• 3 questions for Republican presidential hopefuls ahead of CPAC

    3 questions for Republican presidential hopefuls ahead of CPAC

    Feb 26, 2015 02:32 PM EST

    ... Security shutdown showdown ends Morning Line going on a “Winter Break”: A note to our readers … tomorrow is one of your authors’ last day at PBS NewsHour after writing this item for the better part of the past year. Happily, Domenico Montanaro will stay within the public broadcasting family, going ...

  • What ‘Gangnam Style’ can teach us about the Psy-chology of investing

    What ‘Gangnam Style’ can teach us about the Psy-chology of investing

    Feb 06, 2015 12:11 AM EST

    ... of 10, just five-hundredths of a point lower than Angelina Jolie, on Anaface.com's facial attractiveness index. That's the Web site two Wisconsin researchers used to judge the hotness or not-ness of 682 CEOs. They found that the better looking the CEO, the bigger the boost ...

  • How military sex offenders fly under the radar after returning to civilian life

    How military sex offenders fly under the radar after returning to civilian life

    Jan 15, 2015 02:10 AM EST

    ... practical effect upon the problem. But the mother from Wisconsin is not convinced. WOMAN: I would ask him if he has a daughter and how he would feel if this had happened to his own daughter. MARK GREENBLATT: Mark Greenblatt with Scripps News for the "PBS NewsHour" in Washington. GWEN

  • Is the new GED test an educational improvement or setback?

    Is the new GED test an educational improvement or setback?

    Jan 07, 2015 01:50 AM EST

    ... known as Common Core. As a result, fewer people are taking and passing a test that has become more rigorous and expensive. In states like Wisconsin and Rhode Island, the number of those who passed dropped more than 90 percent. In Florida, the number of test takers fell about half ...

  • Nine stories made by and about young people making a difference

    Nine stories made by and about young people making a difference

    Dec 19, 2014 08:31 PM EST

    ... Mykaylynne Belgarde, Christian Decoteau, Talon Decoteau, Emily Gunville, Mackenzie Jerome, Kilyn Parisien and Seth Peltier from Turtle Mountain Community High School in Belcourt, North Dakota. Wisconsin teen serves up Thanksgiving celebration for community Produced by Hailey Collins, a junior at Black River Falls High School in Black River Falls, Wisconsin ...

  • Milwaukee collage artist layers memories from a volatile childhood

    Milwaukee collage artist layers memories from a volatile childhood

    Dec 16, 2014 10:26 PM EST

    ... in foster care into an artistic exploration, using screen-printing and collage to reinterpret old photographs and memories. Wisconsin Public Television profiled Buie for its Wisconsin Life project. Video produced by Zac Schultz, shot by Wendy Woodard and Ryan Ward and edited by Wendy Woodard of Wisconsin Public Television Tyanna ...

  • Mac and Cheese won’t be served at the White House this Thanksgiving

    Mac and Cheese won’t be served at the White House this Thanksgiving

    Nov 27, 2014 01:22 AM EST

    ... is the eighth I have had the privilege to meet and set free in the Rose Garden. DOMENICO MONTANARO: In 2000, Jerry the turkey from Wisconsin sported a White House pass around his neck. Four years later, the Bush administration also had some with fun with the event. That year ...

  • Breaking down the 2014 Republican wave

    Breaking down the 2014 Republican wave

    Nov 05, 2014 02:23 PM EST

    Last night was a huge night for Republicans. They took back the Senate, netting seven seats (so far); they could get up to 250 House seats when all the vote counting is completed, which would be the most seats for Republicans since 1931.

  • Students' excitement to run for office tempered by politics

    Students' excitement to run for office tempered by politics

    Nov 04, 2014 06:05 PM EST

    PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs asked teens across the country for their reaction to an 18-year-old running for office and whether they could ever imagine themselves doing the same.

  • Teens weigh in on future of American political system

    Teens weigh in on future of American political system

    Nov 04, 2014 04:12 PM EST

    In October, the PBS NewsHour's Extra team sent an anonymous online questionnaire about politics to 80 schools in the Student Reporting Labs network, which trains middle and high school students in video journalism. Here's what they had to say.