Jan 30 How do you count a city's homeless population? You walk the streets By Colleen Shalby Nearly 300 volunteers have until 2 a.m. to find and survey every homeless person they can find on the streets of Washington, D.C. It’s part of Department of Housing and Urban Development's annual point-in-time count of the homeless. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch 3:44 How do you count the homeless population in one night? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 30 Census Bureau may count Arab-Americans for the first time in 2020 By Jeff Karoub, Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau will test the new Middle East-North Africa (MENA) classification for possible inclusion on the 2020 Census if it gets enough positive feedback about the proposed change by Sunday, when the public comment period ends. Continue reading
Jan 30 NFL says player concussions are declining By William Brangham According to an announcement made in Phoenix yesterday, concussions fell 25 percent this season compared to last year,… Continue reading
Jan 30 On the eve of the Super Bowl, an illegal bookie tells all By Simone Pathe Think you know who's going to win the Super Bowl? There are guys who know more than you do about sports, and they're looking to trap you. They're bookies. Making Sen$e talked to one about the business -- and about… Continue reading
Jan 30 'Radical Brownies' allows girls of color to address injustice By Eric Krupke Girls can earn a radical beauty badge, a food justice badge, and a radical self-love badge, among others. Continue reading
Jan 30 America's burger renaissance evident with Shake Shack IPO By Ruth Tam The "modern day 'roadside' burger stand" that started in New York is now global. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 52:31 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 29, 2015 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, a new study suggests that keeping juvenile offenders out of jail could reduce crime rates. Also: The disappearance of a Malaysian jetliner is declared an accident, pros and cons of a nuclear deal with Iran, proposed… Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch 9:02 Bookies bank on sports fans who bet with their hearts By PBS News Hour Economics correspondent Paul Solman visits Las Vegas, the global epicenter of sports gambling, to learn how research and analytics separates the sports betting pros from the average joes. Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch 7:15 'American Sniper' provokes debate on Iraq, depictions of war By PBS News Hour "American Sniper" has been nominated for six Academy Awards and is on track to be the biggest box-office war film ever. But the drama based on the life of a late Navy Seal, said to be the most lethal sharpshooter… Continue watching