Mar 24 Watch 24:58 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 24, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, March 24, young students lead March for our Lives rally in Washington, and inside the debate over what makes eggs “organic.” Also, the Trump administration announces a new ban on transgender people from serving in… Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch 3:54 Trump signs new policy that would ban most trans troops By PBS News Hour Four federal courts have temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on trans people in the military, which he issued last summer. On Friday night, the White House released a new, similar policy to bar people with a history of gender… Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch 4:23 Youth voices take center stage at March for Our Lives By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman Students across the country flooded into the streets on Saturday to call for stricter gun control laws in the wake of the Parkland school shooting that killed 17 people in Florida last month. Among the tens of thousands who rallied… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch 5:36 How a data analytics firm allegedly ‘weaponized’ Facebook to swing votes in 2016 By PBS News Hour On Friday, Facebook suspended Cambridge Analytica, a UK-headquartered data analytics firm, for allegedly using user data to devise election advertising strategy, particularly for undecided voters, in the run-up to the 2016 election. The U.S. arm of the firm reportedly received… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch 4:09 Putin re-elected in Russia with large margin By PBS News Hour As the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election continues in this country, Russia on Sunday held its own presidential election. Even before the final votes were tallied, it was clear that President Vladimir Putin would be… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch 7:14 Fellowship allows formerly incarcerated artists to push for criminal justice reform By Melanie Saltzman Seven formerly incarcerated artists received $20,000 each last year through "Right of Return," a fellowship allowing them to create original artwork exploring ideas around criminal justice reform. The fellows are a diverse group of artists and work in mediums including… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 4:58 What does McCabe’s firing mean for the Russia investigation? By PBS News Hour Two days before he was set to retire, FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe was fired on Friday by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. McCabe, a possible witness in the Russia investigation case, said his dismissal was part of the president’s “ongoing… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 3:40 Thousands still trapped amid fighting in Eastern Ghouta By PBS News Hour Over five million Syrians have fled the country and at least half a million people are estimated to have been killed in the seven-year Syrian war. As fighting continues in Eastern Ghouta, the last rebel-held area near Damascus, little progress… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 22:22 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 11, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, March 11, President Trump makes big foreign policy decisions ahead of Pennsylvania polls, and a tour of the Armory Show, one of the world’s biggest art fairs. Also, what one couple learned from their shift… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 3:50 Could Trump’s unconventional foreign policy decisions yield results? By PBS News Hour This week, President Trump made some announcements that took Washington by surprise. He accepted an invite to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and said he would impose import tariffs on steel and aluminum, a timely move ahead of… Continue watching