Sep 28 Why are GOP heavyweights flocking to Kansas? By Hannah Yi In this year's midterm elections, Republican incumbents Sen. Pat Roberts and Gov. Sam Brownback are facing tough races with potentially game-changing outcomes. That's why celebrities of the Republican base are swooping in to help rally the Kansan electorate. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Sept. 27, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Sept. 27, on American Graduate Day, NewsHour Weekend looks at whether an extra hour of reading time can help underperforming students. Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch As airstrikes continue, how intense has the Syria campaign been so far? By PBS News Hour The U.S. has continued to strike the Islamic State at various headquarters in Syria, but how intense has the campaign been so far? And what's next? Anthony Cordesman from the Center for Strategic and International Studies joins Hari Sreenivasan from… Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch From red state to blue? Kansas political races leave Republican candidates in peril By PBS News Hour In two political races that were on no one's radar only a few months ago, two Kansas Republican incumbents find themselves in serious political peril, as the now-possible outcomes have the potential to shift, among other things, who controls the… Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch How much does mandatory extra reading time help students? By PBS News Hour In order to make sure students are reading at grade level, many states throughout the country have taken steps to provide extra reading time and instruction for underperforming students. But how much does simply adding extra time help? Patte Barth,… Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch Closing the gap: Low-performing Florida grade schools add extra reading time By Andrew Mach The state of Florida recently mandated the 300 lowest-performing elementary schools add an extra hour of reading instruction each day, the first in the country to do so. But while supporters are convinced the extra time will improve kids' reading,… Continue watching
Sep 27 Amid Ebola crisis, Liberian immigrants allowed to stay in U.S. By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Liberian immigrants living in the United States without a visa won't be sent back to the epicenter of Ebola crisis in West Africa for at least another two years, the Obama administration said Friday. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch Where does the global community stand on climate change action? By PBS News Hour Hundred of thousands of people marched Sunday in New York and in other cities around the world demanding that world leaders do more to halt climate change. For more, Katherine Bagley, a reporter with InsideClimate News, joins Hari Sreenivasan in New… Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch Man on Mars? NASA’s Maven spacecraft explores the possibility By PBS News Hour The NASA Maven spacecraft is expected to complete a 10-month voyage to Mars on Sunday. Once in orbit, NASA scientists will gather information about the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Information that will hopefully offer clues about Earth’s climate and the future… Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Sept. 21, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition of PBS NewsHour Weekend for Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, hundreds of thousands turn out in New York City and around the world to demand action to halt climate change. Miles O'Brien explains why a new mission to… Continue watching