• Thousands more civilians were killed in Mosul battle than official tally, AP finds

    Thousands more civilians were killed in Mosul battle than official tally, AP finds

    Dec 20, 2017 11:35 PM EDT

    ... were together in this house hit by an airstrike 28 days ago. Ali names the dead one by one. Ali (through interpreter): My mother, three brothers, three sisters, my father, two sisters-in-law, two nieces. Marcia Biggs: And you're the only one left from your family. Ali (through ...

  • This Palestinian poem on Jerusalem is finding new life

    This Palestinian poem on Jerusalem is finding new life

    Dec 11, 2017 10:29 PM EDT

    ... occur. If there is life, only one twin lives.” That night we went to the movies looking for a good laugh. It was a Coen Brothers feature whose unheralded opening scene rattled off Palestine this, Palestine that and the other, it did the trick. We were granted the right to ...

  • Scientists are identifying remains of hundreds lost in Cyprus conflict

    Scientists are identifying remains of hundreds lost in Cyprus conflict

    Dec 02, 2017 09:17 PM EDT

    ... the United Nations’ Permanent Secretary to the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus. Its mission is to find and identify the remains of those missing brothers, sons, and fathers -- more than 2,000 people in all -- from the very old to the very young. CHRISTOPHER LIVESAY: This was an infant ...

  • News Wrap: Senate opens ethics probe into Franken allegations

    News Wrap: Senate opens ethics probe into Franken allegations

    Nov 30, 2017 11:45 PM EDT

    ... news reports are not true. In Britain, the furor grew today over President Trump's using Twitter to spread anti-Muslim videos from a far-right British activist group. Politicians in and out of the government condemned Mr. Trump. Prime Minister Theresa May was in Amman, Jordan. She spoke out ...

  • We asked every senator for their reaction to Trump’s anti-Muslim retweets

    We asked every senator for their reaction to Trump’s anti-Muslim retweets

    Nov 29, 2017 11:25 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump shared three blatantly anti-Muslim tweets on Wednesday morning from the leader of a far-right, extremist British group called Britain First. The tweets, which contain videos that claim to show Muslims committing violent acts, drew sharp backlash from U.S. civil rights groups and government leaders ...

  • This filmmaker followed 45 years of change in Cuban life

    This filmmaker followed 45 years of change in Cuban life

    Nov 25, 2017 09:18 PM EDT

    ... the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. JON ALPERT: If this film would have stopped in 1977 we'd all be headed down to Cuba right now based on where the revolution was at that particular point. But now the United States says, ‘You know, we know how to fix ...

  • This author is challenging what we know about Ulysses Grant and the Civil War

    This author is challenging what we know about Ulysses Grant and the Civil War

    Nov 22, 2017 11:25 PM EDT

    Ulysses S. Grant led the Union’s victory in the civil war before serving two terms as president. Was he a brutal general and incompetent president — or a brilliant strategist who should be praised for his foresight? Ron Chernow, who authored the book that inspired the musical “Hamilton,” talks to correspondent Jeffrey Brown about taking...

  • PBS NewsHour's guide to holiday civility

    PBS NewsHour's guide to holiday civility

    Nov 22, 2017 09:08 PM EDT

    We hope this guide can help you and your family survive your holiday feast.

  • How Amy Tan’s family stories made her a storyteller

    How Amy Tan’s family stories made her a storyteller

    Nov 14, 2017 11:20 PM EDT

    Amy Tan was going to write a book about writing. But what came to her mind instead were memories of childhood, reflections on family treasures, photos, documents. In “Where The Past Begins: A Writer’s Memoir,” Tan explores revelations about her family and how her experiences steered her toward a life as an author. Tan joins...

  • South Africa grapples with contentious reminders of apartheid

    South Africa grapples with contentious reminders of apartheid

    Nov 10, 2017 11:25 PM EDT

    Protests in South Africa over a statue of a 19th century diamond magnate and colonial conqueror set off a national debate two years ago about the remnants of apartheid. As part of his ongoing series, Culture at Risk, Jeffrey Brown reports on the symbols and monuments in South Africa’s past that are still being fought...