Mar 07 Watch 22:39 PBS NewsHour Weekend full program March 7, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, March 7, 2015, 50 years after civil rights marches in Selma, Ala., a look at the ongoing battle over voters rights. Later, an expert weighs in on what's behind the CIA's restructuring. And, in our… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch 3:48 As military advances in Nigeria, Boko Haram ramps up bombings By PBS News Hour As many as five separate bomb blasts reportedly killed at least 54 people and wounded 143 others in Northeastern Nigeria on Saturday. Suicide bombers targeted several crowded markets and a busy bus station. Michelle Faul, the Associated Press Nigerian bureau… Continue watching
Mar 07 German parliament passes gender quota for corporate boards By Daniel Costa-Roberts Major German companies will soon be required to make sure 30 percent of their supervisory board seats are filled by women. The quota is part of a new law, approved Friday by Germany’s parliament, intended to improve women’s representation on… Continue reading
Mar 07 Dirty water more deadly for women than HIV, breast cancer By Rebecca Lee Dirty water and poor sanitation kill more women across the globe than diabetes, HIV or breast cancer, researchers said this week. Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch 8:50 How did the Charlie Hebdo attacks affect rising Islamophobia in France? By PBS News Hour By some estimates, the French city of Marseille is now 30 to 40 percent Muslim -- once of the highest concentrations of Muslims anywhere in France. But even in Marseille, tensions between Muslims and non-Muslims have been rising for years. Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch 4:22 What does Iran's strategy against Islamic State mean for us? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch 7:52 50 years on, veterans find healing by returning to Vietnam to help By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch 2:10 U.S. allies raise concern about Iran's involvement in Iraq By PBS News Hour Shiite militias backed by Iran are aiding Iraqi forces drawing nearer to Tikrit in the biggest offensive yet to push back Islamic State militants. Iran’s involvement doesn’t sit well with many American allies and puts the U.S., as leader of… Continue watching
Mar 06 Islamic State group destroys ancient site of Nimrud in northern Iraq By Leah Nagy Islamic State fighters ransacked and bulldozed the centuries-old archaeological site of Nimrud in northern Iraq on Thursday, in what the head of the U.N.’s cultural agency decried as a “cultural cleansing” that amounted to a “war crime.”… Continue reading
Mar 06 Salvation Army uses #TheDress in campaign against domestic violence By Colleen Shalby The dress seen ‘round the world last week has made a reappearance in a new Salvation Army campaign in South Africa. Continue reading