Aug 30 Watch Viewers respond to NewsHour Weekend’s report on background check accuracy By PBS News Hour Viewers respond to a signature report from Saturday, Aug. 23 on the struggles some job seekers face over inaccurate background screenings. Hari Sreenivasan reads your comments in Viewers Like You. Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 25:08 PBS NewsHour Weekend: Saturday, August 23, 2014 By PBS News Hour On tonight's edition, ISIS gains more control in Syria as the U.S. weighs its military options. In our signature segment, a look at background checks and a report on how cases of mistaken identity can cost people job offers. And,… Continue watching
Aug 23 POLL: Do you think employers should use background checks? By Megan Thompson, Tracy Wholf Employers and screeners say the checks are an important tool for reducing liability for negligent hiring. But the practice has come under fire from those who say it can lead to discrimination and decreased job opportunities for the 70 million… Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch Mistaken identity in background checks can cost applicants job offers By PBS News Hour Today, nearly 90 percent of employers run a check on at least some of their applicants. As more employers throughout the country use background checks to review job applicants, NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson takes a look at the job-screening process,… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Six Months After Newtown, Battle Over Gun Control Continues Twenty-six seconds of silence were observed in honor of the victims killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School at a memorial organized to mark six months since the massacre. Margaret Warner reports on how lawmakers and activists are engaged in the… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch Uphill Gun Control Fight Feels Familiar to Advocates of Another Era Uphill Gun Control Fight Feels Familiar to Advocates of Another Era… Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch Amendments for Background Checks and Assault Weapons Ban Fail in Senate Senate Rejects Amendments for Background Checks and Assault Weapons Ban… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Shields and Brooks on Obama’s Budget, Senate Gun Fight, Margaret Thatcher Shields and Brooks on Obama's Budget, Senate Gun Fight, Margaret Thatcher… Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch Senate Blocks Attempt to Prevent Debate on Gun Legislation With families of the Newtown shooting victims looking on, Congress moved closer to coming up with a comprehensive bill for reducing gun violence. The Senate blocked an attempt to prevent debate on the subject. Judy Woodruff reports on what measures… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch Bipartisan Senate Proposal on Gun Control Includes Expanded Background Checks Bipartisan Senate Proposal on Gun Control Includes Expanded Background Checks… Continue watching