Jan 12 What we're watching Sunday Pope Francis names first cardinal selection Pope Francis named his first group of cardinals on Sunday. Francis chose 19 men from Asia, Africa, Latin America and other parts of the world, including Haiti and Burkina Faso. Sixteen of… Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 9:43 Poverty rates surge in American suburbs When President Johnson declared a “War on Poverty” fifty years ago, images of the American poor focused on the inner-city and rural poor. What is the state of American poverty today? Megan Thompson reports on the less visible but growing… Continue watching
Jan 11 When a raise means losing ground for low-income families As part of NewsHour Weekend's coverage of the rising rates of poverty in American suburbs, we also refer to the "cliff effect." This phenomenon occurs when a family begins to earn above the limits set by the state… Continue reading
Jan 11 Poverty grows on Maple Street In 1964, as President Lyndon Johnson launched a broad platform to abolish American poverty, images of American poverty focused on the inner-city and rural poor. Today, fifty years later, statistics reveal another rapidly-growing group living in poverty:… Continue reading
Jan 11 What we're watching Saturday W.Va. water contamination crisis enters third day 300,000 West Virginians entered their third day without tap water Saturday, following an accident Thursday where the chemical 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol leaked from a storage tank into West Virginia American Water's water… Continue reading
Jan 10 France cracks down on U.S. tech giants French Culture Minister Aurelie Fileppetti looks for books in a Paris bookshop. Photo by Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images The French government has kicked off 2014 with blows against U.S. Internet companies Amazon and Google. On Thursday the French Senate… Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch Mayor of Charleston, W.Va., says water emergency is devastating his community Mayor of Charleston, W.Va., says water emergency is devastating his community… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch Federal disaster declared in W.Va., where chemical spill caused water emergency Federal disaster declared in W.Va., where chemical spill caused water emergency… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch News Wrap: Up to 110 million customers affected in Target data breach News Wrap: Up to 110 million customers affected in Target data breach… Continue watching
Jan 10 Unemployment's Slow Drip: Top Economists on the 2013 Jobs Record By Simone Pathe The release of December's job report prompts us to look back at the year in unemployment. Earlier in 2013, a partial government shutdown delayed this fall's Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. And for much of the year, each month's… Continue reading