Nation Nov 25 Watch 3:15 Voices of gratitude on Thanksgiving Day amid the ongoing pandemic Unlike last Thanksgiving, which fell in the depths of the pandemic, the creation of vaccines means many of us can gather more safely with our loved ones this holiday. We heard from people across the country about the ways they're… By Claire Mufson
Nation Nov 25 Macy’s Thanksgiving parade returns, with all the trimmings The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has returned in full, after being crimped by the coronavirus pandemic last year. By Ted Shafrey, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
Nation Nov 24 Watch 4:07 A history of how lucky turkeys came to earn presidential pardons In between muscling the Build Back Better Act through the U.S. House of Representatives and departing for the holiday, President Joe Biden made time for another executive duty: The pardoning of two turkeys. Lisa Desjardins is back with this report… By Lisa Desjardins, Tess Conciatori
Nation Nov 26 Watch 4:15 News Wrap: Americans adjust to a Thanksgiving impacted by surging COVID-19 infections In our news wrap Thursday, Americans adjust to a dramatically different Thanksgiving Day with surging COVID-19 cases across the country, and Ethiopia's prime minister says he's ordered the final assault against the rebellious region of Tigray as human rights groups… By PBS NewsHour
Nov 24 Thanksgiving could be make-or-break in U.S. virus response By Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press As governors and mayors grapple with an out-of-control pandemic, they are ratcheting up mask mandates and imposing restrictions on small indoor gatherings, which have been blamed for accelerating the spread of the coronavirus. Continue reading
Nov 21 Poll: Most Americans dreading talk of politics at Thanksgiving dinner By Laura Santhanam Most Americans will bolt for the nearest exit if anyone at Thanksgiving dinner steers the conversation head-on into politics, according to a new poll from PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist. Continue reading
Nov 27 The economics of Thanksgiving from 1621 to 2014 By Simone Pathe Paul Solman stepped back to 1621 to explore the economics of the very first Thanksgiving, where, he learned, profit wasn't everything. Neither is profit everything in 2014 on a family turkey farm that sells most of its free-range turkeys during… Continue reading
Nov 26 Watch Mac and Cheese won’t be served at the White House this Thanksgiving By PBS News Hour President Obama used his executive authority to pardon Mac and Cheese, the two birds who were saved from the Thanksgiving table this year. Who was the first president to give flight to this holiday amnesty? Political director Domenico Montanaro looks… Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch Retailers take stand against early Black Friday By PBS News Hour In the past few years, Black Friday shopping sales have crept into Thanksgiving Day as stores try to gain an advantage over their competitors at the start of the holiday shopping season. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Stephen Greenhouse of the… Continue watching