Nov 20 Watch 6:59 Survival and sadness in Iraq’s Christian towns By PBS News Hour The majority of Iraq's Christians have fled the predominantly Muslim country as the Islamic State occupied their towns in and around Mosul. Christians have lived in the region since the start of Christianity itself, but today they number less than… Continue watching
Nov 20 What does voter turnout tell us about the 2016 election? By Michael D. Regan Hillary Clinton trails President Obama's 2012 totals by more than 2 million votes, while President-elect Donald Trump is nearly even with the tallies of former GOP nominee Mitt Romney. Continue reading
Nov 19 Watch 1:18 Sharon Jones, soul and blues singer, dies at 60 By PBS News Hour Sharon Jones, a powerful soul and blues singer who achieved mid-life fame as lead singer for the Dap-Kings and who returned to touring this year after fighting cancer, has died. The NewsHour’s Christopher Booker reports. Continue watching
Nov 19 Trump opponents try to beat him at the Electoral College By Kimberlee Kruesi and Bill Barrow, Associated Press Grassroots campaigns have sprung up around the country to try to persuade members of the Electoral College to do something that has never been done in American history. Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch 12:03 What Gwen Ifill taught us By PBS News Hour In honor of our beloved co-anchor Gwen Ifill, who passed away on Monday, members of the NewsHour family -- past and present -- remember the wisdom she shared. Continue watching
Nov 18 Column: The cosmic power of Gwen Ifill By Mike Melia Mark Twain had his Halley’s Comet. We say Shakespeare died on his birthday. On the last day of Gwen Ifill's life, a full moon drew closer to Earth. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 7:06 How online hoaxes and fake news played a role in the election By PBS News Hour Tech giants like Google and Facebook face mounting criticism over whether they used insufficient discretion in weeding out fake news. A Buzzfeed analysis found that false stories generated more engagement than content from real news sites in the three months… Continue watching
Nov 17 Hillary Clinton urges her supporters to ‘never, ever give up’ By Lisa Lerer, Associated Press Hillary Clinton is acknowledging the difficulty of her loss in the presidential race for her supporters and urging them to persevere through the Donald Trump era. Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch 8:41 CEO behind Dakota Access to protesters: ‘We’re building the pipeline’ By PBS News Hour The struggle over the Dakota Access Pipeline has intensified, as more protesters have joined the standoff and the company building the pipeline filed suit to get its last permit issued. Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, joins William Brangham… Continue watching
Nov 16 Why is the teen birth rate so much higher in rural areas? By Laura Santhanam For the first time, government researchers studied teen birth rates in rural and urban counties. The differences surprised them. Continue reading