Mar 24 Republican governors wrestle with unpopular Common Core education standards By Bill Barrow, Associated Press More than five years after U.S. governors began a bipartisan effort to set new standards in American schools, the Common Core initiative has morphed into a political tempest fueling division among Republicans. Continue reading
Mar 24 Malaysia Prime Minister: Flight 370 ended in the Indian Ocean By News Desk Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced this morning that based on new analysis of satellite data of the plane's path, flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean. "This is a remote location...far from any possible landing sites," Razak explained. Continue reading
Mar 23 Is rural America a thing of the past? By Kristin Miller The image of the families like the Joads from The Grapes of Wrath loading up their meager possessions and leaving the farm for the city is a powerful one in the American psyche. It's almost as powerful as the image… Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch Kansas offers incentives to bring people back to the plains By PBS News Hour The Great Plains have been losing population since the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. NewsHour travels to Kansas to find out about a state plan that offers incentives to attract new residents to Rural Opportunity Zones. Will deals on student… Continue watching
Mar 22 Michigan issues first marriage licenses to same-sex couples By Kayla Ruble Same-sex couples lined up outside courthouses in Michigan on Saturday to receive the first gay marriage licenses issued by the state, fresh off of a U.S. District court judge's decision on Friday to overturn the state’s 10-year ban on gay… Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch What can the Dutch teach the U.S. about selling pot? By PBS News Hour As Colorado and Washington begin selling legal marijuana, questions remain about the practical process of changing drug policy. NewsHour travels to the Netherlands -- the one nation that's been openly selling pot for over 40 years -- to see what… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch Shields and Brooks on strengthening Russia sanctions, midterm election math By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 21 Obama meets with Facebook, Google, Netflix and Dropbox on privacy By Josh Lederman, Associated Press A week before a self-imposed deadline for a review of National Security Agency programs, President Barack Obama sought Friday to assure leading Internet and tech executives that his administration is committed to protecting people's privacy. Continue reading
Mar 21 UN: Threatened forests create jobs and fight climate change By Lorna Baldwin 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their livelihoods. Yet they are disappearing at the rate of 32 million acres every single year. Continue reading
Mar 21 Five things to know about today's report on unequal education By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press Minority students are less likely to have access to advanced math and science classes and veteran teachers. Black students of any age, even the youngest preschoolers, are more likely to be suspended. And students with disabilities are more likely than… Continue reading