• Philadelphia reverses course on ‘zero tolerance’ discipline in schools

    Philadelphia reverses course on ‘zero tolerance’ discipline in schools

    Jun 23, 2018 09:14 PM EDT

    ... MEGAN THOMPSON: Senaaj says getting arrested would have affected the entire family. His mom works full time, so he helps take of care his 5 brothers and sisters. SENAAJ JACKSON: The first thing I thought about was my mom. I don’t want to go to jail. I got too ...

  • This Koch-funded advocacy group wants Trump to embrace free trade

    This Koch-funded advocacy group wants Trump to embrace free trade

    Jun 19, 2018 10:25 PM EDT

    ... trade and tariff issues, as we go into the midterm elections, does this represent a shift in the -- sort of the strategy of the Koch brothers, moving from talking about specific candidates -- the Koch brothers' contributions were very influential in cementing the House majority for the Republicans -- to turning more ...

  • Why Robert F. Kennedy was not an ‘orthodox liberal’

    Why Robert F. Kennedy was not an ‘orthodox liberal’

    Jun 03, 2018 09:20 PM EDT

    ... is the unique persona of this guy and here was the second most powerful person in America suddenly thrown into political exile because of his brother's murder who somehow deepened an acute feeling of empathy with the folks left out -- blacks in the ghetto, native Americans on reservations, Hispanics ...

  • Gaza border protests resume as UN calls for inquiry into Israeli response

    Gaza border protests resume as UN calls for inquiry into Israeli response

    May 18, 2018 08:53 PM EDT

    ... anti-Israel majority whose results were known from the start," he said. "Israel will continue to defend its citizens and soldiers as it has the right to defend itself." Israeli ambassador Aviva Raz Schechter said "the unfortunate outcome of Monday's riots can only be attributed to Hamas' cynical exploitation ...

  • Inside the 'free speech' debate that rocked a Wisconsin campus, with ripples across the country

    Inside the 'free speech' debate that rocked a Wisconsin campus, with ripples across the country

    May 13, 2018 10:25 PM EDT

    ... his stage yelling, “Safety!” Those ten minutes would soon become the tinder to a national narrative casting students as one of two stereotypes – the outnumbered right and intolerant left – and universities as their battleground. Since the 2016 presidential election, clashes on college campuses spurred by extremist speakers such as Milo ...

  • New biography recounts how Eunice Kennedy Shriver 'changed the world'

    New biography recounts how Eunice Kennedy Shriver 'changed the world'

    May 10, 2018 10:15 PM EDT

    ... bright as she was -- she graduated from Stanford -- she wasn't given the opportunities in politics or in public life that were available to her brothers. They just simply didn't see her, because she was a girl. Judy Woodruff: And that mainly was her father? Eileen McNamara: It was ...

  • After the Castros, what do Cubans want from this new era?

    After the Castros, what do Cubans want from this new era?

    Apr 19, 2018 10:40 PM EDT

    Thursday marked the end of the Castro era, but not its legacy. The late Fidel Castro and his younger brother Raul controlled Cuba for nearly 60 years. How do Cubans feel as 57-year-old Miguel Diaz-Canel takes control as the new head of state? William Brangham talks with Azam Ahmed of The New York Times.

  • Remembering Barbara Bush, political dynasty matriarch

    Remembering Barbara Bush, political dynasty matriarch

    Apr 18, 2018 10:40 PM EDT

    We look back at the life of former first lady Barbara Bush. Son and former President George W. Bush describes his family saying goodbye in a conversation with Amy Holmes and Michael Gerson, then Judy Woodruff gets remembrances from Susan Page of USA Today, C. Boyden Gray, White House counsel to President George H.W. Bush...

  • WATCH: Stephon Clark's funeral begins in Sacramento as protests continue

    WATCH: Stephon Clark's funeral begins in Sacramento as protests continue

    Mar 29, 2018 01:53 PM EDT

    The Rev. Al Sharpton plans to give the eulogy for Stephon Clark at Thursday's funeral at Bayside of South Sacramento church.

  • These girls escaped Boko Haram. Now they’re pleading for help to save their generation

    These girls escaped Boko Haram. Now they’re pleading for help to save their generation

    Mar 20, 2018 10:20 PM EDT

    Two girls who were abducted by Boko Haram in 2014 thought they would never be able to escape their cruel captors. They were married to insurgents, faced brutal treatment and rape, and gave birth to their own children. Now Ya Kaka and Hauwa join Judy Woodruff to recount their harrowing experiences, how their lives have...