• How 2 Black women running for Senate could make history on Election Day

    How 2 Black women running for Senate could make history on Election Day

    Sep 12, 2024 06:36 PM EDT

    ... important thing is that we show up as our authentic selves," she said, adding "because it requires all of our different and diverse lived and work experiences.” Alsobrooks launched her campaign for the Senate in a video telling her family’s story of leaving South Carolina for Maryland after her ...

  • WATCH: White House holds news briefing as Biden marks anniversary of Violence Against Women Act

    WATCH: White House holds news briefing as Biden marks anniversary of Violence Against Women Act

    Sep 12, 2024 04:41 PM EDT

    ... was the first comprehensive federal law that focused on addressing violence against women and sought to provide support for survivors and justice. It sought to shift the national narrative around domestic violence at the time; that it was a private matter best left alone. The White House said that between ...

  • Harris and Trump campaigns prepare for intense sprint to Election Day

    Harris and Trump campaigns prepare for intense sprint to Election Day

    Sep 03, 2024 02:59 PM EDT

    ... the Trump campaign's political director. "We feel pretty good about things. We feel energized. Our people are energized. But there's certainly plenty of work to be done." The electoral map settles on seven states Just over a month ago, Trump allies suggested Democratic-leaning states like Minnesota, Virginia ...

  • Gaza's first polio case in 25 years highlights total collapse of its health infrastructure

    Gaza's first polio case in 25 years highlights total collapse of its health infrastructure

    Aug 30, 2024 10:50 PM EDT

    ... those civilians, the stories of the mothers, the stories of the health care workers. Any time I sit down in the emergency department on a shift, I make it a point to speak to my Palestinian colleagues about what their experiences have been. Many of my Palestinian colleagues have been ...

  • Surgeon General addresses growing stress and mental health struggles facing parents

    Surgeon General addresses growing stress and mental health struggles facing parents

    Aug 28, 2024 10:25 PM EDT

    ... what the stresses are that parents are managing, where they have policies that support parents, like predictable schedules, so that parents can schedule and balance work and home, and where there's also some degree of flexibility so that if issues come up, like a sick child, a parent has ...

  • How Republican and Democratic convention delegates reflect American political divides

    How Republican and Democratic convention delegates reflect American political divides

    Aug 23, 2024 10:35 PM EDT

    ... that may have very contrasting political views. And let's talk about why are we so passionate? And I think if we really try to work together, I think we can definitely lower the temperature and hopefully we can heal this country.Michelle Merrell: The rhetoric all needs to calm ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on main takeaways from the DNC and what comes next

    Brooks and Capehart on main takeaways from the DNC and what comes next

    Aug 23, 2024 10:30 PM EDT

    She describes American foreign policy in a pretty hawkish way, and so expanding. And so I don't know if it'll work. And it may be -- and the mood of the country may be dark, and that would be good for Trump. But -- or as Jonathan says, maybe we ...

  • Michigan Rep. Slotkin on what issues are driving crucial Midwest voters

    Michigan Rep. Slotkin on what issues are driving crucial Midwest voters

    Aug 20, 2024 10:40 PM EDT

    We have seen the number of people signing up to volunteer just go through the roof. And I just think people feel really positive. They want a generational shift. And President Biden did an incredibly patriotic thing, but you can feel that desire to kind of move on and -- from ...

  • What the Harris campaign is doing to earn the support of Latino voters

    What the Harris campaign is doing to earn the support of Latino voters

    Aug 20, 2024 10:30 PM EDT

    ... a surge in support with Latino voters up from where President Biden had been polling. Amna Nawaz: But Harris and the Democratic Party still have work to do to motivate these voters who are critical to a winning coalition. To discuss that work, we are joined by Maria Teresa Kumar ...

  • WATCH: DNC delegates on what they see in a Harris-Walz ticket

    WATCH: DNC delegates on what they see in a Harris-Walz ticket

    Aug 20, 2024 02:59 AM EDT

    ... like, ‘Maybe I could be president when I grow up.’” Delegates who spoke with PBS News at the Democratic National Convention on Monday described a shift in energy among Democrats after President Joe Biden announced on July 21 that he would end his reelection campaign and endorse Harris to take ...