• Paradise rebuilds, but is it safer a year after California wildfire?

    Paradise rebuilds, but is it safer a year after California wildfire?

    Nov 06, 2019 03:25 PM EDT

    ... limit affordable housing. California's growing homeless population is one reason there is little talk of prohibiting construction in high-risk areas like Paradise. Rural areas are generally much more affordable than cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, which face their own dangers from earthquakes, fires and rising oceans.

  • News Wrap: Trump must turn over tax returns to NY, says appeals court

    News Wrap: Trump must turn over tax returns to NY, says appeals court

    Nov 04, 2019 11:40 PM EDT

    ... state law retroactively converted many low-level drug and property crimes to misdemeanors. Apple is pledging $2.5 billion to fight California's shortage of affordable housing. The money will go to build low- to moderate-income homes and create a fund for mortgage help. Google and Facebook have already ...

  • Strike-ending deal will shape Chicago schools for years

    Strike-ending deal will shape Chicago schools for years

    Nov 01, 2019 07:40 PM EDT

    ... the preparation time under a 2012 contract negotiated during the last major walkout by their union. The city also refused union-favored language backing broader affordable housing policies in the city and state legislative changes affecting the district's mayor-appointed school board and state law on the union's ...

  • Chicago teachers strike ends with tentative deal

    Chicago teachers strike ends with tentative deal

    Oct 31, 2019 07:45 PM EDT

    ... historic." The Chicago strike was another test of efforts by teachers' unions to use contract talks typically focused on salaries and benefits and force sweeping conversations about broader problems that affect schools in large, politically left-leaning cities, including affordable housing, added protections for immigrants and the size of classes.

  • October 26, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

    October 26, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

    Oct 26, 2019 10:42 PM EDT

    On this edition for Saturday, October 26, rising winds and forced power outages stoke new fears as California wildfires continue to burn, a look at how Miami is tackling an affordable housing crisis, and the band Spoon is staying afloat in a transforming music industry. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New ...

  • Miami residents priced out of a city built for the rich

    Miami residents priced out of a city built for the rich

    Oct 26, 2019 10:40 PM EDT

    ... Feldman: I don't believe it's any one person's responsibility. Yes, it's a terrible situation. This is all through the country that affordable housing is slowly disappearing. Alicia Menendez: Martin Feldman represents Miami Soar in the lawsuits with tenants. He says given the improvements and the park ...

  • In Chicago, striking teachers argue working conditions are key to improving schools

    In Chicago, striking teachers argue working conditions are key to improving schools

    Oct 23, 2019 10:35 PM EDT

    So a lot of folks will say that some of what CTU is asking for, affordable housing, for example, doesn't belong in the teachers collective bargaining agreement. The teachers have argued that they want it in the contract because they don't trust politicians. Just because she campaigned on ...

  • Chicago teachers' strike highlights support staff shortages

    Chicago teachers' strike highlights support staff shortages

    Oct 22, 2019 04:43 PM EDT

    ... the teachers who have been out on strike since last Thursday are seeking commitments for support staff hiring alongside other demands including higher pay and affordable housing citywide. The demands are part of the union's "social justice" agenda. Bridget Nelson, a social sciences teacher at a magnet high school ...

  • Chaos as Hong Kong lawmakers thwart leader's annual address

    Chaos as Hong Kong lawmakers thwart leader's annual address

    Oct 16, 2019 12:31 PM EDT

    ... values of Hong Kong." Standing ramrod-straight, she then launched into a dry and detailed explanation of plans to tackle Hong Kong's shortage of affordable housing, a long-standing source of discontent, and other welfare issues. With its focus on such minutiae as building new tunnels and freeing up ...

  • Soaring housing costs stretch already-strapped college students

    Soaring housing costs stretch already-strapped college students

    Oct 15, 2019 10:30 PM EDT

    ... Philadelphia also has another distinction, however, which is the second most number of colleges and universities of any city in the nation. And that makes affordable housing hard to come by, whether you're at a big four-year university or even a two-year community college. Just steps away ...