Mar 27 New York state singled out for most segregated schools By Kyla Calvert Mason Public schools in New York state are the most segregated in the nation, according to a report out this week from UCLA’s Civil Rights Project. The overall rate of segregation was heavily weighted by New York City schools, which the… Continue reading
Mar 25 Four arrested for BASE jumping from One World Trade Center By Justin Scuiletti Four people were arrested Monday in New York for BASE jumping more than 1,300 feet from atop the One World Trade Center tower in September. Continue reading
Mar 08 Groups mark International Women’s Day on social media By Kayla Ruble, Kristin Miller Organizations, international corporations and celebrities from around the globe marked International Women's Day on social media. Continue reading
Mar 02 Documents reveal inner workings of Clinton’s White House By Hari Sreenivasan The online world has been buzzing about thousands of pages of documents from the Clinton administration that were released by the Clinton Presidential Library on Friday. Much of the conversation has focused on insight the documents provide about then-first lady… Continue reading
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Jan 30 Watch News Wrap: Federal prosecutors will seek death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Federal prosecutors announced that they will seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, accused of bombing the 2013 Boston Marathon, where three were killed and more than 260 were wounded. Also, New York Mayor Bill… Continue watching
Jan 30 NYC mayor aims to halt stop-and-frisk appeal By Elisabeth Ponsot New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration filed court papers Thursday to drop a city appeal of a judge's order for major reforms of the New York City Police Department's controversial stop-and-frisk policy. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch News Wrap: Northeast braces for major snowstorm By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, a winter storm along the East Coast shuttered government offices and disrupted flight schedules, as New York and other cities prepared for at least a foot of snow. Also, a car bomb in Lebanon targeted… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch Brooks and Marcus on Obama’s surveillance reforms, Benghazi attack blame By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Gwen Ifill to discuss the week's top political news, including whether or not President Obama went far enough with his recommended surveillance reforms, who's blame for the… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch Shields and Brooks discuss how government can address economic inequality Shields and Brooks discuss how government can address economic inequality… Continue watching