Jun 30 CIA's failure to hire and promote diverse agents erodes spy agency's mission, study finds By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press The CIA is failing to hire and promote sufficient numbers of minorities despite years of vowing to do so, Director John Brennan said Tuesday, as he announced a new effort to tackle the problem of a largely white workforce whose… Continue reading
Jun 30 Is the secret of happiness contained in this Danish word? By Megan Crigger Denmark ranks extremely high in work-life balance. Understanding the Danish concept of “hygge” may explain why. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 54:47 PBS NewsHour full episode June 29, 2015 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, banks and markets closed in Greece to prevent an economic collapse with one day left in its bailout period. Also: Supreme Court decisions on mercury pollution and the death penalty, the week ahead in politics, U.S. Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 4:43 World Cup match against Germany will test U.S. Women's team By PBS News Hour Four teams are left as the Women's World Cup nears its climax. Germany, the number one team in the world, will face off against the U.S., the team with the top defense currently. Jeffrey Brown learns more about the matchup… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 7:17 Why GOP candidates will be talking about the Supreme Court on the campaign trail By PBS News Hour Judy Woodruff talks to Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR about Republican reactions to the Supreme Court rulings on Obamacare and same-sex marriage, plus a look at new presidential candidate Gov. Bobby… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 7:36 What the Supreme Court's mercury ruling means for the EPA By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency in a case on how federal regulators set limits on mercury emitted from power plants, finding that the EPA failed to take economic costs into account. Jeffrey Brown examines the implications… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 6:44 News Wrap: Puerto Rico struggles with $72 billion in debt By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Puerto Rico’s governor warned the island can’t pay its debt, and hopes to defer payments as it negotiates. Also, Louisiana and Mississippi ended holdouts on issuing same-sex marriage licenses in the wake of the Supreme… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 5:28 Artists who have lived on the street get space to create By PBS News Hour In Denver, the RedLine gallery reaches out to people who have experienced homelessness to offer them an accessible artistic outlet. In their own words, some of the Reach Studio artists talk about how the program has transformed their lives. Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 6:40 Supreme Court ends term with rulings on EPA, voter redistricting and lethal injection By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court ended a dramatic session with high-profile rulings on three issues: how the EPA regulates air pollution, how to map voting lines and the death penalty by lethal injection. Judy Woodruff learns more from Marcia Coyle of The… Continue watching
Jun 29 The great PBS NewsHour work-life balance experiment By PBS News Hour It all came about after a flurry of late-night emails made our phones buzz on our nightstands. Our wives, partners, pets and children woke up, cranky. We determined, it was time to address the “life” part of our work-life balance. Continue reading