• Questions for President Obama: A Town Hall Special

    Questions for President Obama: A Town Hall Special

    Jun 02, 2016 01:39 AM EDT

    ... make you feel better.  And so what we have to do is to make sure that folks are trained for the jobs that are coming in now because some of those jobs of the past are just not going to come back, and when somebody says, like the person you ...

  • How farmer-philanthropist Howard Buffett is planting hope in Africa

    How farmer-philanthropist Howard Buffett is planting hope in Africa

    May 02, 2016 11:56 PM EDT

    ... risks in going to those areas. JUDY WOODRUFF: Harvard Professor Calestous Juma says Buffett's willingness to take those risks has brought him respect across the continent. CALESTOUS JUMA: He's visited all the African countries. He's looked at what happens, what's happening on the ground. He is ...

  • How widespread corruption is hurting Kenya

    How widespread corruption is hurting Kenya

    Apr 11, 2016 11:54 PM EDT

    ... Kenya. Before, we stole from ourselves. Now, with the Eurobond, we are mortgaging the futures of our children. WOMAN: The alleged missing Eurobond funds. MAN: The Eurobond money had been misused. MAN: We are in the middle of a great con game. NICK SCHIFRIN: What's missing? ALEX OWINO, Whistle ...

  • How schools with the slowest Internet could get re-wired

    How schools with the slowest Internet could get re-wired

    Feb 17, 2016 12:39 AM EDT

    ... Tom Wheeler, who heads the Federal Communications Commission, led an effort to overhaul the E-Rate program, in part by giving districts like Calhoun County the option to use federal funds to build fiber networks of their own, pressuring local telecoms to offer better deals. TOM WHEELER: School administrators say ...

  • Inside the harsh living conditions for Syrian refugees in Turkey

    Inside the harsh living conditions for Syrian refugees in Turkey

    Jan 17, 2016 09:08 PM EDT

    ... in this unfinished building. He says they're considering moving back to their hometown of Kobani, now that Kurdish militias have retaken it from ISIS. The Turkish government says it has spent more than $8 billion on the Syrian refugee crisis. By law, all registered refugees qualify for Turkish health ...

  • In Boston, tracking data to score government progress

    In Boston, tracking data to score government progress

    Dec 19, 2015 08:22 PM EDT

    Boston plans to use data and analytics to help improve operations, better measure performance and increase efficiency under a forthcoming initiative called CityScore. A single number is issued daily, measuring how the city is meeting its goals on a variety of quality-of-life metrics. NewsHour's Megan Thompson reports on how it will work in our latest...

  • How a galaxy far, far away became an obsession on planet Earth

    How a galaxy far, far away became an obsession on planet Earth

    Dec 18, 2015 01:15 AM EDT

    "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" isn't just a movie. It's part of a universe, both imaginary and real, that has obsessed fans since the 1970s. Jeffrey Brown explores what’s made the enduring franchise a storytelling and moneymaking powerhouse.

  • America's nuclear bomb gets a makeover

    America's nuclear bomb gets a makeover

    Nov 06, 2015 01:55 AM EDT

    Greatly reduced since its Cold War heyday, some say the U.S. nuclear arsenal is overdue for an overhaul. The PBS Newshour got exclusive and unprecedented access to labs and facilities across the country to observe how the B-61 nuclear bomb is being upgraded and modernized. Jamie McIntyre, national security correspondent for Al Jazeera America, reports...

  • In car-centric Texas, cities reap economic boon from light rail

    In car-centric Texas, cities reap economic boon from light rail

    Oct 11, 2015 08:30 PM EDT

    Light rail train systems across the U.S. are growing by luring economic development around new tracks and stations. In Dallas and Houston, mass transit systems have spurred billions in development. Special Correspondent Karla Murthy reports in this installment of "Urban Ideas," our ongoing series on how cities are taking innovative steps to solve problems.

  • Cartoonist Kate Beaton finds the punchlines lost to history

    Cartoonist Kate Beaton finds the punchlines lost to history

    Sep 17, 2015 05:38 PM EDT

    Kate Beaton, the creator of the massively popular webcomic "Hark! A Vagrant," talked with the NewsHour about her online fan base, her first children's book and how she made history's saddest tales funny.