May 18 Watch Can cross-border cooperation save the endangered rhino? By PBS News Hour Only about 29,000 rhinos remain in the wild today -- 73 percent of those wild rhinos are in South Africa -- and most of those live in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Authorities are desperately trying to combat a dramatic… Continue watching
May 17 Watch Do traffic cameras save lives or violate due process? By PBS News Hour Ten years ago, only a few dozen communities had red-light or speed-enforcement cameras. Today, hundreds do. On Saturday, we take a look at a debate in Ohio. Camera advocates say the technology saves lives. Opponents say the devices are profit-centers… Continue watching
May 16 Watch 60 years after Brown v. Board, school segregation isn’t yet American history By PBS News Hour Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, the question of how far we’ve come in eliminating segregated education is not a simple one. Gwen Ifill leads a discussion with Cheryl Brown Henderson of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity,… Continue watching
May 15 Watch Journalist Glenn Greenwald on interrogating Snowden, ‘limitless’ ambitions of NSA By PBS News Hour Glenn Greenwald was the first reporter to meet with Edward Snowden when the former NSA contractor wanted to disclose secrets of the agency. Greenwald sits down with chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner in Washington to discuss that initial encounter… Continue watching
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May 14 Watch Bill Clinton reflects on fixing the wealth gap, embracing the Affordable Care Act and Hillary’s health By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 13 Watch Debating Piketty’s theory on how wealth begets wealth, widens the economic gap By PBS News Hour In "Capital," French economist Thomas Piketty explores how wealth and the income derived from it magnifies the problems of inequality. Gwen Ifill gets debate on his data and conclusions from Heather Boushey of Washington Center for Equitable Growth and Kevin… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 8:54 Why do the rich get richer? French economist Piketty takes on inequality in ‘Capital’ By PBS News Hour On a recent U.S. press tour for his bestselling book "Capital," French economist Thomas Piketty spoke to standing-room-only crowds about his examination of growing, global economic inequality. Economics correspondent Paul Solman interviews Piketty for his take on why inequality of… Continue watching
May 11 Watch Crude oil brings boom times and safety concerns to North Dakota By PBS News Hour In North Dakota an oil boom has transformed the state's economy. Nearly a million barrels of crude come out of the ground each day in the state, and instead of traveling by pipeline, most North Dakota oil goes by rail. Continue watching
May 10 Watch Can policy changes lead to an increase in organ donations? By PBS News Hour NewsHour Weekend presents a report from Australia about an initiative that has raised organ donation and transplant rates dramatically. Could the same program work in the United States?… Continue watching