• Utah's Navajo residents hope redistricting brings needed resources

    Utah's Navajo residents hope redistricting brings needed resources

    Jun 21, 2018 10:30 PM EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • 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 EDT

    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 EDT

    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 EDT

    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 EDT

    Students and teachers walked out of class Wednesday morning by the tens of thousands to protest gun violence and remember the victims of last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Back in Washington, lawmakers pressed the FBI on why it didn't act on tips about the attacker prior to the shooting, and heard from those...

  • The 16 'billion dollar disasters' of 2017

    The 16 'billion dollar disasters' of 2017

    Jan 17, 2018 02:27 AM EDT

    Three massive hurricanes, severe storms and wildfires across the U.S. caused more than $306 billion in damage last year, making 2017 the most expensive year for climate disasters on record.