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

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Why North Dakota’s oil fields are so deadly for workers

... a podcast and public radio program, looks into why life in the oil fields has become so risky. JENNIFER GOLLAN, Reveal: When Brendan Wegner left Wisconsin for the Bakken oil fields, his parents had no idea North Dakota was the deadliest place to work in America. KEVIN WEGNER, Father of ...

What's next after Democrats derail trade bill?

... pretty clearly unmoved. REP. BRAD SHERMAN, D-Calif.: Did he persuade me that that's a good policy? No. LISA DESJARDINS: But Ron Kind of Wisconsin did pledge support. REP. RON KIND, D-Wisc.: For us as a caucus now not even to give him the decency or the respect ...

Threatened with closure, one historically black university charts a path to recovery

unique field brought her to South Carolina State, but that isn’t what she’d say the campus’ biggest selling point is today. “That family environment taught me to get comfortable being uncomfortable. It pushed me,” she said. “Just being in Wisconsin this semester it showed me that I felt ...

Clinton makes voters the focus of her 2016 announcement

... Rubio becomes the third Republican to announce his candidacy. He joins two other senators, Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky. Bush and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker are expected to jump in shortly. While the Republicans compete to position themselves as the antidote to the incumbent president, Clinton ...

3 questions for Republican presidential hopefuls ahead of CPAC

... 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

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

Is the new GED test an educational improvement or setback?

An overhaul of the GED to meet Common Core standards has made the high school equivalency test more rigorous and more expensive. As a result, fewer people are taking and passing it. Gwen Ifill gets debate from Randy Trask of the GED Testing Service and Lecester Johnson of Academy of Hope about what the changes...

Nine stories made by and about young people making a difference

Teen producers find and tell stories of young people making a difference in their communities for this special PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs feature.