PBS NewsHour

December 1, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, December 1, severe weather disrupts holiday travel across the U.S., and on World AIDS Day, how inequality impacts those living with HIV. Also, how Mac DeMarco is harnessing the internet to thrive as an indie artist. Alison Stewart anchors from New York.

Mac DeMarco is surviving as an indie artist in a digital age

6m 14s

Digital disruption has upended the traditional music industry business model, making it harder for most musicians to make a living selling their music. But Mac DeMarco, whose homemade records and unique persona have allowed him to thrive in today’s environment, has used the power of the internet zeitgeist to build a loyal following. NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker reports.

Previews + Extras

  • Leaked docs give inside view of China’s mass detention camps: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Leaked docs give inside view of China’s mass detention camps

    S2019 E369 - 4m 35s

    Last month, hundreds of documents obtained by the New York Times gave an inside view of China’s growing indoctrination camps. In the country’s northwestern region, Uighurs and other Muslim minorities have been detained for ideological transformation, isolated from the outside world. Austin Ramzy, a reporter with the New York Times, spoke with Hari Sreenivasan about the findings.

  • Look at inequalities, treatment advances on World AIDS Day: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Look at inequalities, treatment advances on World AIDS Day

    S2019 E369 - 6m 3s

    New medical treatment for HIV is helping the nearly 38 million people living with the virus globally. On World AIDS Day, Celeste Watkins-Hayes, a professor at Northwestern University and author of “Remaking a Life: How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality,” joins Alison Stewart to discuss what still needs to be done and who needs the most help in the HIV community.

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