• Jeff Sessions to face Sen. Cory Booker and civil rights questions at confirmation hearing

    Jeff Sessions to face Sen. Cory Booker and civil rights questions at confirmation hearing

    Jan 10, 2017 02:35 PM EDT

    ... flooding across the border, spikes in violent crime in American cities and low morale among police. "These trends cannot continue. It is a fundamental civil right to be safe in your home and your community," the Alabama Republican said in laying out conservative priorities for the Justice Department at the ...

  • Column:  What I learned about motivation from being a teenage burn victim

    Column: What I learned about motivation from being a teenage burn victim

    Jan 05, 2017 09:19 PM EDT

    ... one of her kids had just passed away. She asked me whether she should tell her surviving son (I’ll call him “Bill”) about his brother’s death. I had no idea what to say, but again I tried to transport myself back in time. I tried to think about ...

  • Column: Work means everything to us — and hereafter it can’t

    Column: Work means everything to us — and hereafter it can’t

    Jan 05, 2017 06:56 PM EDT

    ... marginal effect on employment. Taxing the profits of corporations to finance a welfare state that permits us to love our neighbors and to be our brother’s keeper is not an economic problem. It’s something else — it’s an intellectual issue, a moral conundrum. READ MORE: Column: Why we ...

  • Column: Why we need to say goodbye to work

    Column: Why we need to say goodbye to work

    Jan 03, 2017 09:44 PM EDT

    ... plain view of the end of work, the lesson needs rethinking. No matter how you calculate the federal budget, we can afford to be our brother’s keeper. The real question is not whether, but how we choose to be. I know what you’re thinking — we can’t afford ...

  • Column: I'm predicting an economic recession in 2017. Are you ready?

    Column: I'm predicting an economic recession in 2017. Are you ready?

    Jan 03, 2017 07:05 PM EDT

    ... record. How much longer can it continue? No one knows why economic expansions end. It could be a sudden trigger like the collapse of Lehman Brothers in late 2008 or just a general loss of confidence. Economic theories, such as works by economist Hyman Minsky, explain that the longer an ...

  • The shows you should have watched in 2016

    The shows you should have watched in 2016

    Dec 29, 2016 12:22 AM EDT

    ... You're saving my ass. ACTOR: OK, man. Well, you know, I got to go now. DONALD GLOVER: OK. Cool. So, what you guys doing right now? You dudes do that deal? ACTOR: I do not know what you mean. JEFFREY BROWN: All right, so, Eric, that's the main ...

  • ‘Othello: The Remix’ gives Shakespeare the hip-hop treatment

    ‘Othello: The Remix’ gives Shakespeare the hip-hop treatment

    Dec 24, 2016 07:15 PM EDT

    At the Westside Theatre in New York City, audiences are watching "Othello: the Remix," a retelling of William Shakespeare's classic play that transforms the protagonist into a rising hip-hop star. NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano sits down with the Q Brothers, the rap and theater artists who created the show, and other cast members.

  • Why German surveillance failed to stop the Berlin attack suspect

    Why German surveillance failed to stop the Berlin attack suspect

    Dec 23, 2016 12:43 AM EDT

    The man suspected of carrying out an attack on a Christmas market was well known to German authorities. Anis Amri was under surveillance for six months and slated for deportation, but his home country refused to accept him. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Peter Neumann of King’s College about how German authorities could have missed the...

  • The music is medicine for Bruce Springsteen
  • With Ivanka Trump, the role of first daughter may evolve

    With Ivanka Trump, the role of first daughter may evolve

    Dec 17, 2016 04:58 PM EDT

    With Ivanka Trump, the typically minor role of a first daughter could get a major makeover.