Oct 26 Watch What threat do 'lone wolf' terrorists pose to America's national security? By PBS News Hour Last Monday in Quebec, a man purposely crashed his car into two soldiers, killing one of them. On Thursday in Queens, New York, a man who had posted comments sympathetic to jihadists used a hatchet to attack four rookie police… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch Is soccer safe for kids? Amid concussion fears, a parent searches for answers By PBS News Hour Youth soccer has become one of the leading causes of concussions for kids in America, sending an estimated 10,000 kids to the E.R. every year. NewsHour Weekend correspondent William Brangham, whose three kids all play soccer, weighs the risks and… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch Liberian immigrants face Ebola stigma in U.S. By PBS News Hour While Manhattan is confronting its first Ebola infection, a Liberian community on Staten Island has been following the devastating toll of the epidemic in West Africa. Hari Sreenivasan reports from “Little Liberia,” where he talks to people who have been… Continue watching
Oct 23 Watch Why did no one flag UNC's bogus classes? By PBS News Hour For more than 18 years, thousands of students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill took credit courses that never met as a class with a professor; a disproportionate number of the students in those classes were athletes. Continue watching
Oct 23 How to talk in Silicon Valley without saying anything By Steve Goldbloom I moved to San Francisco in 2010, in time to witness the extraordinary growth in the Bay Area tech scene. Since then, the startup boom has dominated business headlines: from the leadup to Twitter's IPO, Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp for… Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch Ebola sounds scary, but these diseases are the real health threat By PBS News Hour Ebola remains at the forefront of public safety concerns, but there are a number of illnesses that pose a far greater health risk. Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Dr. William Schaffner, the chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch When to pull the plug on a dying startup company By PBS News Hour The startup scene has exploded on the tech market with good ideas and some not-so-good ideas. Special correspondent Steve Goldbloom examines the process that startups go through to become solid businesses and how unsuccessful business get canned. Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch Why U.S. and allies can't afford to let Kobani fall to Islamic State - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch Slipping through the system: Are mentally ill Americans getting adequate health care? By PBS News Hour Millions of Americans are now eligible for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, including 1.2 million people with mental illnesses. But this particularly vulnerable group may not actually be getting the heath care they need. NewsHour Weekend's Stephen Fee… Continue watching