Dec 31 3 congressional races to watch in 2018 By Lev Facher, STAT Here are three 2018 campaigns to watch to determine what American voters make of how health care policy is being shaped in Washington. Continue reading
Dec 31 Spread of fake news prompts literacy efforts in schools By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press Alarmed by the proliferation of false content online, state lawmakers around the country are pushing schools to put more emphasis on teaching students how to tell fact from fiction. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 24:22 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode December 30, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 30, anti-government protests continue across Iran, and the Lada, an old school Russian car, is embraced by the youth. Also, a look at the debate over public lands being declared national monuments. Alison Stewart… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 3:10 How fair are Iraq’s rapid-fire trials of ISIS members? By PBS News Hour The U.N. and human rights groups have raised concerns about Iraq’s swift trials of alleged ISIS members, the Washington Post reports. Earlier this month, Iraq declared that major combat against the terrorist group was over, ending three years of territorial… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 4:31 Why young Russians enjoy racing with faulty, Cold War-era cars By PBS News Hour, Nick Schifrin On the streets of Moscow, young Russians are participating in a highly symbolic race: they’re scooping up Ladas, an old-school emblem of the Cold War era, and racing them against fancier sports cars. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Nick Schifrin talks… Continue watching
Dec 30 Racial justice activist Erica Garner dies at 27 By Kamala Kelkar Racial justice activist Erica Garner died Saturday at the age of 27, less than four years after her father was put in a fatal choke hold by police. Continue reading
Dec 30 Trump administration aims to trim rules on offshore drilling By Associated Press The Trump administration on Friday proposed to rewrite or kill rules on offshore oil and gas drilling that were imposed after the deadly 2010 rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch 24:17 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode December 24, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 24, President Trump takes aim at the FBI on Twitter, and how Hawaii is addressing homelessness in the state. Also, a photographer travels around the world to see how cities are dealing with garbage. Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 4:29 The world is ‘drowning’ in trash. But can refuse be a resource? By PBS News Hour The world produces 3.5 million tons of garbage every day, a number that is increasing. For a recent story in the Washington Post, “Drowning in Garbage,” reporter Kadir van Lohuizen traveled to six major cities around the world to see… Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch 3:34 After a spate of exits, what is the future of the EPA? By PBS News Hour More than 700 people, including over 200 scientists and 96 environmental protection specialists, have left the Environmental Protection Agency since the start of the Trump administration, according to a joint investigation by The New York Times and ProPublica. Lisa Friedman… Continue watching