Sep 18 Watch 9:02 Investment in Africa needed to keep extreme poverty on the wane, Bill and Melinda Gates say For all of the progress made in fighting poverty and disease in recent years, those strides could stall because of rapid population growth in some African countries, according to a new warning from the Gates Foundation. Bill and Melinda Gates… Continue watching
Dec 13 Bill Gates and top investors launch $1 billion clean energy fund By Ryan Connelly Holmes The Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, which Bill Gates will chair and run with a host of other high-profile investors, is focused on clean energy technology. Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch 3:58 ‘I am the president, he is the Boss’: Obama pays tribute to, jokes with Medal of Freedom recipients By PBS News Hour At the White House, President Obama handed out the Medal of Freedom to twenty-one notable American figures, from Kareem Abdul Jabbar to Bill and Melinda Gates, Diana Ross, Michael Jordan, Vin Scully, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Redford, and many others. Continue watching
Nov 29 Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg launch international fund for clean energy tech By Melanie Saltzman, Nsikan Akpan Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, the White House and global leaders have launched two international, multi-billion dollar funds to develop clean energy technologies. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch For Gates, better training for front line workers key no matter the challenge By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 54:35 PBS NewsHour full episode October 7, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she does not support the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Also: Bill and Melinda Gates discuss their efforts in education, how California’s drought is causing the state to sink and recording artist Josh… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 9:54 Bill and Melinda Gates on the political debate over Common Core standards By PBS News Hour Bill and Melinda Gates, two of the world’s leading philanthropists, sit down with Gwen Ifill in Seattle to discuss their efforts to support education reform and the political battles over the Common Core standards. Continue watching
Oct 07 Melinda Gates says Common Core pushback propelled by changing too much, too fast By Kyla Calvert Mason Tonight PBS NewsHour Anchor Gwen Ifill talks with Bill and Melinda Gates about their foundation’s influence on American public education and what they’ve learned in 15 years of supporting sometimes controversial reforms. Continue reading
Oct 07 What 15 years in education reform has taught Bill and Melinda Gates By Kyla Calvert Mason PBS NewsHour’s Gwen Ifill talks with Bill and Melinda Gates at the Gate Foundation U.S. Education Learning Forum. They’ll explore lessons they’ve learned from 15 years working in education, what keeps them excited about efforts to improve seemingly intractable problems… Continue reading
May 24 Watch A chance encounter leads to a story of immigrant success By PBS News Hour Correspondent John Larson heads out on a reporting trip and discovers a powerful story en route. The young man sitting next to him in coach reveals his immigrant family's success story and their fierce devotion to America. Continue watching