Jul 04 Amid furor over monuments, Trump seeks `garden’ of U.S. heroes By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press His idea, conveyed in a speech Friday night at Mount Rushmore and expanded on in an executive order, comes as elected officials and institutions are reckoning with whether it is appropriate to continue to honor people, including past presidents, who… Continue reading
Jul 04 Trump entices masses with capital event as virus cases rise By Lynn Berry, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Several hours before Trump’s “Salute for America” celebration, people filed to the National Mall in baking heat and took shade under the scattered trees while, not far away, music wafted from a party on the White House South Lawn. To… Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch 4:37 Advocates critical of Chicago’s ‘drug corner’ arrest plan By Ivette Feliciano Advocates in Chicago are calling a plan by the city’s police to deploy 1200 additional officers over the July Fourth holiday weekend to arrest teenagers found on so-called “drug corners” unconstitutional, saying it contradicts police reform measures. Sheila Bedi, an… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 7:56 Arab-Israeli orchestra celebrates 20 years of harmony By David Tereshchuk, Laura Fong The Divan Orchestra founded by an Israeli and a Palestinian as a humanist project for friendship and dialogue is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Today, its young members are both Israeli and Arab. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent David Tereshchuk… Continue watching
Jul 04 At Pride march in Paris, activists demand racial justice too By Arno Pedram, Associated Press Marchers chanted “It’s my body, it’s my choice!” and “Everyone hates the police!” as the young, ethnically diverse crowd wound peacefully from the Pigalle neighborhood in northern Paris to Republique plaza in the east. Many of the participants wore protective… Continue reading
Jul 04 English pubs reopen but little normal elsewhere in the world By Cara Anna, Associated Press More than 11 million people around the world are known to have been infected since the pandemic began, 2.7 million of those in the U.S., according to the Johns Hopkins data. With shortages of testing materials, the real number of… Continue reading
Jul 04 Across Sun Belt, hopes for economy give way to renewed fears By Tamara Lush, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press For residents across America's Sun Belt — business owners and workers, consumers and home buyers — the past three months have delivered about the scariest ride in memory. With confirmed viral cases surging through the region, it's far from clear… Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch 11:31 Celebrating female trailblazers for women’s suffrage centennial By PBS NewsHour Starting Monday, PBS will be airing a two-part series as part of its “Trailblazers” initiative, celebrating 100 years of women’s suffrage in America. The documentary, titled “And She Could Be Next” follows women candidates and organizers who are transforming American… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 7:45 Samoa searching for plant-based alternatives to single-use plastics By Mike Taibbi, Mori Rothman, Laura Fong Like many other places around the world, the South Pacific island-nation of Samoa has begun phasing out single-use plastic products, and styrofoam will be next. Businesses and research organizations there are finding creative uses of local resources to fill in… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 2:13 Remembering the ’80s HIV epidemic this Pride By PBS NewsHour This Pride, we are remembering a community’s struggle with a different epidemic decades ago. Raised by gay parents, a man recalls how HIV AIDS was impacting people around him and how a group of men called his “aunties” helped him… Continue watching