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Thousands Try To Flee Haiti As Gangs Terrorize Innocent Civilians
The U.N. Security Council expressed deep concern over the security and humanitarian crises in Haiti. The Caribbean nation is in freefall without effective governance or protection from gangs that routinely terrorize innocent civilians...
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How one school is helping students catch up on unfinished learning from the pandemic
It's been more than a year since most American schoolchildren returned to the classroom full-time. Now, school districts are working to recover learning lost while kids were at home during the pandemic. Researchers say students in...
PBS
Your favorite book from childhood might be racist
Do you have an old children’s book you love? Well, there’s a good chance that it might be racist, says kids’ author Grace Lin. She offers her humble opinion on how you can keep loving your favorite classics while acknowledging the...
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How Phoenix became the most autism-friendly city in the world
Matt Resnik has helped changed the face of autism in his hometown. When he was diagnosed as a child, his parents poured their hearts into getting him therapy, even launching an organization, in hopes he would outgrow his challenges and...
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Between vegetarian caf_ and Trump caf_, a political chasm in Texas
Three months since the election and a few weeks into the new Trump administration, recent public opinion polls show we live in a deeply divided country. So what are voters saying about the new president? William Brangham has a tale 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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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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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...
PBS
‘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”.
PBS
How schools are forced to close as rural populations dwindle
Across the country, rural schools are being forced to shut down as more families move to urban areas and funding sources dry up. In Arena, Wisconsin, six-year-old Brady Schlamp must now travel 10 miles to school. His former school, right...
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Inventive Classical Music
For the past several years, classical music composers have gathered to share their more eclectic scores at the "Bang on a Can" festival in North Adams, Mass. Jeffrey Brown explores the origins of the event.
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In Italy, rising anxiety over falling birth rates
Family size has been shrinking in the industrialized world for decades, and in Italy, the decline has been particularly dramatic. A generation ago, Italian mothers commonly had more than four children. Now they average less than two....
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Desperate migrants share horror stories from Libya
The sea route from Libya to Italy is dangerous, even deadly, for African migrants and refugees who are desperate to cross. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from a Doctors Without Borders rescue ship that's attempting to save...
PBS
How Response To George Floyd’S Death Reflects ‘Accumulated Grievance’ Of Black America
In the days since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, there have been peaceful protests, violent clashes and persistent calls for justice. But there is a long history behind this particular shocking event. Professor...
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Despite Oil Wealth, Iraq's Basra Plagued By Broken Infrastructure, Poverty And Violence
Basra, in southern Iraq, contains much of the country's oil wealth -- yet residents there are struggling just to survive. The city lacks basic services like clean water and reliable electricity, and jobs are rare. But people taking to...
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How do you make the benefits of pre-K education last?
A study suggesting the benefits of pre-K may not be long-lasting has sparked debate in Tennessee, where proposals for state-funded, universal programs are an issue in this year's governor's race. What's behind the finding, and what are...
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Yemen's Ongoing Civil War Creates A Life Of Loss For Children
As the civil war in Yemen enters its sixth year, tens of thousands have died in the fighting, while disease and hunger have killed thousands more. The many children who have lost or been abandoned by parents have suffered the most, both...
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Britain Cautiously Plans To Ease Rigid Lockdown Restrictions
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a cautious timetable
ending the country's COVID lockdown, one of the strictest in the world with
almost all foreign travel outlawed under the guidelines. But the full
lockdown isn’t...
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Why Americans are lonelier and its effects on our health
According to U.S. Census Bureau surveys, Americans have been spending less time with friends and more time alone since before the pandemic, which has only intensified the sense of social isolation. Laurie Santos, a cognitive scientist...
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How the Civil Rights Act Pioneered Anti-Discrimination Laws in America (April 10, 2014)
President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law 50 years ago. Gwen Ifill examines its legacy and unfinished business with President Johnson's daughter, Lynda Johnson Robb, Shirley Franklin, the former mayor of Atlanta,...
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Poet Willie Perdomo on the value of writing letters in a digital world
Texting and emailing have revolutionized the way we communicate, enabling us to be more efficient and stay in touch more easily. But they have also altered the dynamics of some of our most important relationships. Within this new digital...
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NYC program helps refugee kids prepare for school
Students at the Refugee Youth Summer Academy in New York City are taking their first steps to adjusting to life in a U.S. classroom. This year's class of 118 students comes from families who have been granted asylum in the U.S. The...
TED Talks
Sebastian Wernicke: 1,000 TED Talks in six words
Sebastian Wernicke thinks every TED Talk can be summarized in six words. In this talk, he shows how to do just that -- and less.
SciShow Kids
Cats and Dogs | SciShow Kids Compilation
Anthony and Squeaks are spending the day watching videos all about cats and dogs of all varieties and they’re learning all sorts of interesting things along the way!