Jan 19 Watch 9:30 Spotting the fakes among the five-star reviews By PBS News Hour Online reviews of businesses, from your corner coffee shop to your airport cab ride, are now ubiquitous. But fraudulent consumer reviews are also on the rise. Special correspondent Jackie Judd meets a fake review writer, as well as the people… Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch 6:21 Political divide on immigration reform looms over Nevada families By PBS News Hour In Nevada, the debate on immigration reform has consequences beyond the political. Facing a mixed bag of law and executive action, many live with the fear that their families will be divided by deportation. Gwen Ifill reports on personal stakes… Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch 5:32 Obama offers plan to raise taxes on ultra-rich, put more money in middle class pockets By PBS News Hour President Obama’s new tax code proposal calls for tax increases for higher-income earners and more tax benefits for low- and middle-income earners. Jeffrey Brown learns more from Neil Irwin of The New York Times about what the plan says about… Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch 5:31 Heightened anxiety and vigilance in U.K. after Paris attacks By PBS News Hour For the British people, the proximity of the Paris attacks seems to make the chance of another terror attack in their country more likely. How is the British government addressing the threat? Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner talks to… Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch 6:29 News Wrap: MLK Day inspires tributes, protests and service By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Americans observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day with marches celebrating the civil rights leader, as well as protests over the racial divide, police killings of people of color and income disparity. Also, Iran and Hezbollah… Continue watching
Jan 19 Elementary school students lend their small voices to King's big dream By Jordan Vesey In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., students from Washington, D.C.'s Watkins Elementary gathered Friday to celebrate what has become an annual tradition. Each year the fifth grade students study and reenact the "I have a Dream" speech the late… Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch 5:13 Elementary school students lend their small voices to King's big dream By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 19 Judy Woodruff to 'school' journalism students in Facebook chat By Nora Daly Join Judy Woodruff in this first in a series of Facebook chats for journalism students featuring PBS NewsHour journalists. Continue reading
Jan 19 The wealthiest are getting wealthier, and lobbying has a lot to do with it By Simone Pathe On the eve of the president's State of the Union address and the World Economic Forum, Oxfam is predicting a widening wealth gap and pointing a finger at the millions of dollars spent on lobbying in the United States for… Continue reading
Jan 19 MTV airs programming in black and white on MLK Day By Stacy A. Anderson, Associated Press WASHINGTON — MTV is taking the color out of its programming on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to encourage people to talk about what race means in their lives. Continue reading