Feb 27 Watch 6:10 Why we're overdue to know the brilliance of Africa's civilizations By PBS News Hour Archeologists and scholars are learning more about Africa than ever before, from the digitization of records and the unearthing of ancient treasures. Audie Cornish talks with Henry Louis Gates Jr. of Harvard University about Africa’s rich but overlooked history and… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch 9:00 Congress grapples with investigating Trump's Russia ties By PBS News Hour House Intelligence Chair Devin Nunes told reporters he's seen no evidence of contact between the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence officials. But Nunes drew criticism after a report revealed that he agreed at the White House's request to help counter… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch 7:14 What we know about Russian meddling and Putin's playbook By PBS News Hour U.S. intelligence agencies believe Russia attempted to sway the U.S. election through DNC email hacking and an influence campaign. But to what degree were President Trump’s campaign advisers in contact with Russians? And what made Americans susceptible to influence? William… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Feb. 26, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Feb. 26, a draft plan for the Affordable Care Act makes its way to Washington, D.C. Later, a look at the factors that led to months of protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. Hari Sreenivasan anchors… Continue watching
Feb 26 When it comes to defining 'terrorism,' there is no consensus By Kamala Kelkar People have been trying to understand how to interpret and define terrorism for hundreds of years. But there is no easy answer. Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch 3:30 As battle in Mosul rages on, Iraqi forces bomb ISIS in Syria By PBS News Hour The Iraqi army has been fighting for four months to drive the Islamic State out of Mosul, the country's second-largest city. And Iraq's air force has carried out its first-ever air strikes on ISIS positions inside neighboring Syria. Wall Street… Continue watching
Feb 26 Russians march in Moscow two years after Putin critic was killed By Michael D. Regan Russians marched on Moscow Sunday to commemorate the shooting death of an opposition leader killed two years ago after aggressively criticizing President Vladimir Putin. Continue reading
Feb 26 Letter-writing former Iran president pens dispatch to Trump By Nasser Karimi, Associated Press Ahmadinejad struck a somewhat conciliatory tone while applauding immigration to America and saying it shows "the contemporary U.S. belongs to all nations."… Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch 25:03 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Feb. 25, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Feb. 25, the Democratic Party elects a new national chairman as the annual Republican-led Conservative Political Action Conference comes to an end. Later, will Britain’s exit from the European Union affect the tenuous peace process… Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch 9:50 Brexit stirs up old divides in Northern Ireland By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green In March, British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to begin the process of having the United Kingdom formally exit the European Union. While a majority of voters in the UK voted to leave the EU, voters in Northern Ireland… Continue watching