• The history of lies on the campaign trail

    The history of lies on the campaign trail

    Dec 04, 2015 09:23 PM EDT

    ... his 2016 rivals belong to a long tradition of presidential candidates who have stretched the limits of truthiness on the campaign trail. On Monday's PBS NewsHour, Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR join NewsHour's Gwen Ifill to tackle the question of lies ...

  • Dalai Lama’s American doctor wants more compassion in medicine

    Dalai Lama’s American doctor wants more compassion in medicine

    Oct 28, 2015 12:32 AM EDT

    ... Editor's note: A version of this story aired on the PBS Program "Religion and Ethics Weekly." Fred de Sam Lazaro's reporting is a partnership with the Undertold Stories Project at St. Mary's University in Minnesota. JUDY WOODRUFF: But, first, the Dalai Lama was supposed to arrive ...

  • Scrambling for a speaker, Republicans appeal to Paul Ryan

    Scrambling for a speaker, Republicans appeal to Paul Ryan

    Oct 10, 2015 12:25 AM EDT

    ... position in the first place? LISA DESJARDINS: For now, all eyes remain on the quiet office of Paul Ryan, even though a spokesman says the Wisconsin congressman is still not running for speaker. Boehner says he will stay on as speaker until a successor is finally elected. For the PBS ...

  • Interactive map: Does same-day registration affect voter turnout in the U.S.?

    Interactive map: Does same-day registration affect voter turnout in the U.S.?

    Oct 04, 2015 05:58 PM EDT

    ... the policy "provides important safeguards for elections, helps to increase voter participation and makes sure that every eligible voter has an opportunity to participate.” In Wisconsin, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said the policy is "one of the major reasons that Wisconsin has among the highest democratic participation in the nation ...

  • Smaller cities hit hardest by airline mergers

    Smaller cities hit hardest by airline mergers

    Sep 13, 2015 09:59 PM EDT

    ... HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS ANCHOR: A new Wall Street Journal analysis finds ticket prices at the nation's ten busiest airports-- including Atlanta, Dallas, and Denver-- have been stable, increasing around 1 percent on average from 2007 to 2014 -- while airlines reduced the number of passenger seats available by 1 ...

  • Twitter Chat: Merit vs. need-based scholarships

    Twitter Chat: Merit vs. need-based scholarships

    Aug 19, 2015 10:30 PM EDT

    ... who writes about financial planning to pay for college for Forbes, Sara Goldrick-Rab (@saragoldrickrab), a professor of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Daniel Porterfield (@DanPorterfield) President of Franklin and Marshall College, Jamey Rorison (@IHEPTweets) Senior Research Analyst at the Institute for Higher Education Policy and ...

  • Are Michigan’s pristine lakes at risk from aging pipelines?

    Are Michigan’s pristine lakes at risk from aging pipelines?

    Jul 08, 2015 11:05 PM EDT

    ... Energy. The Canadian company operates the largest crude oil and liquids pipeline system in the world. Line 5 is 645 miles long. It stretches from Wisconsin across Michigan's upper and lower Peninsulas and terminates in Ontario, Canada. The 30-inch pipeline splits into two 20-inch lines when it ...

  • Obama's overtime proposal explained and why it matters

    Obama's overtime proposal explained and why it matters

    Jul 03, 2015 08:53 PM EDT

    ... Obama proposed raising the overtime salary threshold to $50,400 in an op-ed for the Huffington Post. And yesterday, Obama headed to La Crosse, Wisconsin to lay out his proposal. "Now, this is an issue of basic fairness,” Obama told a crowd, "If you work longer, you work harder ...

  • Hispanic leaders urge Republican presidential candidates to condemn Trump

    Hispanic leaders urge Republican presidential candidates to condemn Trump

    Jul 03, 2015 03:44 PM EDT

    ... Republican race, Trump said Mexican immigrants are "bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." Video by PBS NewsHour The businessman has refused to back down, although he insists his remarks were misconstrued. "My statements have been contorted to seem racist and ...

  • Labor Secretary Perez: government unions have the right to require members to pay their 'fair share'

    Labor Secretary Perez: government unions have the right to require members to pay their 'fair share'

    Jun 30, 2015 10:32 PM EDT

    .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }Labor Secretary Thomas Perez spoke to PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff Tuesday on the Supreme ...