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Group gives cash aid to rural Kenyans, then studies its effects
Since it was founded in 2011, U.S.-based nonprofit GiveDirectly has given cash unconditionally to villagers in eastern Africa, particularly Kenya and Uganda. The nonprofit's most recent project involves providing a basic income...
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Doctors’ Role in Military Interrogation
Doctors' role in enhanced military interrogation 'clearly violates' ethics
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The common ground between law enforcement and activists’ call to ‘defund the police’
The Common Ground Between Law Enforcement And Activists’ Call To ‘Defund The Police’
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How These Oregon Teachers Are Fighting Back Against White Nationalism
The FBI reports that hate crime violence in the U.S. is at a 16-year high. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, meanwhile, says the highest percentage of hate incidents since the 2016 election occurred in elementary and secondary...
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A public housing project where healthy living is the foundation
In downtown Denver, a recently built public housing project is designed to foster healthy living, with access to nutritious food, access to doctors and ease of exercise. Jeffrey Brown reports.
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Why Nigeria has more HIV-positive infants than anywhere else
Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission is considered one of the most basic goals for curtailing the AIDS epidemic, and Nigeria is struggling mightily. In our series The End of AIDS, William Brangham and Jason Kane examine why this...
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‘The Overstory’ author Richard Powers answers your questions
Richard Powers, author of our November pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “The Overstory,” and Jeff announces the December book selection.
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Bringing ballet to the townships of S. Africa
A sprawling township outside of South Africa's biggest city of Johannesburg has become synonymous with a continued struggle nearly two decades after the end of apartheid. But while many cultural divides still remain, some black South...
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Tornado-stricken Joplin now thrives, but emotional scars linger
The tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, in May 2011 was one of the most destructive in U.S. history. Five years later, the city seems to be thriving -- possibly even better off than it was before. One key to its success? Getting...
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Fighting the public health threat of counterfeit drugs
Fake pharmaceuticals are a multi-billion dollar problem around the world.
Made and packaged to look like the real deal, these phonies may contain a
fraction of the active ingredients or none at all. these fake drugs can
have serious...
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Why Angelina Jolie Decided to Undergo
In a New York Times op-ed, actress Angelina Jolie disclosed she had a preventative double mastectomy because she carries a greater genetic risk of developing breast cancer. Gwen Ifill talks with genetic counselor Beth Peshkin of...
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In the crossfire of Ukraine-Russia conflict, an industrial plant fights to survive
A conflict between Ukraine and Russia since 2014 has killed more than 10,000 people, displaced 2 million and put businesses on the border, like the Metinvest plant in Eastern Ukraine, in the crossfire. Metinvest is the largest plant in...
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In every vital moment, poetry is alive and well
Is poetry dead, too slow for our wired, sound-bitten world? Even if poetry is no more, says David Gewanter, then it still leaves its DNA lying around, or moves like a virus passing from body to body, playing witness to our most vital...
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Conversation with Dorothy Height
Gwen Ifill talks with Dorothy Height, a legend of the civil rights movement and former head of the National Council of Negro Women, about her memoir, "Open Wide the Freedom Gates."
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Whistleblowers win with False Claims Act
Last year alone, the federal government and its whistleblowers -- people
incentivized by the False Claims Act to expose fraud in companies that work
with the government -- recovered nearly $6 billion in lawsuits that exposed...
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History of Supreme Court Vacancies
In a prelude to the expected battle over the next Supreme Court justice nomination, an historian explains the selection and confirmation process and the past battles between Congress and the president.
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Hunt for alien life zooms in on newly discovered solar system
Astronomers have identified seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a star that's just a mere 230 trillion miles from our own planet, raising the tantalizing prospect of life in a solar system beyond our own. Science correspondent Miles...
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Memphis midwives work to address racial disparities in care
More women in America die from pregnancy-related complications than in any other developed country in the world, and black women are most affected. NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano reports on one clinic in Memphis, Tennessee, where...
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Political Columnist Michael Gerson On Coping With 'Insidious' Depression
Michael Gerson is a political columnist for the Washington Post and a regular contributor to the NewsHour. But this past weekend, he delivered a sermon at the Washington National Cathedral that focused on a more personal topic: his...
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Why Miami is the epicenter of new HIV cases in the U.S.
The tourist mecca of Miami is also a hotbed of HIV transmission. While city and state officials have launched an ambitious plan to tackle the crisis, William Brangham and Jason Kane join Jon Cohen of Science magazine to look at how and...
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This Nonprofit Has A Sweet Plan For Reclaiming Vacant Detroit Lots
Detroit is known for the rhythms of Motown and the hum of automobile manufacturing plants. Now, one nonprofit is adding a new sound to this urban landscape: the buzzing of bees. Special correspondent Mary Ellen Geist reports on the...
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Italian olive trees are withering from this deadly bacteria
The Salento region in southern Italy is synonymous with its renowned olive groves, some of which are thousands of years old. But a deadly bacteria, which causes trees to wither, is threatening a critical part of Salento's livelihood and...
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Deaths of dispair are cutting lives short for some white Americans
In spite of decades of advancements in health care, diet and safety, white Americans are now living shorter lives, a trend that has surprised experts. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports out of Maysville, Kentucky, an area...