Jul 02 New $1 coin could feature Alaska Native activist who fought discrimination By Jenna Gray The U.S. Mint has revealed designs for a new $1 coin that will honor Alaska’s 1945 anti-discrimination law. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 7:01 In Atlantic City, residents feel injustice of climate change By PBS News Hour When global warming leads to coastal flooding, low-income neighborhoods can suffer some of the worst effects. One stark example is in Atlantic City, where people living in houses built on low-lying lands were left out of flood-mitigation projects that benefit… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch 4:39 Graphic novel shows life in Nevada’s ‘doom towns’ during atomic testing By PBS News Hour Throughout the Cold War, the U.S. tested nearly a thousand atomic weapons in the Nevada desert 125 miles north of Las Vegas. The mushroom clouds from those tests were visible from the Vegas strip and became an unlikely tourist attraction. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch 25:07 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 1, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, July 1, a nightclub dispute in Little Rock, Ark., leaves over 25 wounded. Later, Atlantic City, N.J., residents on the failed flood-mitigation efforts in low-income coastal neighborhoods. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch 4:30 Iraqi forces close in on Mosul, ISIS’s de facto capital By PBS News Hour The Iraqi army is moving closer to taking back control of Mosul from Islamic State militants who captured the city three years ago. U.S. Army forces are joining Iraqi troops in the fight while thousands of civilians, trapped in the… Continue watching
Jul 01 Troy Williams served 18 years. Now, he edits a paper that bridges prisons and public By Kamala Kelkar Troy Williams spent 18 years at San Quentin State Prison. Now, he's editing a newspaper in San Francisco that is available to people in prison across the country. Continue reading
Jul 01 Nevada starts sale of recreational marijuana By Omar Etman At midnight, Nevada became the fifth state to sell marijuana for recreational purposes. Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch 25:03 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 25, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, June 25, President Donald Trump faces a test in the U.S. Senate as Republicans try to gather enough votes for their health care plan. Later, climate change has left the Marshall Islands fighting for freshwater. Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch 4:22 Untangling politics of health care, Russian interference By PBS News Hour The Republican base is prioritizing repealing the Affordable Care Act above potential consequences of the current proposal, which the Senate is expected to vote on this week, says NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield. On the health care debate and… Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch 3:43 Torture alleged in U.S. search for al-Qaida in Yemen By PBS News Hour As the U.S. continues to work with Yemen and the UAE on counter-terrorism operations, an Associated Press investigation has found that hundreds of men captured in the hunt for al-Qaida militants are being detained in prisons run by those countries,… Continue watching