• Column: The economic issues roiling South Africa on election day

    Column: The economic issues roiling South Africa on election day

    Aug 03, 2016 10:56 PM EDT

    ... funds. READ MORE: Column: In Brazil, finding opportunity in deepening crisis Critics have also accused Zuma of granting too much influence to the wealthy Gupta brothers, a family of business magnates with stakes in industries ranging from mining and engineering to technology and media. For instance, a government official claimed ...

  • ‘Mothers of the Movement’ to end gun violence speak out

    ‘Mothers of the Movement’ to end gun violence speak out

    Jul 27, 2016 12:51 AM EDT

    ... puts in place for the nation. GWEN IFILL: You talk about the -- what the president can put in place. You are also involved in my Brother's Keeper Initiative at the White House. But I guess we who cover Washington sometimes see a lot of talk, and not a whole ...

  • Hillary Clinton's campaign tries to reset Democratic National Convention

    Hillary Clinton's campaign tries to reset Democratic National Convention

    Jul 25, 2016 07:19 PM EDT

    ... with Clinton — a candidate they see as entrenched in a political system they distrust —was evident, with the crowd breaking into a chorus of boos. "Brothers and sisters, this is the real world that we live in," Sanders said as he tried to quiet the crowd. "Trump is a bully ...

  • Could laid-off coal workers change Pennsylvania from blue to red?

    Could laid-off coal workers change Pennsylvania from blue to red?

    Jul 24, 2016 04:19 PM EDT

    ... the mine? BRIAN SCHAUM: No, but it helps put a little bit of food on the table. So I mean, it’s a real adjustment right now. CHRIS BURY: The adjustment comes at a time when the industry is fighting proposed regulations by the Obama Administration. The president has asked ...

  • Column: Key to America's prosperity? Bold economic policies that address racial inequities

    Column: Key to America's prosperity? Bold economic policies that address racial inequities

    Jul 19, 2016 01:20 PM EDT

    ... a home. And while not always easy, my father’s factory job and my mother’s child care job were able to support my six brothers and sisters and me. And thanks to financial aid grants and student loans, five of my siblings and I went to college and graduated ...

  • Meet young Donald Trump, a ‘pioneer of self-promotion’

    Meet young Donald Trump, a ‘pioneer of self-promotion’

    Jul 17, 2016 08:23 PM EDT

    ... straight he stands, that's New York Military Academy visible in a man who's now 70-years-old. DAVID CAY JOHNSTON: He and his brothers also as boys were trained by dad in the business. So they would sweep out basements, collect coins from the coin-operated laundry machines ...

  • Week of violence sparks national dialogue on race and policing

    Week of violence sparks national dialogue on race and policing

    Jul 08, 2016 11:55 PM EDT

    The deaths of several black men at the hand of police and the sniper slayings of five police officers in Dallas brought the issue of race and policing back to the front pages. Jeffrey Brown talks to Michael Eric Dyson of Georgetown University, Dallas Police Deputy Chief Malik Aziz and Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn...

  • Writing is his redemption after spending his youth behind bars

    Writing is his redemption after spending his youth behind bars

    Jul 05, 2016 12:27 AM EDT

    By the age of 19, Shaka Senghor was behind bars after his teen years as a drug dealer ended with a death on his hands. Senghor says his story is all too familiar for many young black men. The author of “Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison” sits down with...

  • Breaking the school-to-prison pipeline for young offenders one class at a time

    Breaking the school-to-prison pipeline for young offenders one class at a time

    Jun 29, 2016 11:35 PM EDT

    In most states across America, education for teen offenders pales in comparison to what they'd receive on the outside. Just one third mandate that these kids meet the same standards as their public school counterparts. Massachusetts is one of them, and there the goal is to save these young offenders with vocational classes and good...

  • Dire circumstances for Iraqis fleeing Fallujah fighting

    Dire circumstances for Iraqis fleeing Fallujah fighting

    Jun 20, 2016 11:41 PM EDT

    The campaign to drive the Islamic State from Fallujah is advancing much more swiftly than anticipated, with much of the city already retaken. But this success offers little comfort to the tens of thousands of residents who have been forced into the desert by the fighting and live without basic amenities. Special correspondent Jane Arraf...