Aug 23 Watch 1:22 Malala: Children around the world should fight for education By PBS News Hour Continuing her journey as an international education advocate, Malala Yousafzai joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how to inspire children around the world to fight for education. Continue watching
Aug 23 POLL: Do you think employers should use background checks? By Megan Thompson, Tracy Wholf Employers and screeners say the checks are an important tool for reducing liability for negligent hiring. But the practice has come under fire from those who say it can lead to discrimination and decreased job opportunities for the 70 million… Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch Mistaken identity in background checks can cost applicants job offers By PBS News Hour Today, nearly 90 percent of employers run a check on at least some of their applicants. As more employers throughout the country use background checks to review job applicants, NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson takes a look at the job-screening process,… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend | Full Episode | Sunday, August 17, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition, a new overnight curfew fails to halt the violence in Ferguson, Missouri, following the killing of an unarmed African-American teen by a police officer. Later, NewsHour's Chief Foreign Correspondent Margaret Warner joins us from northern Iraq, where… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch Kurdish forces retake key dam from Islamic State in ‘strategic victory’ By PBS News Hour In what may be considered a strategic victory, Kurdish forces recaptured the area around the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, with the help of repeated air strikes to the area on Sunday. PBS NewsHour Foreign Correspondent Margaret Warner joins Hari… Continue watching
Aug 17 Thousands protest against ‘Anti-Occupy’ reform movement By Carey Reed The grassroots pro-democracy group "Occupy Central" is pushing for greater freedom in the 2017 elections, including the right to choose the candidates that make it onto the ballot. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch Viewers respond to millennial-friendly museum tours By PBS News Hour Viewers respond to a story from Saturday, August 16 about a company that tries to attract millennials to museums by making the museum experience more fun and by linking high works of art to pop culture. Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch Inside the growing global market of organ trafficking By PBS News Hour Nearly 4,000 people die every year in the United States waiting for a kidney transplant. And while it's illegal almost everywhere, there is a thriving global market of organ trafficking. Kevin Sack of The New York Times, who’s been investigating… Continue watching
Aug 17 From Shakespeare to Sappho: Read the stories behind three artifacts of genius By Zachary Green The Morgan Library’s “Marks of Genius” exhibit in New York City features nearly 60 works — both well-known and obscure — that help to illustrate what we mean when we say the word “genius.”… Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend | Full Episode | Saturday, August 16, 2014 By PBS News Hour Continue watching