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WATCH: PBS NewsHour’s Coverage Of The 2020 Election
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — After an unprecedented election season, the race between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will come to an end on election night. As tallying… Read More
Is The U.S. Government Paying Twice For Coronavirus Vaccine?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — COVID-19 vaccine development continues to be the subject of political jostling, with President Trump contradicting top U.S. health officials regarding timeline and efficacy. The Centers for Disease… Read More
WATCH: How Election Officials And USPS Handle Mail-In Ballots
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The pandemic is pushing more voters to cast ballots by mail. While most evidence shows that voting fraud is extremely rare, President Trump has been claiming… Read More
WATCH: Parents And Students Reevaluate College Costs Amid Virtual Learning
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — For higher education, the pandemic has forced major questions about affordability and cost into the spotlight. Both students and parents are hesitant to spend tens of… Read More
WATCH: How Authoritarianism Has Spread Since The Coronavirus Pandemic Began
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — According to pro-democracy institutions, authoritarianism was on the rise globally even before the coronavirus pandemic hit. But experts say the distraction of the crisis has allowed… Read More
WATCH: Is U.S. Regulatory Framework Capable Of Reining In Big Tech Companies?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google encountered intense scrutiny from House lawmakers on Wednesday, particularly over whether they leverage unfair business practices to prevent… Read More
WATCH: How Has Campaigning Changed Amid COVID-19?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The COVID-19 pandemic has affected campaigning not only for candidates, but also the Americans volunteering for them. PBS NewsHour’s Daniel Bush, who was recently reporting in… Read More
WATCH: 30 Years After ADA, Inaccessibility Persists For The Disabled
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — On the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, NewsHour looks at what the landmark civil rights law, which guarantees equal access to public resources and… Read More
WATCH: Colleges And Universities Grapple With Decision To Return To Campus
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — U.S. colleges and universities are scrambling to finalize their fall plans as coronavirus infections continue to rise significantly in much of the country. While some students,… Read More
WATCH: Why This Supreme Court Term Was So Unusual
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — From landmark decisions on immigration and LGBTQ protections to virtual oral arguments amid the pandemic, the Supreme Court’s recent term was certainly one for the history books…. Read More
WATCH: How Should The U.S. Military Respond to Vanessa Guillen’s Murder?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The disappearance and murder of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen has sparked an outpouring of stories from other service members. Mostly female, they say that they also… Read More
The Supreme Court’s ‘Landmark Decision’ On Tribal Sovereignty
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed Native American rights to millions of acres of land in eastern Oklahoma. The 5-4 opinion granted jurisdictional control to the… Read More
WATCH: In States Where Coronavirus Is Surging, Reopening Plans Put On Hold
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The U.S. is now averaging roughly 40,000 new confirmed infections of COVID-19 each day. The caseload has more than doubled this month in at least 10 states,… Read More
WATCH: NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace On Banning The Confederate Flag And A New Generation Of Fans
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — NASCAR’s decision to ban the Confederate flag represents a major shift for a sport at whose races they have been ubiquitous. Successfully pushing for the ban… Read More
WATCH: What The Latest Jobs Numbers Say About A U.S. Economic Recovery
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The number of weekly jobless claims is the lowest since the economic shutdown began in March, but it remains far above what the U.S. has experienced… Read More
WATCH: What This Global Health Expert Sees In States Where COVID-19 Is Surging
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — As Americans attempt to return to pre-pandemic habits and activities, COVID-19 continues to spread. More than 20 states have seen a jump in coronavirus cases in the… Read More
WATCH: Pandemic Increases Workload, Health Risks For Postal And Delivery Employees
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of Americans are relying on mail carriers and delivery workers for essential supplies. The workload for many of these… Read More
WATCH: How A Break In The Nation’s Food Supply Caused Regional Food Companies To Soar
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — During the first months of the pandemic, as industrial meat plants closed and grocery stores experienced shortages, some mid-sized local food companies saw an unexpected boom in… Read More
WATCH: What’s Behind Racial Disparities In American Policing?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Widespread protests over George Floyd’s death and the treatment of black Americans by police more broadly have dominated the U.S. in recent days. For analysis of the… Read More
WATCH: How COVID-19 Reshapes our Views of Life, and of Loss
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Many Western societies have not had to face death at the scale of COVID-19 since World War II, nearly 75 years ago. Could the grim reality of… Read More
WATCH: ‘Massive Numbers of People’ Needed to do Contact Tracing
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — State governments across the country are hiring thousands of people as contact tracers to track the spread of COVID-19 and to help bring it under control…. Read More
WATCH: All 50 States Partially Reopen as CDC Quietly Releases its Guidelines
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — All 50 states have now taken some steps to reopen after COVID-19 shutdowns. Their approaches vary, with only minor restrictions remaining in states like Texas, while New… Read More
WATCH: As Restrictions are Lifted, How to Apply Lessons from Health Care Workers to Daily Life
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — In all but two U.S. states, stay-at-home orders are being lifted, and businesses are reopening. But can the lifting of restrictions be safe, when COVID-19 is still… Read More
WATCH: What’s the Key to U.S. Economic Recovery? Testing, says this Nobel Prize Winner
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — As millions more Americans file for unemployment amid an economy crippled by COVID-19, many states are lifting restrictions and reopening businesses. But is that the correct approach… Read More
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