• Twitter Chat: A follow-up to 'America After Charleston'

    Twitter Chat: A follow-up to 'America After Charleston'

    Sep 23, 2015 07:55 PM EDT

    ... Public Opinion, illustrating the contrast in opinions along racial lines regarding opportunities available today for African Americans. NewsHour hosted an "America After Charleston" follow-up Twitter chat on Thursday. We invited our guests and followers to discuss issues addressed during the broadcast, the Marist poll findings and more. Joining us ...

  • Donald Trump held a live Twitter chat. What could possibly go wrong?

    Donald Trump held a live Twitter chat. What could possibly go wrong?

    Sep 21, 2015 08:07 PM EDT

    ... https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/646008057974099968 https://twitter.com/_Gbaby/status/646020153570799616 https://twitter.com/nightlyshow/status/646012360780550144 https://twitter.com/midnight/status/646006206343987200 https://twitter.com/justinhastings2/status/645961806645604352 https://twitter.com/chefjoseandres/status/645970436564647936 https://twitter.com/brock_lange/status/646010150852034560 Trump’s Twitter chat ended at 1 ...

  • Twitter chat: How does growing up in disadvantaged neighborhoods affect life outcomes?

    Twitter chat: How does growing up in disadvantaged neighborhoods affect life outcomes?

    Sep 17, 2015 03:51 PM EDT

    ... Pennsylvania Professor Executive Director, Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education and Ben Scuderi (@BenScuderi) Pre-Doctoral Fellow and Researcher of the Equality of Opportunity Project. See the recap below. [View the story "Twitter chat: How does growing up in disadvantaged neighborhoods affect life outcomes?" on Storify]

  • Twitter Chat: Can the world’s migrant and refugee crisis be fixed?

    Twitter Chat: Can the world’s migrant and refugee crisis be fixed?

    Sep 16, 2015 07:09 PM EDT

    ... Committee CEO David Miliband (@DMiliband), PBS NewsHour Correspondent William Brangham (@wmbrangham) who is back from assignment in Hungary and Austria, and "The Globalist" Editor-in-Chief Stephan Richter (@theglobalist). See the recap below. [View the story "Twitter Chat: Can the world’s migrant and refugee crisis be fixed?" on Storify]

  • 14-year-old arrested after homemade clock is mistaken for bomb, prompts #IStandWithAhmed on Twitter

    14-year-old arrested after homemade clock is mistaken for bomb, prompts #IStandWithAhmed on Twitter

    Sep 16, 2015 05:35 PM EDT

    ... https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/644193755814342656 https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/644167278196600832 https://twitter.com/neuroluv/status/644168804994453504 https://twitter.com/OhNoSheTwitnt/status/644183328799739904 https://twitter.com/grantimahara/status/644164985472446464 https://twitter.com/cairchicago/status/644177480383864832 https://twitter.com/PhillyD/status/644163287966330884 Mohamad's family set up an official Twitter ...

  • Twitter dives into campaign fundraising

    Twitter dives into campaign fundraising

    Sep 15, 2015 05:52 PM EDT

    ... Twitter user's contribution is headed straight for the candidate of their choice, and they can "share" news of their financial support to their own Twitter followers. The candidates also can pay Twitter to promote their fundraising-linked tweets. "Twitter has been a successful avenue of fundraising for campaigns in ...

  • Why Salman Rushdie is probably quitting Twitter

    Why Salman Rushdie is probably quitting Twitter

    Sep 09, 2015 09:02 PM EDT

    ... s one way Rushdie does not always enjoy speaking out: on Twitter, which he says he may quit soon. This, after Rushdie tweeted a snarky comment at Jonathan Franzen, who quit Twitter in 2012, calling it "unspeakably irritating": https://twitter.com/SalmanRushdie/status/379518868571435008 Watch the full interview for more.

  • Twitter chat: How  do 'invisible' illnesses affect people?

    Twitter chat: How do 'invisible' illnesses affect people?

    Sep 02, 2015 08:51 PM EDT

    ... we held a Twitter chat to discuss these issues with @BobTwillman of the American Academy of Pain Management; @alliecashel, author of Suffering the Silence; scientist, clinician and author @PatriciaFennell and eminent physician and author @HowardMarkel. Below are some highlights from the Twitter chat: [View the story ""Invisible" Illnesses" on Storify]

  • Twitter Chat: Merit vs. need-based scholarships

    Twitter Chat: Merit vs. need-based scholarships

    Aug 19, 2015 10:30 PM EDT

    ... are choosing to do away with merit-based scholarships, and instead giving out only need-based awards. To discuss this phenomena the NewsHour held a Twitter chat at 1 p.m. EDT Friday on merit-based versus need-based scholarships. We were joined by Troy Onink (@TroyOnink) who writes about ...

  • Twitter account live tweets 1965 Watts Riots

    Twitter account live tweets 1965 Watts Riots

    Aug 17, 2015 09:10 PM EDT

    ... W. Minikus that sparked the uprising that led to the riots. Some of the tweets from the account describing these events are included below: https://twitter.com/WattsRiots50/status/631283975051350020 https://twitter.com/WattsRiots50/status/631285233870987264 https://twitter.com/WattsRiots50/status/631287247380197376 https://twitter.com/WattsRiots50/status/631291536165072896 https://twitter ...