Feb 24 The Affordable Care Act: Not jobs destroyed, but jobs opened By Suzanne Gallagher Much has been made of the Affordable Care Act's effects on workers, many of whom may now quit their jobs or work less because they can obtain health care outside of work. But their choice to work less could also… Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch Military using unproven programs to take on mental illness By PBS News Hour Nearly one thousand veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder each week. A recent report from the Institute of Medicine found that few of the military programs for preventing mental illness have been tested or… Continue watching
Feb 23 Watch For Paralympic players, a hockey game with sleds By PBS News Hour The gear that a sled hockey player puts on for a game is pretty much the same as it is for an able-bodied player. With one key difference. Rather than ice skates, players ride on a sled with blades on… Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch Transportation Secretary warns of dwindling highway funding By PBS News Hour This week the U.S. Transportation Secretary warned the federal Highway Trust Fund may run out of money later this year. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Bob Cusack, Managing Editor for The Hill, about the logistics of the fund and how state… Continue watching
Feb 22 Long-term unemployed describe lack of mobility, depression in personal stories By Elisabeth Ponsot As part of PBS NewsHour's coverage of the long-term jobless, we gathered personal stories from Americans who have lost their emergency unemployment benefits since the turn of the new year. NewsHour received hundreds of submissions from people age 23 to… Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch As benefits expire, long-term unemployed make do with less By PBS News Hour On Dec. 28, 1.3 million Americans lost their unemployment insurance when an emergency federal unemployment insurance program expired. Critics of extended unemployment benefits say the benefits raise jobless numbers by allowing people to stay unemployed longer instead of taking an… Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch Questioning solitary confinement for adolescents at Rikers Island By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch Shields and Brooks on Ukraine upheaval, trade policy skepticism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch News Wrap: U.S. skier Shiffrin, 18, becomes youngest to win slalom gold By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 21 Former NBC foreign correspondent Garrick Utley dies at 74 By News Desk Garrick Utley, a former foreign correspondent and anchor for NBC News, died on Thursday night from prostate cancer. Continue reading