Nov 02 Your 2016 election survival guide By Lisa Desjardins Here's your survival guide to help survive this one last week with a maximum of sanity and a minimum of pain. Continue reading
Nov 02 Get out and vote, small business owners tell employees By Joyce M. Rosenberg, Associated Press Small business owners who want to make it easy for their staffers to vote are giving them flex time, balloting breaks, or, like Hollywood, opening late. Continue reading
Nov 02 Mexico taking U.S. factory jobs? Blame robots instead By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Donald Trump blames Mexico and China for stealing millions of jobs from the United States. He might want to bash the robots instead. Continue reading
Nov 02 Ballot could add legal marijuana to Las Vegas' list of vices By Michelle Rindels A proposal on the Nov. 8 state ballot would legalize marijuana in Nevada. Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch 53:53 PBS NewsHour full episode Nov. 1, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, with just one week left, what do we still not know about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton? Also: Iraqi forces push into the Islamic State-held city of Mosul, the debate over bilingual education in schools, the… Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch 10:27 Do politicians get their money's worth from their consultants? By PBS News Hour Political consultants have obtained an exalted status in contemporary politics. But for their sky-high fees, and in an era when Donald Trump won his party’s nomination without the help of experienced campaigners, what do consultants really offer a candidate? As… Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch 5:55 Why red states depend on and distrust government the most By PBS News Hour Sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild set out to explore what she saw as a paradox in American political life: red states depend the most on the federal government, but also distrust it the most. It’s the topic of her new book,… Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch 8:18 What we still don't know about Trump and Clinton, and whether it matters to voters By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch 7:15 California ballot revives debate on expanding bilingual education By PBS News Hour On Nov. 8, California voters will vote on a proposition that would make it easier for school districts to expand bilingual education. Critics say English-only instruction is crucial to assimilation, while supporters argue that it would be an opportunity to… Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch 2:54 Candidates storm swing states as headlines on FBI, taxes swirl By PBS News Hour A week before Election Day, the candidates stumped in battleground states: Donald Trump took his campaign to Pennsylvania, while Hillary Clinton appealed to Florida voters. Their last leg of campaigning comes amid a flurry of headlines about a Trump tax… Continue watching