• How the shutdown might end, according to game theory

    How the shutdown might end, according to game theory

    Jan 17, 2019 10:49 PM EST

    ... largest share of undecided voters for a presidential election in 20 years, and the majority broke for Trump in 12 of 15 key states including Wisconsin, Florida, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Our latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll said 13 percent of registered voters are undecided about whether they would vote ...

  • As shutdown wears on, 5 stories from federal workers and their families

    As shutdown wears on, 5 stories from federal workers and their families

    Jan 09, 2019 10:43 PM EST

    Nearly 800,000 federal employees have been furloughed or are working without pay during the fight over border wall funding between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats. In interviews with the PBS NewsHour, dozens of government workers and those around them expressed frustration with the shutdown and its impact on ...

  • How polling has changed since the 2016 election

    How polling has changed since the 2016 election

    Nov 02, 2018 10:35 PM EST

    Democratic Congressional candidates now hold a nine-point advantage over Republicans, according to the latest poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist. But can polls be trusted? In 2016, polls in key states showed Hillary Clinton winning handily. Donald Trump won all three. Judy Woodruff discusses with NPR’s ...

  • This festival aims to bridge the urban-rural political divide ‘in a time of rot’

    This festival aims to bridge the urban-rural political divide ‘in a time of rot’

    Nov 02, 2018 10:20 PM EST

    ... and I think that that's something that's needed. Jeffrey Brown:A fine thought in a county and country full of ferment. For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Jeffrey Brown in Nowhereradio, North Freedom, Wisconsin.Judy Woodruff:  All right. And we're not going to leave you there, Jeffrey ...

  • 5 dead, several injured in shooting at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis

    5 dead, several injured in shooting at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis

    Jun 28, 2018 07:44 PM EST

    ... t know until you’re there and you feel helpless," he said. The Anne Arundel County Police did not immediately respond to requests from the PBS NewsHour for additional information. On its official Twitter account, Anne Arundel County Police said the building was evacuated while officers continues to search it ...

  • Utah's Navajo residents hope redistricting brings needed resources

    Utah's Navajo residents hope redistricting brings needed resources

    Jun 21, 2018 10:30 PM EST

    ... determine which political party controls power. The U.S. Supreme Court narrowly ruled in two cases this term, keeping in place boundaries in Maryland and Wisconsin. A fight is still raging in one Utah county over current district lines and their effect on the voice of Native Americans. From the ...

  • Elizabeth Brackett taught me that a good story begins with people

    Elizabeth Brackett taught me that a good story begins with people

    Jun 18, 2018 09:29 PM EST

    It’s hard to imagine anything ever slowing Elizabeth Brackett. In her more than two decades of work for the PBS NewsHour, she braved earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and presidential campaigns. She never yawned. She always pushed for more -- more interviews, more phone calls, more perspective. Her idea of relaxation ...

  • Our everyday assumptions can hurt others. Here’s what it takes to change your thinking

    Our everyday assumptions can hurt others. Here’s what it takes to change your thinking

    May 29, 2018 10:40 PM EST

    ... overcome implicit bias? Yamiche Alcindor reports and Judy Woodruff learns more from Amrita Chakrabarti Myers of Indiana University and Patricia Devine of the University of Wisconsin. ... Judy Woodruff: More than 8,000 Starbucks stores closed down across the country today so that its employees, 180,000-plus, could get anti ...

  • Starbucks closed more than 8,000 stores for an afternoon of bias training. Will it work?

    Starbucks closed more than 8,000 stores for an afternoon of bias training. Will it work?

    May 29, 2018 09:52 PM EST

    ... nation. Moreover, the company said employees were to be given toolkits to go through group discussions about their own experiences with bias. Starbucks declined the PBS NewsHour’s request for an interview. Though Starbucks closed more than 8,000 company-owned stores Tuesday, more than 7,000 of its licensed ...

  • 3 documentaries the Duplass Brothers want you to watch now

    3 documentaries the Duplass Brothers want you to watch now

    May 18, 2018 07:47 PM EST

    ... long time to find their voice. "It took us honestly about 10 to 12 years of floundering around as young artists," Mark Duplass told the PBS NewsHour in a recent interview. "[But] we had a community that was supportive. And that's what we're trying to do now for ...