Aug 12 After a C-section, women who want a vaginal birth may struggle to find care By Molly Enking In some areas of the U.S., it can be very difficult to find a hospital or doctor who will support a woman attempting a VBAC, despite data showing they can be a safe option. Continue reading
Aug 12 ‘You’re mostly isolated and alone.’ Why some domestic workers are vulnerable to exploitation By Ivette Feliciano, Corinne Segal Many domestic workers in the U.S. labor behind closed doors in private homes, exempt from certain types of federal labor protections. Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 25:05 August 11, 2018 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Aug. 11, how pharmaceutical middlemen could impact how much you pay for prescription medication, and a look at Charlottesville, Virginia, one year after violence erupted there during a white supremacist rally. Also, should controlled burns… Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 3:07 In some areas, controlled fires can prevent runaway blazes By PBS News Hour As massive fires continue to rage in California, firefighters are setting backfires, dropping flame-retardant from planes and hoping for a break in hot, dry conditions. Another method is to intentionally set fires to tamp down the prospect of larger blazes. Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 3:30 One year after violent white supremacist rally, Charlottesville activists focus on racial justice By PBS News Hour One year ago this weekend, Charlottesville, Virginia was the scene of violent clashes between white supremacists holding a rally in the city's downtown and counter-protesters. But what has changed in the city since the summer of 2017? Nicole Hemmer, an… Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 11:08 Do prescription drug middlemen help keep prices high? By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman Americans pay more for prescription drugs than any country in the world, and the pharmaceutical industry earns billions in profits each year. Critics blame pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, for a portion of those high costs through their role as… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 25:05 August 5, 2018 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Aug 5, 40 years since the Love Canal environmental crisis, residents say that chemicals there continue to make them sick. Also, hundreds of toxic sites await cleanup under the Superfund program. Megan Thompson anchors from… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 13:40 Residents say Love Canal chemicals continue to make them sick By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman, Michael D. Regan Forty years ago this week, President Jimmy Carter declared Love Canal a national health emergency when the small community near Niagara Falls, New York, learned that their homes and school were built on 22,000 tons of chemicals. Today, many residents… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 4:01 Hundreds of toxic sites await cleanup under Superfund program By PBS News Hour In 1980, the Congress approved the Superfund program, generating money to clean up the country’s most hazardous toxic sites by imposing a tax on industries that polluted the most. Since 2000, the program’s purchasing power has declined by 40 percent… Continue watching
Aug 05 As calls to the Suicide Prevention Lifeline surge, under-resourced centers struggle to keep up By Vivekae Kim More people than ever are calling the Lifeline—but some crisis center directors and suicide prevention advocates say the system is overwhelmed and underfunded. Continue reading