Mar 19 Watch 6:45 How Chuck Berry defined a generation of rock ‘n’ roll By PBS News Hour Chuck Berry, the legendary musician who helped define rock ’n’ roll, died on Saturday at the age of 90. Music historian Alan Light joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss Berry’s life and his influence on music. Continue watching
Mar 19 Trump’s proposed budget would gut Great Lakes cleanup, a ‘game-changer’ for the region By Michael D. Regan Municipalities in the Great Lakes region could lose $300 million in annual federal funding under the budget proposal the White House released on Thursday. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch 3:40 These policies helped South Korea’s capital decrease food waste By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman About one-third of all the food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted, according to the United Nations. But several years ago, South Korea instituted a law that requires residents to separate food waste from other garbage and imposes… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch 22:29 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 18, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, March 18, a gunman tries to shoot travelers at a busy airport in France, the U.S. and China discuss working together on policy toward North Korea, and the documentary "Newtown" shows how a town struck… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch 5:37 As Syrian civil war stretches on, U.S. sends more troops By PBS News Hour On Saturday, opposition fighters began to evacuate the last rebel-held neighborhood of Homs, Syria, where the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began. As the Syrian civil war enters its seventh year, President Donald Trump’s administration said the U.S. would deploy… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch 9:01 Documentary ‘Newtown’ examines a town’s lasting trauma By Laura Fong, Saskia de Melker The documentary "Newtown" explores the aftermath of the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where a gunman killed 20 children and six adults. The documentary, which weaves together the experiences of those affected by the… Continue watching
Mar 18 ‘I will fight for my island’ — Puerto Rican artists on territory’s future By Ivette Feliciano At an exhibit by Puerto Rican artists in New York City, criticisms of the territory’s colonial history and connection to the U.S. are front and center. Continue reading
Mar 18 Court blocks Mississippi law that would have shuttered state’s only abortion clinic By Michael D. Regan A federal court in Mississippi on Friday ruled against a state law that would have shut down the state's lone abortion clinic in the city of Jackson. Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch 22:26 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 12, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, March 12, Republicans fight over a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, a federal panel ruled that Texas gerrymandering intentionally discriminates against Hispanics, and the Netherlands prepares to pick its next leader. Also, throughout… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch 3:27 Texas gerrymandering discriminates against Hispanics, ruling says By PBS News Hour A panel of federal judges in Texas is ordering the state to redraw its congressional district map because it discriminates against Hispanic voters. The judges ruled Friday that in 2011, Republican legislators engaged in gerrymandering on racial lines. The ruling… Continue watching