• Rethinking wages for tipped workers

    Rethinking wages for tipped workers

    Mar 26, 2016 09:39 PM EST

    ... years. The rationale is that tipped workers will make at least minimum wage through the tips left by their customers. Shannon Sorenson, a waitress in Wisconsin, said the instability of tips makes it difficult for her to plan financially. “There are some days the tips are amazing," she told PBS ...

  • News Wrap: Obama defends strategy against terrorism

    News Wrap: Obama defends strategy against terrorism

    Mar 23, 2016 11:40 PM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: And we travel to the Philippines, where young girls are lured into the sex trade online. All that and more on tonight's "PBS NewsHour." (BREAK) GWEN IFILL: In the day's other news: President Obama defended his administration's strategy against terror, and dismissed Republican calls for ...

  • Trump and Cruz verbally spar as the Nevada caucuses approach

    Trump and Cruz verbally spar as the Nevada caucuses approach

    Feb 24, 2016 01:01 AM EST

    ... industry was going under... LISA DESJARDINS: Clinton, too, was looking toward the Super Tuesday states, making a splash on Minnesota's airwaves, the target, a Wisconsin company that she says moved profits out of the U.S. to dodge taxes. HILLARY CLINTON: It's an outrage. If I'm president ...

  • 5 things to watch for at tonight's Democratic debate

    5 things to watch for at tonight's Democratic debate

    Feb 11, 2016 01:37 PM EST

    ... Debate in partnership with Facebook, 9 p.m. EST tonight. NewsHour will be live streaming the event, from the the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, in the player above. You can also watch it on your local PBS station. A live stream with closed captions is here. Clinton ...

  • News Wrap: Justice Department files suit against Ferguson

    News Wrap: Justice Department files suit against Ferguson

    Feb 11, 2016 01:29 AM EST

    ... HARI SREENIVASAN: Good evening. I'm Hari Sreenivasan. Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff are in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, preparing for tomorrow night's Democratic debate. On the "NewsHour" tonight: Two clear winners emerge from New Hampshire, but what does this mean for the rest of the presidential race? Also ahead ...

  • GOP candidates try to build on N.H. results for next vote

    GOP candidates try to build on N.H. results for next vote

    Feb 11, 2016 01:20 AM EST

    ... night she needs to do better appealing to younger voters in particular. The two Democrats are now preparing to share the stage tomorrow night, as PBS hosts their next presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gwen and Judy have already arrived to prepare for the debate. They join us now from ...

  • Watch the 2016 New Hampshire primary election special

    Watch the 2016 New Hampshire primary election special

    Feb 10, 2016 04:49 AM EST

    ... the Iowa caucuses (sic) here on the "PBS NewsHour." I'm Gwen Ifill. JUDY WOODRUFF: And I'm Judy Woodruff. Join us online and again right here tomorrow evening for more analysis on our regular evening newscast. For all of us at the "PBS NewsHour," thank you, and good night.

  • Shields and Brooks on New Hampshire’s primary influence

    Shields and Brooks on New Hampshire’s primary influence

    Feb 10, 2016 01:40 AM EST

    ... New Hampshire primary on our "PBS NewsHour" special report. That's at 11:00 p.m. Eastern. Plus, tune in on Thursday. Gwen and I will moderate the Democratic presidential debate, in partnership with Facebook, from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. That starts Thursday at 9:00 p.m. Eastern.

  • Clinton camp wrestles with gender and generational divides

    Clinton camp wrestles with gender and generational divides

    Feb 09, 2016 01:30 AM EST

    On the night before the New Hampshire primary, Gwen Ifill joins Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR to discuss the collision of gender politics and generational politics in Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the influence of the latest Republican debate, overlapping interests of Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders and how...

  • Why is Milwaukee so bad for black people?

    Why is Milwaukee so bad for black people?

    Feb 08, 2016 11:31 PM EST

    Milwaukee is one of the most segregated cities in the country, and statistically one of the worst for African-Americans. We explore key factors in the city's racial divide ahead of Thursday's Democratic debate.