May 04 Watch 7:29 Why the place you grow up can limit earning power for life By PBS News Hour Poor children in Baltimore face worse economic odds than low-income kids elsewhere. That’s according to a new analysis by Harvard’s Equality of Opportunity Project, which found that where a child is born has a huge effect on their future financial… Continue watching
May 04 What does Carly Fiorina believe? Where the candidate stands on 10 issues By Lisa Desjardins, Sarah McHaney Best known for nearly six years as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina was the first female to run a Fortune 20 company. Now she's running for president. Here's where she stands on 10 key issues. Continue reading
May 03 What does Ben Carson believe? Where the candidate stands on 10 issues By Lisa Desjardins He is a pioneering brain surgeon and the holder of high accolades, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the designation as a “Living Legend” by the Library of Congress and five dozen honorary degrees. Ben Carson credits his mother for… Continue reading
May 03 Watch 7:34 How Kurdish women soldiers are confronting ISIS on the front lines By PBS News Hour In Iraq, an all-female unit within the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, is on the front lines of a fierce battle against the Islamic State. Martin Himel reports. Continue watching
May 03 This is what Baltimore youth have to say about their city and Freddie Gray By Jasmine Wright, Eric Krupke Many of those gathered in Baltimore on Saturday were young people who had marched to City Hall from the Gilmor Homes, a public housing development where Gray lived. PBS NewsHour spoke to several of these youths to learn more about… Continue reading
May 02 Watch 5:38 Staggering arrest rates strain Baltimore community relations with police By PBS News Hour All week long, many young people from the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood and other inner city Baltimore communities have been protesting the death of Freddie Gray at the hands of police. Natasha Pratt-Harris, an associate professor of criminal justice and sociology at… Continue watching
May 02 Genius and autism may share genetic link, study finds By Carey Reed Child prodigies and their autistic family members may share a genetic link, according to findings published online in the April issue of Human Heredity. Continue reading
May 01 Watch 4:43 ‘There’s always need’: Baltimore unrest highlights struggles with hunger and crime By PBS News Hour One in five people in Baltimore live in a “food desert,” an area without grocery stores and fresh food, made worse by the recent riots that destroyed some of the convenience stores on which many rely. But that’s just one… Continue watching
May 01 It’s not easy to sever a human spine. Here’s why By Nsikan Akpan After his arrest, Freddie Gray suffered a fatal spinal injury in the back of a police van. Neurosurgeons explain how such an injury might occur. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch 6:35 Perception of the police depends on your Baltimore zip code By PBS News Hour Two neighborhoods in Baltimore are less than a mile apart, but have vastly different relations with the police. Hari Sreenivasan looks at how residents of the two communities are dealing with the recent unrest. Continue watching