Sep 03 Watch The roots of 'Anonymous,' the infamous online hacking community By PBS News Hour As online hacking becomes more common, interest in the individuals and groups behind such cyber attacks rises. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with David Kushner of The New Yorker on the origins of one of the most infamous hacking groups, “Anonymous.”… Continue watching
Sep 03 Are Americans a stingy lot of people? By Christian Smith, Hilary Davidson Given the popularity of the Ice Bucket Challenge this summer, you might think Americans are a fairly generous group. Indeed, more than $100 million has been raised for the ALS Association. But although we enjoy, and benefit from, giving money… Continue reading
Sep 03 Number of child migrants crossing the border declines By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The number of immigrant children caught alone illegally crossing the Mexican border into the United States continued to decline in August, according to figures disclosed Wednesday by the Homeland Security Department. Continue reading
Sep 03 Why so many college grads are highly-educated, well placed, and going nowhere By Kirk Carapezza, Mallory Noe-Payne, WGBH Three years ago, sociologists Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa found that college students learn little while in school. Their book, Academically Adrift, shocked the academy and provoked angry responses. Now, the two provocateurs are back. Their sequel is called Aspiring… Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 2, 2014 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, we discuss how the U.S. should respond to another beheading of a U.S. journalist by the Islamic State in a gruesome video. Also: the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is on the precipice of spreading even… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Could the celebrity photo hack happen to you? By PBS News Hour A slew of intimate celebrity photos have surfaced this week after several celebrities’ personal online storage accounts were hacked. Though it is not clear who hacked the accounts or posted them, Apple said that the breach on its iCloud server… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Islamic State declares beheading of U.S. reporter Steven Sotloff By PBS News Hour In a gruesome video, Islamic State radicals purportedly beheaded Steven Sotloff -- a 31-year-old American freelancer who went missing in Syria last year. In the video posted on Aug. 19 of the beheading of James Foley, the militant group warned… Continue watching
Sep 02 U.S. rejects bid for low-cost U.S.-Europe flights By Joan Lowy, Associated Press In a case that has labor and trade policy implications, the Obama administration on Tuesday rejected a request that would have immediately permitted a low-cost air carrier to begin flights between the U.S. and Europe while the government is still… Continue reading
Sep 02 NATO to bolster security against Russian aggression By Julie Pace, Associated Press Confronted by a Kremlin-backed military offensive in Ukraine, President Barack Obama and Western allies will approve plans this week to position at least 4,000 troops and military equipment in Eastern Europe, bolstering NATO's security commitments to nervous member states near… Continue reading
Sep 02 Why every football player should read Plato By Margaret Myers Football may have replaced baseball as America’s pastime, but it’s also become a sport mired in controversy -- from the reported risks of concussions to the off-field behavior of its players. But author Mark Edmundson says the game can also… Continue reading