Apr 14 Watch Feds classify Kansas shootings as hate crimes By PBS News Hour Federal authorities confirmed that they believe shootings at two Jewish community sites in Kansas were motivated by hate. Gwen Ifill talks to Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center to learn more about the 73-year-old suspect, Frazier Glenn Cross,… Continue watching
Apr 14 Justice Department to investigate whether Kansas shooting was a hate crime, Holder says By Joshua Barajas http://youtu.be/yBm0ntHOAJ0 Video by Associated Press The Justice Department will investigate whether federal hate crimes were committed in a Kansas shooting that left three people dead Sunday, Attorney General Eric Holder said. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch Debating Kansas’ mandate on tighter voter ID enforcement By PBS News Hour In a recent spate of voter identification controversies sweeping the country, a federal judge in Kansas ordered election officials to help Kansas and Arizona enforce laws requiring new voters to show proof of citizenship. Hari Sreenivasan get two views from… Continue watching
Mar 23 Is rural America a thing of the past? By Kristin Miller The image of the families like the Joads from The Grapes of Wrath loading up their meager possessions and leaving the farm for the city is a powerful one in the American psyche. It’s almost as powerful as the image… Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch Kansas offers incentives to bring people back to the plains By PBS News Hour The Great Plains have been losing population since the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. NewsHour travels to Kansas to find out about a state plan that offers incentives to attract new residents to Rural Opportunity Zones. Will deals on student… Continue watching
Feb 14 Kansas bill legalizing refusal of service to same-sex couples passes House but meets friction in Senate By Justin Scuiletti A Kansas bill seeking to protect the refusal of services to same-sex couples based on religious beliefs -- one that sparked a national outcry Wednesday after passing the state’s House -- now seems to be facing a roadblock in the… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch News Wrap: Colo. student shot two before killing himself at high school News Wrap: Colo. student shot two before killing himself at high school… Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch David Maraniss: My first rule in writing is go there Judy Woodruff book conversation with David Maraniss… Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch News Wrap: At Least 5 Killed in Violence After Egypt’s Soccer Riot In other news Friday, cities across Egypt erupted in fresh violence as protesters accused the ruling military of failing to stop a soccer riot that killed 74 people this week. Also, malaria may be killing twice as many people as… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch Canadian Brass Performs at Opening of Moshe Safdie’s Kauffman Center For more on this story, go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/… Continue watching