Sep 01 Watch Summer school motivates college dreams for middle school students By PBS News Hour In St. Paul, Minnesota, students are dancing their way to class -- literally -- in the middle of the summer. This is Breakthrough, an innovative summer program with the sole focus of inspiring low-income, under-resourced middle school students to go… Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch U.S. optimism lags behind economic gains, study finds By PBS News Hour For many months now, the number of new jobs created has risen and the jobless rate has fallen substantially. But despite what appears to be a slow and steady recovery, a new study finds that 71 percent of Americans believe… Continue watching
Sep 01 What we've been reading this summer By Ariel Min As Labor Day winds to an end and the rigors of school and work encroach upon us, we here at the PBS NewsHour thought it would be nice to share some of the books that we've been reading this summer. Continue reading
Sep 01 Why calling stolen celebrity nudes a 'leak' is wrong By Corinne Segal A hacker posted pictures of nude female celebrities without their consent on Sunday, prompting a call for a change in how we talk about the hacking of personal photos. Continue reading
Sep 01 The high cost of labor efficiency -- and the 'Good Jobs' alternative By Zeynep Ton What do Costco, Trader Joe's, QuickTrip and Spanish supermarket Mercadona have in common? They treat labor as assets, says Zeynep Ton, author of "The Good Jobs Strategy," and therefore, avoid even bigger costs than labor. Continue reading
Sep 01 2014 electorate is 'still an incumbent's world' By Donna Cassata, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A surly electorate that holds Congress in even lower regard than unpopular President Barack Obama is willing to "keep the bums in," with at least 365 incumbents in the 435-member House and 18 of 28 senators on a… Continue reading
Sep 01 Ferguson police now wearing body cameras By Ayan Sheikh Police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, on Saturday began wearing body cameras attached to their uniforms following weeks of unrest over the killing of an unarmed black teenage boy by a white police officer. Continue reading
Sep 01 The Labor Day lessons of Market Basket By Christopher Mackin On Labor Day, worker ownership adviser Christopher Mackin reflects on the unprecedented solidarity between Market Basket workers, managers and customers and looks forward to where the company is headed after the reinstatement of beloved CEO Arthur T. Demoulas. Continue reading
Sep 01 Opponents of Colorado GMO labeling draw millions in donations By Luke Runyon, Harvest Public Media In the fight over whether some foods in Colorado should sport a label about genetically modified ingredients, each campaign finance filing shows an increasingly lopsided race. In a two-week period in September, the committee working to get the measure passed… Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 'It just doesn't add up': Amid Ferguson fallout, students sound off on race in America By PBS News Hour Students from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab sites around the country weigh in on the events in Ferguson and how the killing of Michael Brown has affected their view of race in America. Continue watching