Oct 11 Watch Sugar showdown: Vote on San Francisco soda tax draws near By PBS News Hour As a vote on whether to raise the tax on sodas, teas, energy drinks and any others that contain added sugar sold in San Francisco draws near, advocates for the beverage industry and public health arena weigh in on how… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch New York City, LA among cities moving to raise minimum wage By PBS News Hour Matt Flegenheimer of the New York Times joins Hari Sreenivasan to talk about the U.S. cities moving to raise minimum wage on the local level, as the issue lingers in Congress. Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch The War on ISIS: Where in the Middle East is the Islamic State making gains? By PBS News Hour Islamic State jihadists made several gains in cities throughout the Middle East over the past week and was met with powerful resistance in others. To try to make sense of what’s occurring on the battlefield in Syria and Iraq, former… Continue watching
Oct 05 U.S. dedicates memorial honoring disabled veterans By Carey Reed President Obama honored the nation's wounded servicemen and servicewomen during the unveiling of a disabled veterans memorial in Washington on Sunday. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch Before ISIS: A history of beheadings to terrify, punish By PBS News Hour ISIS' release of yet another videotape showing the beheading of a western hostage has once again drawn international condemnation and refocused attention on the very practice. In fact, beheadings date back to ancient times, and today, they are hardly limited… Continue watching
Oct 05 Watch Viewers respond to report on mandated extra reading time at Florida grade schools By PBS News Hour Viewers respond to a recent NewsHour Weekend signature piece examining Florida’s new law requiring low-performing elementary schools to provide an extra hour of reading every day. Hari Sreenivasan reads your comments. Continue watching
Oct 05 Alabama redistricting, Facebook threats on Supreme Court docket By Associated Press An overview look at some of the noteworthy cases the Supreme Court will hear this term, which begins Monday. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 4, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 4, one of America's top health experts talks to NewsHour Weekend about combating Ebola in the United States. Later, a report on the beheading of a British aid worker by ISIS militants. And, the… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch How can the spread of Ebola be stopped in the US? By PBS News Hour How can the spread of the Ebola virus be stopped? Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss lessons learned in the missteps made in treating Ebola patient Thomas… Continue watching