Aug 04 Watch Keeping safe in Ebola territory By PBS News Hour The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed at least 887 people, and sickened more than 1,600. Gwen Ifill talks to Jeffrey Stern, reporting from Guinea for Vanity Fair, about the conditions in the village where the outbreak originated, how… Continue watching
Aug 03 Hear from the scientists who saw the Ohio algae blooms coming By Hari Sreenivasan For a second day, residents of Toledo, Ohio, are not able to drink water flowing from their taps. The water is unsafe because of an algae bloom in Lake Erie, which is affecting the city and… Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch Upwardly mobile: Paraclimbers overcome perceived limitations of disability By PBS News Hour Last month in Atlanta, 39 competitors took part in the first ever National Paraclimbing Championships sponsored by USA Climbing, the governing body of competitive climbing in the United States. NewsHour Weekend visited with some of the athletes in Brooklyn as… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch ‘Aggressive assault’ in Gaza muddles long-term resolution between Israel and Hamas By PBS News Hour After a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas broke down after only hours on Friday, it was unclear Saturday if or when a longer resolution might play out -- especially as violence on the ground intensified during one of the most… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch ‘The right to be handsome’: Clothing for gender non-conforming people on the rise By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch Did NFL fumble on player Rice’s punishment for domestic violence? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch Bluegrass festival keeps Colorado town afloat after flood By PBS News Hour Lyons, Colorado, was cut off from the world for three days when it suffered devastating floods that damaged hundreds of houses and killed one. Nearly a year later, Lyons celebrates its survival with the return of the RockyGrass Festival, one… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch Tiny plastic microbeads pile up into problems for the Great Lakes By PBS News Hour Scientists are investigating a surprising new pollutant in the country’s waterways: the tiny plastic beads found in common cosmetic products. Illinois has become the first state to ban these synthetic microbeads. Brandis Friedman of WTTW Chicago reports on the potential… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch Russia’s response to MH17 crash shifts EU attitudes on sanctions By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch Top-down or middle-out? Debating the key to economic growth By PBS News Hour What’s the best engine to drive the economy? More money for the rich, or better wages for the working class? Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores the debate between those two lines of thought with billionaire venture capitalist Nick Hanauer and… Continue watching