Sep 26 Watch Wave of child migrants pose challenges for Florida schools By April Brown For the many unaccompanied minors who have crossed into the United States from Central America fleeing violence and poverty, most end up waiting months, or even years, as their cases go through court. While they wait for the backlogged immigration… Continue watching
Sep 26 The Ray Rice video last week; today, the ear-opening audio from inside the Fed By Simone Pathe The financial world woke up to an unsettling surprise Friday. Former New York Fed employee Carmen Segarra recorded 46 hours of private meetings inside the Fed, revealing the institution's often too-cozy relationship with the too-big-to-fail banks it's charged with regulating. Continue reading
Sep 26 NewsHour's first female executive producer retires after 40 years in public media By News Desk Linda Winslow will produce her final show from the control room before retiring. She talks to Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill about some career highlights, her role as a mentor, the future of journalism and the anchors' now iconic "fist… Continue reading
Sep 26 Colorado students protest proposed curriculum changes By Jenny Brundin, Mike Lamp and Nathaniel Minor, Colorado Public Radio For the past week, more than a thousand students have walked out of their classes at several schools in Colorado's Jefferson County, protesting proposed changes to curriculum in U.S. History classes. Continue reading
Sep 26 So you want a job? You'd better be in the right neighborhood By Making Sen$e Editor There's a spatial mismatch between the availability of jobs and the people who need them most. There are various ways to close that physical distance, from the individual to public policy level. A new paper from the National Bureau of… Continue reading
Sep 26 Intentionally set fire grounds flights at Chicago airports By Ariel Min A fire at an air traffic control facility outside of Chicago, which authorities said was intentionally set by a contract employee of the Federal Aviation Administration, grounded all flights into and out of two Chicago airports on Friday. Continue reading
Sep 26 Gwen's Take: After Ferguson - What I Learned By Gwen Ifill When PBS first decided to come to Missouri to dig a bit beneath the surface, I have to admit I was a bit skeptical. Would anyone still be talking about Ferguson a month later? What I discovered at the town… Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch here: America After Ferguson special airs on PBS tonight By Nora Daly On Friday, from 8-9 p.m. EDT, PBS will air a discussion, called "America After Ferguson", about the impact of the shooting on the local community in Missouri and beyond. Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch Are billionaires dictating American political debate? By PBS News Hour Much of the record campaign money pouring into this midterm election cycle comes from a relatively small number of donors. Darrell West, author of "Billionaires: Reflections on the Upper Crust," joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the enormous political influence of… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 25, 2014 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, we look at Eric Holder’s tenure as U.S. attorney general as he announces that he is stepping down. Also: Challenges for health workers on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak, training young men of color… Continue watching