Aug 05 How well do you know the Olympics? Take our quiz By Larisa Epatko What's the name of the 2016 Rio Olympics mascot? Which country has attended every Olympic Games? Test your brain power and stamina by taking our 10-question quiz. Continue reading
Aug 04 How feeling respected transforms a student’s relationship to school By Sarah D. Sparks, Education Week A Stanford University study finds that a one-time intervention to help teachers and students empathize with one another halved the number of suspensions at five California middle schools, and helped build bonds between disengaged students and their schools. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 8:21 More DNC information to come, says WikiLeaks founder By PBS News Hour In the aftermath of a devastating email-hacking incident involving top Democratic party officials, WikiLeaks is preparing to release new information “on a range of important issues.” According to organization founder Julian Assange, WikiLeaks is now immersed in formatting the information… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 7:07 A stretch of North Dakota highway witnesses oil’s boom and bust By PBS News Hour Oil prices have been dropping since the industry’s boom in 2014, and with that decline comes economic uncertainty for oil towns like Dickinson, North Dakota. Over 180 rigs drilled at the nearby Bakken oil field two years ago; only 27… Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch 11:09 Khizr Khan: As candidate for the highest office, Trump needs tolerance for criticism By PBS News Hour Khizr and Ghazala Khan, a Muslim-American couple whose 27-year-old son died as a soldier during the Iraq War, stood before the Democratic National Convention last week to share their loss and criticize Donald Trump. Lisa Desjardins recaps the political feud… Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch 10:33 Why Ohio has purged at least 200,000 from the voter rolls By PBS News Hour No Republican candidate, and no Democratic candidate since 1960, has won the White House without securing the majority of votes in Ohio. With the stakes so high, Ohio’s voting rules have come under scrutiny -- in particular, a state policy… Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch 10:03 Native community in Louisiana relocates as land washes away By Saskia de Melker, Melanie Saltzman Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana has lost 98 percent of its land to coastal erosion caused by sinking land and exacerbated by rising seas and increased storm surges. The tribal community that lives there will be the first to… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch 12:03 Shields and Brooks on which convention was more successful, Clinton’s failure to emotionally connect By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and syndicated columnist Mark Shields sit down with Judy Woodruff for a look at the conventions and agree the Democrats were more successful — even if Hillary Clinton failed to connect emotionally. “If we… Continue watching
Jul 27 AP fact check: 2016 Democratic National Convention edition By Associated Press A look at some claims Wednesday and how they compare with the facts, on a day packed with a lengthy news conference by Trump and evening convention speeches by high-powered Democrats, President Barack Obama among them. Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch ‘Full Frontal’ host Samantha Bee stops by the NewsHour By PBS News Hour Samantha Bee, the host of “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” on TBS says it’s been harder for her comedy writing team to mine the Democratic convention for material than it was the Republicans. “What better gift” than the “offensive” Donald… Continue watching