Mar 12 More families file suit against Flint over lead poisoning By Michael D. Regan Multiple families in Flint, Michigan filed a lawsuit this week seeking financial recompense from the government and several private companies after they had discovered drinking water supplied by the city had been contaminated by lead. Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch 7:49 Detoxing after delivery: When babies are born withdrawing from opioids By Saskia de Melker, Melanie Saltzman The number of American babies born going through withdrawal from prescription painkillers and heroin used by their mothers during pregnancy, a condition called Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, increased fivefold between 2000 and 2012. NewsHour's Alison Stewart explores the consequences of the… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch 8:04 Disparity in the life spans of the rich and poor is growing By PBS News Hour Research has long established that wealthy people tend to live longer than the poor, but despite advances in medicine, technology and education, the economic ladder has been widening dramatically. Dr. Lisa Berkman, the director of Harvard's Center for Population and… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch 22:12 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 6, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday March 6, former First Lady Nancy Reagan has died -- we look back at her life and her impact on the nation. Later, a look at the 2016 presidential campaign as the race heads now… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch 3:20 Clinton, Trump show strong leads ahead of delegate-heavy Michigan primary By PBS News Hour Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump show strong poll numbers in Michigan, leading up to the state's presidential primary elections on Tuesday. At stake are 147 delegates for the Democrats and 59 for the Republicans. Michigan Public Radio reporter Rick… Continue watching
Mar 06 ‘She touched the heart of a nation:’ Tributes pour in for Nancy Reagan By Shawn Paik, Elif Koc As the news of Reagan's death permeated the nation, condolences and reflections of the former first lady poured in, remembering her for her strength of spirit, love for her husband and loyalty to the country. Continue reading
Mar 06 At least 60 dead as suicide bombing strikes south of Baghdad By Michael D. Regan At least 60 people are dead following the latest in a string suicide bombings in Iraq, a nation fighting the encroachment of the Islamic State and internal conflicts sometimes divided across sectarian lines. Continue reading
Mar 05 Watch 22:12 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 5, 2016 By PBS News Hour Saturday on NewsHour Weekend: Voters have their say in primaries and caucuses in Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, Kentucky and Kansas, as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton look to expand their leads. Also, a once-controversial art exhibit on race is brought back… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch Could Hillary Clinton reverse the Louisiana losing streak for Democrats? By PBS News Hour No Democratic presidential candidate has won Louisiana since Bill Clinton in 1996. If Hillary Clinton becomes the Democratic nominee, she could reverse that losing streak. Elizabeth Crisp of the Baton Rouge Advocate joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the race in… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 5:30 Once banished, controversial race exhibit resurfaces at Chicago museum By Megan Thompson, tritzenthaler In a new exhibit, Chicago's Field Museum has revived elements from its controversial 1933 show, "Races of Mankind," consisting of 104 bronze statues that depict races from around the world. Most of the statues were banished by 1969 as public… Continue watching