- is being treated as a murder investigation, Waller County’s district attorney Elton Mathis announced Monday night. Continue reading
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