Politics Oct 06 Watch 4:40 Where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton stand on gun control There was a brief moment of consensus at the first presidential debate when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump agreed that those on the no-fly list should not be able to purchase a gun. But overall, the candidates have incredibly different… By PBS News Hour
Education Sep 20 Where the candidates stand on education Kids are back at their desks. Parents are back checking homework. But the education system has never really left voters’ minds as a top campaign issue. As part of our determined effort to keep focused on the candidates’ pledges, beliefs… By Lisa Desjardins
Education Sep 20 Watch 10:44 What Clinton and Trump say about school vouchers, Common Core and free college tuition Where do Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stand on the hot-button issues of education reform in the U.S.? Lisa Desjardins offers a rundown, and Education Week’s Andrew Ujifusa and Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Education join Jeffrey Brown to examine… By PBS News Hour
Politics Sep 14 Watch 3:12 Inside the candidates’ plans for paid leave and child care When it comes to paid family leave, the United States lags behind every other developed country in the world. Hillary Clinton has stressed childhood issues for decades and has proposed 12 weeks of paid leave and universal preschool. Meanwhile, Donald… By PBS News Hour
Sep 07 Watch 10:45 Seeing the future of climate policy under the next president By PBS News Hour There is probably no greater divergence between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s views than on climate change. Clinton thinks it poses grave danger, while Trump thinks it’s a fantasy. William Brangham asks The New York Times’ Coral Davenport and The… Continue watching
Sep 06 Where the candidates stand on climate change By Lisa Desjardins We posed a question to Twitter today: On what issue do Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump differ the most? The answer from the Twitterverse? Immigration. An understandable choice. But in the past week it has become clear that both Clinton… Continue reading
Sep 01 What’s Clinton’s position on trade? She’s ‘standing with us,’ says Sherrod Brown By Paul Solman Economics correspondent Paul Solman traveled to the Keystone suit plant outside of Cleveland, Ohio, to discuss Hillary Clinton's stance on trade with Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown… Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 9:19 For Trump, China is at the heart of U.S. economic problems By PBS News Hour This year’s presidential election has emphasized the trio of trade, globalization and jobs. For the next three weeks, Making Sen$e’s Paul Solman will dive into the candidates’ perspectives on these issues. He starts with Donald Trump, whose trade rhetoric tends… Continue watching
Aug 16 Where the candidates stand on ISIS and Your Taxes By Lisa Desjardins We would like to offer a prescription to the past two weeks of repeated campaign stories (Trumpisms, emails): a clear look at two key issues and what separates the two candidates. We put together two graphics with the help of… Continue reading