Health Jul 29 Watch 4:09 News Wrap: Florida likely has ‘homegrown’ Zika outbreak, gov. says In our news wrap Friday, the governor of Florida said that his state most likely has the first “homegrown” Zika outbreak in the Continental United States. Three men and one woman appear to have been infected by local mosquito transmission,… By PBS NewsHour
Nation Jul 29 Navy to name a ship after gay rights trailblazer Harvey Milk Harvey Milk, the late politician and groundbreaking gay rights activist, has been honored with a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Hollywood bio-pic and his own U.S. postage stamp. Now he will be immortalized in a new way: as namesake… By Molly Finnegan
Health Jun 14 Watch 6:42 ‘We Were Here’ Revisits San Francisco’s AIDS Epidemic of Early ’80s 'We Were Here' Revisits San Francisco's AIDS Epidemic of Early '80s…
Arts Feb 08 Watch Legacy of S.F. Mayor, Killed With Harvey Milk, Revived on Stage by Son Legacy of S.F. Mayor, Killed With Harvey Milk, Revived on Stage by Son…
Aug 12 Watch Medal of Freedom Recipients Honored at White House President Barack Obama awarded 16 people with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Wednesday. Judy Woodruff offers a look at the ceremony. Continue watching
Dec 19 Conversation: ‘Milk’s’ Cleve Jones By Arts Desk The new film, "Milk," by director Gus Van Sant tells the story of Harvey Milk, who in 1977 became the first openly gay elected official in the United States as a member of the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors. Continue reading
Dec 19 The Voice of Harvey Milk By Arts Desk The "Hope Speech" became Harvey Milk's stump speech. He gave a skeletal version when he declared his candidacy in 1977 and an expanded version in 1978 for the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade, later known as the Gay Pride… Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch Online NewsHour Launches Art Beat Blog The Online NewsHour has created a blog devoted to arts news from around the world. NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown explains what kinds of information viewers can find on the blog. Continue watching