Sep 20 Watch 9:05 How a Massachusetts couple saved thousands from Nazi death camps By PBS News Hour It started with a school project: Interview someone with moral courage. For Artemis Joukowsky, it became an enduring project to explore the life of his grandparents, Waitstill and Martha Sharp, who helped more than 2,000 people avoid deportation to Nazi… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch 3:04 Meet the couple on a mission to end hunger in their town By PBS News Hour The idea started at David and Alicia Blais’ dinner table: what if they could end hunger in their town? Their traveling trailer delivers meals to 200-300 people a night, motivated by the memory of their son, Daniel. Special correspondent Tina… Continue watching
May 25 Warren, Trump trade barbs on housing crisis, tax returns By Eugene Mason Sen. Elizabeth Warren is stepping up her attacks against Donald Trump, calling him a “small, insecure money-grubber.”… Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch 8:07 State governments strive to curb epidemic of fatal opioid abuse By PBS News Hour Abuse of opioids such as heroin, oxycontin and methadone led to 28,000 deaths last year, according to federal agencies. Many states are taking steps to combat the epidemic, but proposed solutions have attracted their own share of controversy and criticism. Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 6:20 Why Salem bought in to witchcraft hysteria By PBS News Hour In 1692, the colonial town of Salem, Massachusetts, became caught up in a fervor over alleged witchcraft. In her new book “The Witches,” Stacy Schiff explores what led a group of Puritans to execute 19 people. She sits down with… Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch 3:55 Massachusetts drops Common Core test, will develop own student evaluations By PBS News Hour Massachusetts, a state considered a leader in education reform, decided last week to reject the Parcc test based on Common Core standards--a test still used in several other states. Instead, the state will develop its own exams to measure student… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch 3:33 Boston art exhibit captures dynamic Dutch society in changing times A new art exhibit is being heralded as the first show ever to look at the Dutch masterworks for how the painters viewed society. The exhibit, “Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer," recently opened at… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch 0:59 A not-so-great day at the beach for this stranded great white shark By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, beachgoers on Cape Cod in Massachusetts rescued a young, stranded great white shark, dousing the animal with water until officials arrived to guide it back into the ocean. Continue watching
Mar 16 It's official, Boston wins its snowiest winter on record By Marina Lopes Three inches of snowfall on Sunday capped what has been the worst winter in Boston’s history. The city was dumped with more than 108.6 inches of powder this season, an inch more than the previous record, according to the National… Continue reading
Mar 09 LIVE BLOG: Follow the Boston bombing trial By News Desk Nearly two years since the attack on the Boston Marathon, the trial for suspected bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is underway in a federal courtroom in Boston. Follow live updates from the Boston Globe. Continue reading