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How Retired Supreme Court Justice Stevens Would Amend the Constitution (April 21, 2014)
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens talks to Judy Woodruff about his new book, "Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution." In his book, the 94-year-old liberal justice calls for major changes to the...
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Irresistible to tourists, has Venice become unwelcoming to its inhabitants?
Venice has long been a city of trade and travelers, but Venetians now feel tourism is squeezing them out. The city is currently losing about 1,000 residents every year as the cost of housing rises and mass tourism poses a threat to food,...
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1 million Russians are HIV-positive, but only a third get treatment
Russia's HIV epidemic is growing by 10 percent per year, and yet many proven HIV prevention and treatment strategies aren't being used. William Brangham and Jason Kane report in collaboration with Jon Cohen of Science Magazine and the...
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What mass deportation would mean for Salvadoran families in the U.S.
For the Velasco family, life in California feels like an American dream. But having stayed in the U.S. under a program called Temporary Protected Status, it's a dream that may soon end. President Trump plans to halt TPS for hundreds of...
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Henry Louis Gates: The Bondwoman's Narrative
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discusses "The Bondwoman's Narrative," which is described as an autobiographical novel written in the 1850s by a female slave who called herself and her main character Hannah Crafts. The manuscript was found at an...
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With ‘Mutual Air,’ This California Artist Leverages The Sounds Of Science
Despite increasingly dire assessments about the outlook for climate change, it can be difficult to remain mindful of our environment’s health on a daily basis. Jeffrey Brown traveled to the Bay Area to meet Rosten Woo, a Los...
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The race to develop coffee that can survive climate change
What has driven tens of thousands of Salvadorans to leave home, many for the U.S.? El Salvador's coffee beans suffered a devastating disease five years ago, and now face an even greater existential threat: climate change. Special...
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At Mt. Vernon, remembering the enslaved people who built America (SRL)
A tour guide at George Washington's Mt. Vernon, who is also a distant relation of a person who was enslaved at the Virginia estate, offers his perspective about American history, slavery and the founding fathers. This story was produced...
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High rent forces some in Silicon Valley to live in vehicles
Faced with some of the most expensive rental housing in the nation, some Bay Area residents are feeling priced out and are seeking low-cost alternatives. In Silicon Valley, a hub of computer and technology companies, some people are even...
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In Iceland, refugees bring diversity, economic growth
As refugees from war flee across continental Europe, a few have found safety in an unlikely place: Iceland. New legislation there relaxes immigration controls, worrying some residents -- but more citizens favor diversifying their mostly...
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Honoring Civil Rights Hero Medgar Evers
Nearly half a century after his murder, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was honored in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Gwen Ifill examines the life and legacy of Evers -- a World War II veteran and the NAACP's first field...
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Pastor Reveals The Reasons Behind Covid Vaccine Hesitancy In The Evangelical Community
As of Thursday, more than 64 million Americans are fully vaccinated against
the coronavirus, and many others are eagerly waiting for their shots. But
among white evangelical Americans, interest in the vaccine isn't as
widespread. John...
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‘Conversations with Friends’ author Sally Rooney answers your questions
Sally Rooney, author of our September pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “Conversations with Friends”.
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Ethiopia's Abundant Farm Investments
Farms backed by foreign investments are growing with abundance in a country known for famine
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How this educator is guiding Liberian girls toward school
Liberia has had more than its fair shares of challenges, and is trying to rebuild after enduring a devastating Ebola epidemic and civil war. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro meets an American woman who has made her home in...
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This company raised minimum wage to $70K- and it helped business
In 2015, Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price announced he would raise the company's minimum wage to $70,000 a year by 2017 and slash his own compensation by more than 90 percent. More than a year later, Price reports the company's revenue and...
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Exploring the Psychology of Wealth, 'Pernicious' Effects of Economic Inequality (June 21, 2013)
It's been said that money is the root of all evil. Does money make people more likely to lie, cheat and steal? Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on new research from the University of California, Berkeley about how wealth and...
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The 'silent massacre' killing El Salvador's sugarcane workers
A mysterious, chronic kidney disease is wreaking havoc on farm workers in Central America, particularly those who harvest sugar. Despite the risks, Salvadoran cane cutters continue the grueling work, pushed by economic troubles. Special...
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African-American female entrepreneurs turn to creative 'bootstrapping'
The fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S. is African-American women. But minority-owned businesses often face greater challenges getting funding. The NewsHour's April Brown profiles two women who have bucked the stereotypes...
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Landscape photographer races to finish decades of work
Oregon photographer Christopher Burkett is best known for producing large-format film prints of American landscapes, some of the highest resolution color photographs ever created without computer technology. But he only has a limited...
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The bubble dynamics of bitcoin
Can bitcoin be a currency if you never know its value? Living outside the traditional banking network by design, its fluctuating value makes it too cumbersome for petty transactions. Yet despite the hurdles, bitcoin and its underlying...
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Doris Kearns Goodwin on what today's leaders can learn from past 'turbulent times'
In her new book, "Leadership in Turbulent Times," presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin explores the trajectories of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson, arguing that for all four of...
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Stand up for it
Only 14 percent of engineers in the U.S. are women and just a fraction of that are Native American. April Walker, a Native American engineer in Fargo, North Dakota, gets beyond the numbers by focusing on the technical skills and...