Jul 05 Jobless Rate for Poor Black Teen Dropouts? Try 95 Percent By Paul Solman By Paul Solman The United States has slid in rankings of industrialized nations putting youth to work. Jobless rates for young black dropouts are especially high. Photo courtesy of Pascal Broze/ONOKY via Getty Images. Paul Solman: Northeastern University economist… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch What the Voting Rights Act Ruling Means for Voters What the Voting Rights Act Ruling Means for Voters… Continue watching
Jul 05 One Simple Guideline That Could Reduce America’s High Infant Mortality Rate Despite having the highest health care costs in the world, the U.S. is far from the top in preventing infant mortality. Photo By BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images. I know it just doesn't sound right, but all of the international… Continue reading
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Jul 04 Watch Mentorship for New Educators Helps Combat Teacher Burnout, Improve Retention Mentorship for New Educators Helps Combat Teacher Burnout, Improve Retention… Continue watching
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Jul 04 Watch What the Leadership Change Means for Egypt’s Future and the Region What the Leadership Change Means for Egypt's Future and the Region… Continue watching
Jul 04 Liberty Island Reopens to Welcome Huddled Masses on Independence Day EmbedVideo(6873, 482, 304); The Statue of Liberty reopened this Fourth of July, months after Hurricane Sandy damaged the island's infrastructure last fall. Crowds ferried to Liberty Island to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday morning. New… Continue reading
Jul 04 Brazil’s New Middle Class: We Want More Than Circuses Civilian police officers take part in a demonstration over salaries and working conditions in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday. Photo by Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images. For nearly two weeks, South America's largest country -- Brazil -- shared headlines with Turkey… Continue reading
Jul 04 From the NewsHour Archives: Robert Pinsky on the 4th of July By Imani Cheers O July 4, 2001, former poet laureate Robert Pinsky read aloud for NewsHour viewers the concluding section of Walt Whitman's "By Blue Ontario's Shore," Pinsky said, "Whitman's list of what he 'will not shirk' remains an attractive agenda and can… Continue reading