May 02 Watch 4:39 Why more teens like Malia Obama are taking a gap year By PBS News Hour President Barack Obama’s eldest daughter Malia announced plans to take a gap year before she attends Harvard in 2017, an idea that is taking hold among more and more students. In 2015, 30-40,000 students took a year off after graduating… Continue watching
May 02 5 things to know about a gap year, when students take time off By Hope Yen, Associated Press President Barack Obama's daughter Malia is taking a year off after graduating from high school before attending Harvard University as part of an expanding program for students known as a "gap year."… Continue reading
May 01 Watch 10:20 Wait list grows as public defenders refuse cases in New Orleans By Mori Rothman The right to counsel is a constitutional guarantee, and a necessity, as at least 80 percent of state criminal defendants cannot afford representation and must instead rely on court-appointed counsel. Yet government spending on public defenders has fallen, leading 43… Continue watching
May 01 WATCH: Obama drops the mic at final White House Correspondents’ Dinner By Michael D. Regan and Douglass K. Daniel, Associated Press President Barack Obama performed his brand of sharp-tongued comedy at the White House Correspondents' Dinner for the last time - wrapping up with "Obama out" and dropping the mic while the crowd cheered. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch 10:11 70 years on, the search continues for artwork looted by the Nazis By Phil Hirschkorn For many Jewish families whose artwork was stolen by the Nazis during World War II, the theft was compounded by murder in concentration camps. For the children and grandchildren of survivors, finding the missing art can be an international decades-long… Continue watching
Apr 30 Trump insists Clinton campaign relies on ‘woman’s card’ By Nancy Benac, Associated Press Donald Trump, after toying with gender politics off and on during the campaign, is all in on a mission to undercut Hillary Clinton's credentials by syncing up his say-anything campaign strategy with his alpha-male persona. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch 1:13 Honoring the bison as America’s national mammal By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the Senate unanimously passed legislation designating the American bison as the country’s national mammal, in recognition of the bison’s historical and contemporary significance. The bill, which passed through the House Tuesday, will… Continue watching
Apr 29 Column: 12 alternatives to timeouts when kids are at their worst By Wendy Thomas Russell One day we were trying to steer our daughter’s behavior by imposing timeouts and taking toys away and limiting TV time whenever she went astray. And the next, we weren’t. Did she start running roughshod over our house, our feelings… Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch 7:27 How North Carolina’s bathroom law sparked a business backlash By PBS News Hour North Carolina’s High Point Market is the largest furniture industry trade show in the world. But weeks before designers and retailers arrived, the state legislature passed a law on the use of bathrooms and discrimination targeted at LGBT people, sparking… Continue watching
Apr 28 Column: Why you should never use timeouts on your kids By Wendy Thomas Russell At some point, we must accept that even though we all love our kids and want what’s best for them, parenting can’t be a strictly intuitive endeavor. Sometimes we need to listen, really listen, to the experts and the science… Continue reading