• PBS NewsHour full episode April 1, 2016

    PBS NewsHour full episode April 1, 2016

    Apr 02, 2016 12:14 AM EDT

    Friday on the NewsHour, leaders from around the globe conclude a summit on keeping nuclear material away from terrorists. Also: Two of largest states raise the minimum wage to $15, how a new voter ID law affects Wisconsin voters, Shields and Brooks on the week's news, a visit to ...

  • PBS NewsHour full episode March 30, 2016

    PBS NewsHour full episode March 30, 2016

    Mar 31, 2016 12:38 AM EDT

    Wednesday on the NewsHour, the presidential candidates stump in Wisconsin and New York ahead of upcoming primaries. Also: A look at what’s driving Trump’s appeal, the past and future of U.S. policy in the Middle East, how a Colombian peace deal could impact the drug trade, the ...

  • PBS NewsHour full episode March 29, 2016

    PBS NewsHour full episode March 29, 2016

    Mar 29, 2016 11:56 PM EDT

    Tuesday on the NewsHour, an endorsement and a criminal charge dominate the campaign trail as attention turns to the Wisconsin primary. Also: Unions make an unlikely win at the Supreme Court, the FBI cracks a locked iPhone, Iraqi Christians take up arms, where the candidates stand on immigration, a former ...

  • Watch the full PBS NewsHour Democratic primary debate

    Watch the full PBS NewsHour Democratic primary debate

    Feb 12, 2016 03:00 AM EDT

    Watch Thursday's full Democratic debate from the Helen Bader Concert Hall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (Closed-caption version) [View the story "PBS NewsHour Democratic debate live blog" on Storify]  

  • What the Democrats need to do in the PBS debate in Milwaukee

    What the Democrats need to do in the PBS debate in Milwaukee

    Feb 12, 2016 01:48 AM EDT

    ... HARI SREENIVASAN: Milwaukee is the center of the Democratic political universe tonight. The candidates meet for a PBS NewsHour presidential debate, and how they perform on stage could influence the next key contests. Our political director, Lisa Desjardins, is in Milwaukee. LISA DESJARDINS: That's right. "NewsHour" staff is ...

  • WATCH LIVE: Wisconsin gubernatorial debate

    WATCH LIVE: Wisconsin gubernatorial debate

    Oct 10, 2014 09:00 PM EDT

    ... a substantial gender gap between the two candidates, with Burke holding a strong advantage among women, but Walker holding an even stronger advantage among men. Wisconsin’s political landscape is among the most polarized in the country, as PBS NewsHour’s Gwen Ifill explored in July. That schism deepened in ...

  • PBS NewsHour | Full Episode | Tuesday, August 26, 2014

    PBS NewsHour | Full Episode | Tuesday, August 26, 2014

    Aug 27, 2014 12:27 AM EDT

    Tonight on the program, we examine a truce and cease-fire between Hamas and Israel which opens more border crossings into Gaza. Also: how American companies change their address to avoid corporate taxes, a Wisconsin group trying to turn student borrowers into activists, whether Iraqi factions will reconcile in the ...

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    On the PBS NewsHour Tonight

    Jan 30, 2013 05:38 PM EDT

    On Wednesday's NewsHour: Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords urges Congress to enact tougher gun laws The state of the economic recovery The Israeli airstrike inside Syria Newly elected Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin And, dissident Chen Guangcheng on the struggle for human rights in China Correspondent Ray Suarez has your preview ...

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    What Do Wisconsin Protests Say About Organized Labor?

    Feb 21, 2011 08:14 PM EDT

    ... in response: pinch pennies. Largess gives way to parsimony. When it comes to unpopular disbursements like taxes, yes gives way to no. The standoff in Wisconsin, then, should come as a rude awakening only to those who've dozed off ala Rip Van Winkle. One partisan interpretation of events: Wisconsin ...

  • Ben Wikler and Geoff Bennett discuss the Democrats’ plan on 'Settle In'

    Ben Wikler and Geoff Bennett discuss the Democrats’ plan on 'Settle In'

    Jul 23, 2026 10:20 PM EDT

    There’s no shortage of analysis about what’s wrong with the Democratic Party. Ben Wikler is focused on what Democrats plan to do about it. The former Wisconsin Democratic Party chair wrote "This Is the Plan," laying out lessons from one of the most closely divided states and what ...