• PHOTOS: Inside the devastation of the Great Lakes -- and the cautious recovery underway

    PHOTOS: Inside the devastation of the Great Lakes -- and the cautious recovery underway

    Apr 19, 2018 09:56 PM EST

    Our April pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club “Now Read This” is Dan Egan’s “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes.” Become a member of the book club by joining our Facebook group, or by signing up to our newsletter. Learn more about the ...

  • Journalist Dan Egan annotates a page of 'The Death and Life of the Great Lakes'

    Journalist Dan Egan annotates a page of 'The Death and Life of the Great Lakes'

    Apr 11, 2018 09:28 PM EST

    Our April pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This” is Dan Egan’s “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes,” an epic portrait of the Great Lakes and the perils they face. Become a member of the book club by joining our Facebook ...

  • How journalist Dan Egan wrote the life (and death) story of the Great Lakes

    How journalist Dan Egan wrote the life (and death) story of the Great Lakes

    Apr 05, 2018 08:50 PM EST

    Our April pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This” is Dan Egan’s “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes.” It’s an epic and wonderfully told story of history, science and reportage about the largest source of freshwater in the world, and ...

  • ‘The adults have failed us. This is in our hands now’: Thousands stage school walkout over gun violence

    ‘The adults have failed us. This is in our hands now’: Thousands stage school walkout over gun violence

    Mar 14, 2018 10:50 PM EST

    ... students from more than 2,000 schools were expected to take part in today's protests, others didn't. One student in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, told reporters from the "NewsHour"'s Student Reporting Labs why. Student: I think that guns aren't the problem. I think people are the ...

  • The 16 'billion dollar disasters' of 2017

    The 16 'billion dollar disasters' of 2017

    Jan 17, 2018 02:27 AM EST

    ... scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are health care-related expenses and the costs associated with loss of life. Smith told the PBS NewsHour over email that because of this omission, the study’s “estimates should be considered conservative with respect to what is truly lost.” Smith ...

  • Inching toward tax plan passage, Republicans work to win over votes

    Inching toward tax plan passage, Republicans work to win over votes

    Nov 29, 2017 11:50 PM EST

    ... over, Republicans are working on a trigger. If deficits loom, it would raise taxes or, in one version, cut spending to bring in more money. Wisconsin's Ron Johnson and Montana's Steve Daines say they have won a bigger tax cut for small businesses. For Maine's Susan Collins ...

  • The real story behind the White House turkey pardon ceremony

    The real story behind the White House turkey pardon ceremony

    Nov 23, 2017 11:25 PM EST

    ... Clinton: This is the eighth I've had the privilege to set free in the Rose Garden. Lisa Desjardins: In 2000, Jerry the turkey from Wisconsin sported a White House pass around his neck. Four years later, the Bush administration also had some fun with the event, the names of ...

  • Priebus gone, can Kelly bring discipline to the White House?

    Priebus gone, can Kelly bring discipline to the White House?

    Jul 28, 2017 11:11 PM EST

    ... to this change at the top, I'm joined now by Robert Costa, reporter for The Washington Post and moderator of Washington Week here on PBS. Welcome, Robert. And as I go to you, I'm going to share with everybody just briefly what the president's tweets were. He ...

  • A Trump commission requested voter data. Here's what every state is saying.

    A Trump commission requested voter data. Here's what every state is saying.

    Jul 01, 2017 12:25 AM EST

    President Donald Trump is asking for voter names, addresses, party affiliation and voting records from all 50 states.

  • White, wealthy communities are forming their own school districts

    White, wealthy communities are forming their own school districts

    Jun 24, 2017 09:08 PM EST

    In 30 states, geographic communities can legally break away from large public school districts and form their own. As a result, a growing number of white and wealthier neighborhoods are creating their own schools and siphoning property taxes away from poorer, more diverse districts. Lauren Camera, education reporter at U.S. News & World Report, joins...